Patent ID: 8093449
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article adapted to be worn on a human body, and having a longitudinal direction, a width direction and a thickness direction, said absorbent article comprising: an absorbent body having a fluid-absorbent member for absorbing fluid, and a fluid-impermeable layer, and a main body section which, on a side adapted to face the human body, in use, overlaps the absorbent body in the thickness direction, wherein the absorbent body has first and second end sections in the longitudinal direction, the first end section being fixed to the main body section, the absorbent body further has a side that is closer to the main body section than the fluid-absorbent member in the thickness direction, and a side that is adapted to be closer to the human body than the fluid-absorbent member, wherein the side closer to the main body section, in the second end section of the absorbent body, is covered with the fluid-impermeable layer, and the side adapted to be closer to the human body, in the second end section, has a portion that is not covered by the fluid-impermeable layer, the absorbent body further has