Patent ID: 8998871
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article comprising: a top sheet having at least a portion thereof being liquid-permeable and disposed on a body-facing side; a liquid-impermeable back sheet disposed on a clothing-facing side; and a liquid-retainable absorbent body disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, a portion of the back sheet defining a planar back face portion of the absorbent article, wherein the absorbent body comprises: an absorbent core enveloped in a tissue, the tissue comprising a folded portion at the body-facing side of the absorbent core along a length direction of the absorbent article, and the folded portion being configured to extend when the absorbent core is deformed; a compressed channel portion formed to be a concave shape in the body-facing side toward the clothing-facing side; and at least one space having a convex shape formed in the clothing-facing side toward the body-facing side; wherein the at least one space is further formed in at least one side of a channel backside of the compressed channel portion in the clothing-facing side, and the channel backside projects toward the clothing-facing side more than the planar back face portion of the absorbent article.