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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Nahomi Suzuki, Kanonji, JP;
Koichi Yamaki, Kanonji, JP;
Inventors:
Nahomi Suzuki, Kanonji, JP;
Koichi Yamaki, Kanonji, JP;
Assignee:
Unicharm Corporation, Ehime, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An absorbent article according to the present invention includes: a water-decomposable top sheet, a water-decomposable back sheet; and a water-decomposable absorber placed between the top sheet and the back sheet. The back sheet is formed of multiple sheet pieces each being smaller than a main body of the absorbent article, and each sheet piece at least partially overlapping adjacent one or more of the other sheet pieces. In addition, an adhesive is applied to each overlapping region where adjacent two of the sheet pieces overlap each other.