Patent ID: 8460261

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: a bottom absorbent component which is one of a plurality of layered absorbent components having a liquid-absorbent layer, and which is positioned in a bottom stage having a clothing-facing surface provided with positioning-fixing means fixed to a piece of clothing, and having a skin-facing surface on the opposite side from the clothing-facing surface; and an upper absorbent component which is one of the plurality of layered absorbent components, and which is peelably bonded to the skin-facing surface of the bottom absorbent component; wherein the bottom absorbent component has higher flexural rigidity than the upper absorbent component when flexed in the longitudinal direction, which is the anteroposterior direction between the legs during fitting to the body, wherein the skin-facing surface of the bottom absorbent component and a skin-facing surface of the upper absorbent component differ in color from each other, wherein each of the plurality of layered absorbent components is of substantially the same width, and wherein each of the bottom and upper absorbent components has a center portion and an end portion in the longitudinal direction, and the upper absorbent component's center portion and end portion are different in thickness from each other, and the bottom absorbent component's center portion and end portion are of substantially the same thickness.