Patent ID: 7279613
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A sanitary napkin comprising: a backsheet; a liquid-permeable topsheet; and an absorbent layer for absorbing a liquid and disposed between the backsheet and the top sheet, at least a part of a region in which the absorbent layer is provided being adapted to act as a liquid-receiving region, wherein the liquid-receiving region includes: a compressed groove surrounding the raised region, the compressed groove being recessed from the surface of the peripheral region to create a depression between the raised region and the peripheral region, wherein when the front region and the rear region are respectively depressed with a given pressure applied to top surfaces of the front region and the rear region, an amount of depression of the top surface of the rear region in a direction orthogonal to the top surface of the rear region is larger than an amount of depression of the top surface of the front region in a direction orthogonal to the top surface of the front region.