Absorbent article
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsShinsuke Nagahara, Nobuya Sato, Yayoi Fukuhara, Ken Nemoto
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Abstract
An absorbent article having a topsheet 2, a backsheet 3, and an absorbent member 4 interposed between the topsheet 2 and the backsheet 3 is disclosed. The absorbent member 4 has a number of compressed parts 7 which are discrete from one another and concave on the backsheet facing side and/or the topsheet facing side. The compressed part is configured to increase in thickness on absorbing liquid. The comperssed part is made up of a thinnest portion 8 and a sloping portion 9. The sloping portion a gradually changes in thickness to connect to the thinnest portion 8.
Claims5
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent member interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet,
- the absorbent member having a backsheet facing side and a topsheet facing side,
- the absorbent member having a number of compressed parts which are discrete from one another and concave on at least one of the backsheet facing side and the topsheet side, and the compressed parts being configured to increase in thickness on absorbing liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.