Patent ID: 8444618

Claim:
An absorbent article adapted to be worn by a wearer, said absorbent article comprising: an absorbent article main body having a longitudinal direction, a width direction perpendicular thereto, and a thickness direction perpendicular thereto; and an absorbent body overlapping the absorbent article main body along the longitudinal direction and including an absorbing member for absorbing fluid, wherein a first end section the absorbent body is undetachably joined to the absorbent article main body, and an opposite second end section of the absorbent body in the longitudinal direction is detachably joined to the absorbent article main body, the absorbent body includes a first section on a wearer-facing side adapted to face the wearer in use and a second section on a non-wearer-facing side adapted to face away from the wearer in use, the first section is elongatable more in the width direction than the second section of the absorbent body, the absorbing member includes a thin-walled section extending along the longitudinal direction and in a center in the width direction of the absorbent body, a thickness of the thin-walled section is less than that of the remaining section of the absorbent member, the thin-walled section is closer to said first end section than to said second end section in the longitudinal direction, the absorbent body is deformable to protrude toward the wearer when the absorbent article is worn, and the thin-walled section is positioned on the wearer-facing side of the absorbent body.