Patent ID: 7651487
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, a liquid retentive absorbent core interposed between said topsheet and said backsheet, and two sheet-like members provided at a side edge portion thereof with an elastic member, each of said sheet-like members having an elongated configuration in the same direction as said absorbent article, each of said sheet-like members having a first side edge portion along the longitudinal direction on the sheet-like member, said first side edge portion being a free edge located in the lengthwise and widthwise center of said absorbent article and having said elastic member disposed thereon, and each of said sheet-like members having a second side edge portion along the longitudinal direction on the sheet-like member, said second side edge portion being a fixed edge fixed to a backsheet side of said absorbent article opposite to said first side edge portion, said two sheet like members being fixed to a backsheet side of said absorbent article at mutually opposing end edge portions, wherein, in a planarly expanded state of the absorbent article, in a longitudinal central portion of the absorbent article, the sheet-like members are overlapped with one another at both first side edge portions of said two sheet-like members, and wherein said free edges of said first side edge portions where said elastic members are disposed constitute an opening between said sheet-like members, wherein said sheet-like members and said topsheet form a concavity on a topsheet side of the absorbent article, and wherein said concavity is maintained when said absorbent article is put on a wearer.