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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2007
Kazuya Nishitani, Kagawa, JP;
Masashi Kitagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Nishitani, Kagawa, JP;
Masashi Kitagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an absorbent article having a surface member joined in consideration of absorptivity. The absorbent article has a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction and is worn on a body. The absorbent article includes: an absorbent member for absorbing fluid; and a fluid-permeable surface member, wherein the surface member covers the absorbent member on the side of the body when worn in the thickness direction, the surface member includes a surface sheet and an intermediate sheet that is disposed closer to the absorbent member than the surface sheet in the thickness direction, the surface sheet has a first concave section along a first direction, the intermediate sheet has a second concave section along a second direction that intersects the first direction, and the surface sheet and the intermediate sheet are joined at positions where the first concave section and the second concave section intersect each other.