Patent ID: 8558054
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article adapted to contact a body of a wearer on a skin face side, said absorbent article comprising: an absorbent article main unit having opposite front and rear end sections and a center section between the front and rear end sections in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article; an absorbent body material included in the absorbent article main unit and including absorbent fibers and a super absorbent resin; and interspersed sections included in the absorbent body material, each of the interspersed sections having a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction, and a thickness direction, wherein a densely gathered state of the absorbent fibers in each of the interspersed sections is less dense than a densely gathered state of the absorbent fibers around each of the interspersed sections, and an occupied volume ratio of the super absorbent resin in the interspersed sections is greater than an occupied volume ratio of the super absorbent resin around the interspersed sections, the absorbent article has a fold line for wrapping, and at least one of the interspersed sections overlaps the fold line, and the longitudinal direction of the at least one of the interspersed sections is aligned with the fold line, the absorbent article main unit further includes sheet sections covering the absorbent body material, and the absorbent fibers accumulated around the interspersed sections are sandwiched between the sheet sections, the interspersed sections include first interspersed sections arranged at the front end section and second interspersed sections arranged at the rear end section, the interspersed sections are not arranged at the center portion, and a number of the second interspersed sections at the rear end section is more than a number of the first interspersed sections at the front end section.