Patent ID: 8758319
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent product for receiving excrement from a wearer, the absorbent product comprising: an outer covering sheet having leg elastic members which contract to form leg gathers; a sheet-like main body part where an absorbent core is located between a back sheet and a top sheet, said main body part being attached on said outer covering sheet; and a pair of side sheets located respectively on both side portions of said main body part, each of said side sheets comprising a strip-like bonded part bonded on said main body part and a side wall part which is continuous from said strip-like bonded part at an outside edge of said strip-like bonded part, wherein said side wall parts are located respectively on both side portions of said main body part and extend in a longitudinal direction of said main body part, and each side wall part includes: (i) a standing part standing up from said main body part at a middle portion of said side wall part in said longitudinal direction; (ii) two side wall end parts which are both end portions of said side wall part in said longitudinal direction, the side wall end parts being fixed in a folded configuration over said main body part; and (iii) an elastic member which is bonded to a free edge of said standing part along said free edge and which contracts to form gathers in said standing part; and wherein each of the side wall end parts comprises: (i) a first fixed part extending inwardly from the strip-like bonded part to an inwardly bending part which is continuous in said longitudinal direction with a portion of said standing part, said portion being in the vicinity of a fixed edge of said standing part, said first fixed part being fixed over said main body part; and (ii) a second fixed part extending outwardly from the inwardly bending part to the free edge and disposed between said main body part and said first fixed part and being fixed over said main body part, and wherein each of the side sheets further comprises an elastic member which extends along said fixed edge of said standing part.