Stretchable structure for absorbent article, and method for producing same

A method of manufacturing a stretchable structure of an absorbent article, comprising:

• sandwiching a plurality of elongated elastically stretchable members provided along a stretchable direction at intervals from each other between a first sheet layer made of a nonwoven fabric and a second sheet layer made of a nonwoven fabric and opposed to one side of the first sheet layer;
• fixing each of the plurality of elastically stretchable members to at least one of the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer via a first hot melt adhesive at each of a pair of adhesion sites provided at an interval in the stretchable direction;
• and
• bonding the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer to each other in a range at least in the stretchable direction corresponding to a space between the pair of the adhesion sites via a second hot melt adhesive having lower holding power than the first hot melt adhesive,
• wherein the elastically stretchable members are sandwiched between the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer after the second hot melt adhesive is applied on at least one of the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer, in a pattern that is intermittent in the longitudinal direction of the elastically stretchable members and continuous in a direction intersecting the elastically stretchable members, and
• wherein the elastically stretchable members are sandwiched between the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer after the first hot melt adhesive is applied only to the outer peripheral surfaces of the elastically stretchable members.