Absorbent article and method of manufacturing the absorbent article
AssigneeUnicharm Corporation
InventorsNahomi Suzuki, Koichi Yamaki
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Abstract
An absorbent article according to the present invention includes: a water-decomposable top sheet, a water-decomposable back sheet; and a water-decomposable absorber placed between the top sheet and the back sheet. The back sheet is formed of multiple sheet pieces each being smaller than a main body of the absorbent article, and each sheet piece at least partially overlapping adjacent one or more of the other sheet pieces. In addition, an adhesive is applied to each overlapping region where adjacent two of the sheet pieces overlap each other.
Claims5
An absorbent article comprising:
- a water-decomposable top sheet;
- a water-decomposable back sheet;
- and
- a water-decomposable absorber placed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein
- the back sheet is formed of a plurality of sheet pieces each being smaller in size than a main body of the absorbent article, and each sheet piece at least partially overlaps with adjacent one or more of the other sheet pieces, and
- an adhesive is applied to each overlapping region where adjacent two of the sheet pieces overlap each other.
A method of manufacturing an absorbent article including:
- a water-decomposable top sheet;
- a water-decomposable back sheet;
- and a water-decomposable absorber placed between the top sheet and the back sheet, the method of manufacturing an absorbent article comprising the steps of:
- continuously conveying a plurality of continua of back sheets on a back sheet line;
- placing the continua of back sheets to extend in a moving direction of the back sheet line so that each continuum of back sheets at least partially overlaps adjacent one or more of the other continua of back sheets;
- and
- applying an adhesive to each overlapping region where adjacent two of the continua of back sheets overlap each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.