Patent ID: 8012138

Claim:
A nursing pad formed, in a pre-use state, in a substantially dome shape that allows a wearer's breast to be enveloped, wherein the nursing pad comprises: a liquid-impermeable sheet that forms the external shape of the nursing pad; a liquid-permeable sheet which is adhered to the liquid-impermeable sheet along a perimeter of the nursing pad; an absorber which is provided between the liquid-impermeable sheet and the liquid-permeable sheet for absorbing and holding the wearer's milk; a first folding portion, which serves as a folding axis that allows the nursing pad to be folded therealong; and a fastening element for fastening the nursing pad to the wearer's clothing; wherein the first folding portion passes near an apex of the nursing pad, and extends toward the perimeter of the nursing pad, the first folding portion is provided discontinuously on the nursing pad in regions other than the apex with which the wearer's nipple is to be contact, wherein the absorber is present in the first folding portion and a basic weight of the absorber in the first folding portion is different from the basic weight of the absorber at the apex of the pad, the fastening element is provided on an upper side of the liquid-impermeable sheet entirely outside of and without intersecting or overlapping both the first folding portion and a linear portion orthogonal to the first folding portion, and the first folding portion is confined along one or two straight lines.