Patent ID: 9192527
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article, comprising: a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet opposing the top sheet, an absorbent provided between the top sheet and the back sheet, and a side sheet provided on each side of the top sheet in a widthwise direction of the absorbent article, and having an area that overlaps the top sheet and the absorbent; wherein the absorbent contains an airlaid layer, formed by joining fibers with a binder, and a crushed pulp layer, the crushed pulp layer is provided on a top sheet side of the absorbent, the airlaid layer is provided on a back sheet side of the absorbent, and the absorbent article has a plurality of compressed pin-shaped indentations extending through the side sheet and the top sheet and into the absorbent in a thickness direction of the absorbent article, and a plurality of compressed pin-shaped indentations extending through the top sheet and into the absorbent in the thickness direction.