Patent ID: 8721609

Claim:
An absorptive article comprising: an absorptive body which includes an absorption body; and an exterior body which is provided to an outer surface side of the absorptive body and which is provided with a belly-side portion which is located on a belly side of a human body when the absorptive article is worn and a back-side portion which is located on a back side of a human body when the absorptive article is worn; wherein a hip opening section and a pair of left and right leg opening sections are formed in the absorptive article by joining, using heat sealing or ultrasonic sealing, the belly-side portion and the back-side portion of the exterior body at joint sections at both side ends of the belly-side portion and the back-side portion; and wherein the absorptive article includes a reduced strength region, which is disposed with a joint strength reducing material for reducing a joint strength between the joint sections, and an unreduced strength region, which is not disposed with the joint strength reducing material, between the belly-side portion and the back-side portion of the joint sections.