Patent ID: 7981100
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A disposable absorbent article for being applied to a region including a crotch region of a wearer, the disposable absorbent article comprising: a sheet member to be applied to a region at least including a front waist region, the crotch region and a rear waist region of the wearer; an absorbent core provided inside said sheet member or on a skin-facing side of said sheet member for absorbing bodily fluids discharged from the wearer, said absorbent core having a left side edge and a right side edge; at least one front leg elastic member attached in a stretched state along a path from a front end of one of left and right leg-side edges of said sheet member, crossing a crotch region of said sheet member, and leading to a front end of the other of said left and right leg-side edges; and at least one rear leg elastic member attached in a stretched state along a path from a rear end of one of said left and right leg-side edges of said sheet member, crossing said crotch region of said sheet member, and leading to a rear end of the other of said left and right leg-side edges, wherein said front leg elastic member and said rear leg elastic member intersect at a left intersection and a right intersection, each of said left intersection and said right intersection being located in said crotch region of said sheet member, and a center of each of said left intersection and said right intersection being located at a position between said left side edge and said right side edge of said absorbent core in a lateral direction, wherein said front leg elastic member has left and right front leg contraction-reduced sections located outwardly of said left and right intersections in the lateral direction, said left and right front leg contraction-reduced sections being cut so as to have reduced contractile forces, and wherein said rear leg elastic member has left and right rear leg contraction-reduced sections located outwardly of said left and right intersections in the lateral direction, said left and right rear leg contraction-reduced sections being cut so as to have reduced contractile forces.