Patent ID: 7154020

Claim:
A body fluid absorbent wearing article, comprising: a liquid-pervious topsheet: a liquid-impervious backsheet; a liquid-absorbent panel disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet; said panel comprising a first fibrous assembly sub-panel lying on a side of said topsheet and having a compressive restoring elasticity, and a substantially flat second fibrous assembly sub-panel underlying said first fibrous assembly sub-panel; said first fibrous assembly sub-panel having opposite upper and lower sides, the upper side being adjacent said topsheet, the lower side being further from said topsheet than the upper side, said first fibrous assembly sub-panel comprising on the lower side thereof a substantially flat portion spaced from said second fibrous assembly sub-panel by a first given dimension and a plurality of protuberant portions extending from said flat portion toward said second fibrous assembly panel so as to bear against said second fibrous assembly sub-panel; and said first fibrous assembly sub-panel having a fiber density increasing progressively toward said second fibrous assembly sub-panel which has a fiber density higher than that of said first fibrous assembly sub-panel; wherein said first fibrous assembly sub-panel has a plurality of wall portions each extending from said flat portion toward said second fibrous assembly sub-panel, being spaced from said second fibrous assembly sub-panel by a second given dimension smaller than said first dimension, and serving to connect one pair of the adjacent protuberant portions with each other.