Patent ID: 8147474
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article having a width direction and a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the width direction, comprising: an absorbing member in an elongated shape disposed along the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article; and a chassis comprising a substantially rectangular front body member having a length extending in the width direction, a substantially rectangular rear body member having a length extending in the width direction, and an intermediate body portion arranged in the longitudinal direction between the front body member and the rear body member, said intermediate body portion having a leg-surrounding portion recessed inward in the width direction of the absorbent article on both sides in the width direction formed therein, wherein at least said front body member and said rear body member are each composed of a stretchable composite sheet obtained by affixing, at a plurality of adhesive portions, a first sheet having a first ratio of expansion and contraction and a second sheet having a second ratio of expansion and contraction, wherein the second sheet is more stretchable than the first sheet and is disposed on an outer side of the first sheet at an outermost surface of the front body and rear body, defining an outer surface thereof, wherein the plurality of adhesive portions extend in the length direction with predetermined spacing in the width direction, and wherein the absorbing member is adhered to the front body member and the rear body member.