Patent ID: 7163530

Claim:
An absorbent article which is provided with a liquid permeable surface sheet, a liquid impermeable leakage-prevention sheet and a liquid-retaining absorbent is formed substantially oblong, wherein said absorbent article is provided on longitudinal opposite sides thereof with a pair of right and left, elastic member-carrying three-dimensional guards, wherein said three-dimensional guards each has a skin-contacting surface portion formed by folding back a side on a free side towards an outer side of said absorbent article, and said folded back side forms a folded portion; wherein a first set of elastic members are disposed and fixed to said skin-contacting surface portion and a second set of elastic members are disposed and fixed to an approximately widthwise central portion of a raised portion, wherein said raised portion is located between said skin-contacting surface portion and a base end of said three-dimensional guard; said raised portion is disposed toward an inner side of the diaper; said elastic members in the said second set in the raised portion is fixed between two sheet materials, wherein said two sheet materials form the three-dimensional guard; said folded back portion is located between the skin-contacting surface portion and said raised portion; and said skin-contacting surface portion is located more on a free end side than the folded back portion, and the region of the guard widthwise ranging from the folded back portion to the free end forms the skin-contacting surface portion.