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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Unicharm Corporation, Shikokuchuo-shi, Ehime, JP;
Yuki Noda, Kanonji, JP;
Tatsuya Tamura, Kanonji, JP;
Takashi Nomoto, Kanonji, JP;
Takashi Onozuka, Kanonji, JP;
UNICHARM CORPORATION, Ehime, JP;
Abstract
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel absorbent article that prevents excessive compression of an absorbent body caused by deformation of the absorbent article, and rewetting associated with said compression. In order to solve such a problem, a sanitary napkin () is provided with a liquid-permeable top sheet (), a liquid-impermeable back sheet (), and an absorbent body () disposed between the top sheet () and the back sheet (), wherein: an extensible area () having an extensible bellows-like section (), and a flexible area () surrounding the extensible area () are formed in a waste supply area () of the top sheet ().