Patent ID: 6972011

Claim:
An ultra-thin absorbent sheet member in which an absorbent polymer powder is adhered to one surface of a first nonwoven fabric by a hotmelt adhesive such that an absorbent polymer powder present area and an absorbent polymer powder absent area exist, wherein: the absorbent polymer powder absent area is present at opposite widthwise end portions of the ultra-thin absorbent sheet member and at least one location between the opposite end portions; the absorbent polymer powder is bonded to the first nonwoven fabric by a first hotmelt adhesive layer formed at an upper side of the first nonwoven fabric and at a lower side of the absorbent polymer powder and a second hotmelt adhesive layer formed to cover upper sides of the absorbent polymer powder present area and the absorbent polymer powder absent area, and the first and second hotmelt adhesive layers are both made of an aggregate of linear hotmelt adhesive pieces.