Patent ID: 7763001
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article of an elongated shape having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, said article comprising: a fluid permeable top sheet; a fluid impermeable back sheet; an absorbent body, disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, for absorbing and retaining body fluid; and a fluid permeable member comprising hydrophilically-processed synthetic resin fibers without water-absorbent resin and arranged along the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, between the top sheet and the absorbent body; leakage prevention barriers arranged along and in vicinity of the longitudinal side edges of the absorbent article, respectively, wherein the fluid permeable member comprises: the top face portion has a plurality of elastic members directly attached thereto so as to extend in the longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal center line of the absorbent article, and the top sheet has: wherein the leakage prevention barriers have elasticized edges risable above, along and in vicinity of the longitudinal side edges of the absorbent article, respectively, and wherein the second attachment regions of the top sheet are formed below the elasticized edges of the leakage prevention barriers.