Patent ID: 9205005
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article, comprising: a liquid-permeable top sheet comprising a white non-woven fabric; a liquid-impermeable back sheet provided at a location opposing the top sheet; an absorbent provided between the top sheet and the back sheet; and a colored element provided on a non-skin contact surface of the top sheet, wherein the colored element is visible through the top sheet, and is colored to a color other than white, the top sheet has a plurality of protrusions protruding in a thickness direction of the absorbent article and a plurality of indentations indented in the thickness direction, formed by discharging a heated fluid, a basis weight of the protrusions is greater than a basis weight of the indentations, and a color difference between (i) a Lab value of the color of the colored element, as viewed through the protrusions of the top sheet, and (ii) the Lab value of the color of the colored element, as viewed through the indentations of the top sheet, is 2.8 or more.