Absorbent article

An absorbent article having a width and a length orthogonal to the width, comprising:

• a chassis having at least a front torso surrounding region and a rear torso surrounding region arranged along a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article;
• a crotch region positioned between the front torso surrounding region and the rear torso surrounding region in the chassis;
• an oblong absorbent body provided extending from the front torso surrounding region to the rear torso surrounding region along the longitudinal direction;
• a torso opening section formed at one side when in a wearing mode;
• a pair of leg openings formed at another side when in the wearing mode;
• a skin-contacting face facing an inner face when in the wearing mode;
• a not-skin-contacting face facing an outer face when in the wearing mode;
• and
• an elastic member arranged along a side edge in the width direction of the crotch region constituting the leg opening absorbent body, wherein
• the absorbent body includes:
• a first narrow width section;
• a second narrow width section arranged longitudinally spaced from the first narrow width section;
• a center low rigidity section formed along a center line that halves the absorbent article in the width direction;
• and
• a pair of lateral low rigidity sections provided at both sides of the center low rigidity section in the width direction with a substantially equal interval;
• wherein
• the crotch region is structured so that the skin-contacting face of the absorbent body has a skin contacting face-side sheet and the not-skin-contacting face has either one of the not-skin contacting face-side sheet and the chassis, and wherein
• the length in the width direction of the skin contacting face-side sheet is longer than that of the absorbent body.

An absorbent body used for an absorbent article, comprising:

• a first narrow width section;
• a second narrow width section arranged longitudinally spaced from the first narrow width section of the absorbent article;
• a center absorbing section arranged between the first narrow width section and the second narrow width section in the longitudinal direction;
• a center low rigidity section that is formed along a center line that halves the absorbent body in the width direction;
• and
• lateral low rigidity sections provided at both sides of the center low rigidity section in the width direction with a substantially equal interval;
• wherein
• the first narrow width section and the second narrow width section have therebetween, in the longitudinal direction, the center absorbing section shaped so that both edges in the width direction protrude to outer sides in the width direction and become wider than the first narrow width section and the second narrow width section.