Patent ID: 9439817
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A61F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An absorbent article having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, and including: a body-side; a non-body-side opposite to the body-side; a water-disintegrable topsheet lying on the body-side; a water-disintegrable backsheet lying on the non-body-side; a water-disintegrable absorbent body interposed between these top- and backsheets; and adhesive regions formed on the non-body-side of the backsheet and through which the backsheet is attachable to a wearer's undergarment, wherein: the backsheet is formed of a fibrous nonwoven fabric of which component fibers have an orientation extending in the longitudinal direction and a fiber length, the adhesive regions include first adhesive regions extending in the longitudinal direction and second adhesive regions allocated on both outer sides in the transverse direction of the first adhesive regions so as to be spaced apart from the first adhesive regions in the transverse direction and at least part of the first adhesive regions is allocated in a space area defined in the longitudinal direction between the second adhesive regions, and a space dimension in the transverse direction between the first and second adhesive regions is shorter than the fiber length of the component fibers in the fibrous nonwoven fabric of the backsheet.