Patent ID: 7179247

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: an absorbent sheet body, the sheet body integrally including a water permeable sheet facing a body side of a wearer and either a water permeable or water impermeable sheet facing a garment side such that an absorbent body that absorbs body fluid body fluid is contained between the sheets, wherein the article is applied to a pubic region; and a body fluid inflow hole formed on the absorbent sheet body being depressed into a cylindrical shape with a bottom at the garment side and an opening at the body side with a size capable of fitting a pair of labia majoras from outside such that the pair of labia majoras pass through the opening, wherein the cylindrical shape of the body fluid inflow hole has a hollow part, a side wall portion of the body fluid inflow hole protrudes downward toward the garment side to form a flange, and the side wall of the body fluid inflow hole includes an elastically restoring material, and further comprising an adhesion portion surrounding a periphery of the opening of the body fluid inflow hole on a body side face, and wherein folded pleats are formed that are located around said adhesion portion and that extend along an entire longitudinal length of the article.