Patent ID: 6471682
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article comprising:a liquid absorbing member including an absorbent core and a liquid-permeable sheet covering a liquid-receiving side of said absorbent core; a support body positioned on a lower side of said liquid absorbing member; and at least three elastic members for supporting said liquid absorbing member, each extending in a longitudinal direction of said absorbent article and being fixed at its front and rear end portions on said support body, one of said three elastic members being positioned at a widthwise central portion of said absorbent article, and wherein the front and rear fixed portions between said central elastic member and said support body are positioned longitudinally outwardly of those between remaining elastic members and said support body, whereby said support body is bent in the longitudinal direction by tensions of said elastic members, and said liquid absorbing member is deformed to bulge at its widthwise central portion away from said support body by said central elastic member.