Patent ID: 6602238
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article comprising a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable anti-leakage sheet and a liquid-retentive absorbent core interposed between said topsheet and said anti-leakage sheet, a leg region elastic member for forming leg gathers being arranged in an elongated state thereof at a leg region arranged around a wearer's leg,wherein said leg region elastic member comprises a first and a second elastic member, and said first and second elastic members each include a pair of gather forming parts arranged at a pair of said leg regions and a traversing part arranged in such a manner as to traverse said absorbent core, gather forming parts of said first and second elastic members at each leg region being arranged such that said gather forming parts are oriented in opposite directions with each other, said gather forming parts of said first and second elastic members are fixed to a component of said absorbent article by a first fixing means, and said first and/or second elastic members do not exhibit elastic expansible/contractible property at least at a widthwise central area of that part of said traversing part where said absorbent core exists, and a predetermined part of said first and/or second elastic member including a portion which does not exhibit elastic expansible/contractible property is fixed to the component of said absorbent article by a second fixing means.