Absorbent article
AssigneeUnicharm Corporation
InventorsYoshihisa Watabe, Hirotomo Mukai, Natsuko Takahashi, Tomoko Tsuji
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Abstract
An absorbent article according to the present invention includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorber. The absorber has a body unit having a foreside constricted portion and a backside constricted portion, and a pair of extension units extending outside in the widthwise direction of the absorber from the body unit. An outer region is folded toward an inner region at the side of the topsheet, and the maximum length of the inner region along the longitudinal direction of the absorber is shorter than the maximum length of the outer region.
Claims10
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a topsheet which is provided at a side coming into contact with a skin of a wearer;
- a backsheet which is provided at a side separated from the wearer;
- and an absorber which is provided between the topsheet and the backsheet,
- wherein both side portions in a widthwise direction of the absorber are folded,
- wherein the absorber comprises:
- a body unit having a constricted portion constricted inside in the widthwise direction when viewed from a plan view of the absorber;
- and
- a pair of extension units which extends from the body unit to the outside in the widthwise direction of the absorber in a state in which the both side portions have been unfolded,
- wherein the constricted portion is formed in a center region in a longitudinal direction of the absorber, and
- wherein the extension unit comprises:
- an inner region which is provided at the constricted portion and is continuous to the body unit;
- and
- an outer region which is continuous to the inner region and is positioned
- outside of the inner region in the widthwise direction of the absorber, and
- wherein the outer region is folded toward the inner region at a side of the topsheet, and a length of the inner region along the longitudinal direction of the absorber is shorter than a length of the outer region along the longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.