Patent ID: 11944525
Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An absorbent article comprising a three-dimensionally shaped topsheet having projections and recesses and a backsheet, having a longitudinal direction corresponding to the front-to-back direction of a wearer and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and having opposed longitudinal end portions,
the longitudinal end portions being formed of at least the topsheet and the backsheet,
a plurality of the projections protruding longitudinally outward beyond an end edge of the backsheet in at least one of the longitudinal end portions, and
the topsheet having a lateral middle portion and a side portion on either side of the lateral middle portion, and the projections protruding longitudinally outward to a greater amount in the lateral middle portion than in the side portion.