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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2012
Unicharm Corporation, Shikokuchuo-shi, Ehime, JP;
Tatsuya Tamura, Kanonji, JP;
Yuki Noda, Kanonji, JP;
Takashi Nomoto, Kanonji, JP;
Takashi Onozuka, Kanonji, JP;
UNICHARM CORPORATION, Ehime, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an absorbent article capable of suppressing leakage in the widthwise direction from an absorbent article () of a bodily fluid () which has seeped from an absorbent body () as a result of the application of pressure to the absorbent article (). The present invention is an absorbent article () having a lengthwise direction (Y-direction) and a widthwise direction (X-direction), and provided with a liquid-permeable top sheet () provided on the skin-side, a liquid-impermeable backsheet () provided on the garment-side, and a liquid-holding absorbent body () provided between the top sheet () and the backsheet () and including edges extending in the lengthwise direction on both sides in the widthwise direction, wherein: at least areas outside both edges of the absorbent body () in the widthwise direction thereof include a plurality of first channels () and a plurality of second channels () for channeling bodily fluid () which has seeped from the absorbent article (); the plurality of first channels () extend in the lengthwise direction and are arranged in the widthwise direction; and the plurality of second channels () connect adjacent first channels ().