Patent ID: 7534235

Claim:
An interlabial pad having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, comprising: an absorbent body for absorbing body fluids; a surface side sheet and a rear surface side sheet enclosing said absorbent body; a holding sheet member lapped on the rear surface side sheet, the holding sheet member having bonded portions of the rear surface side sheet provided near each of two longitudinal surrounding ends of the interlabial pad and a pair of laterally opposed unbonded portions located at a rear surface side of the interlabial pad on left and right peripheral side edges near a central area along a longitudinal axis of the interlabial pad; wherein ends of the unbonded portions meet ends of the bonded portions along the peripheral side edges; a first fingertip insert opening formed by one of the pair of unbonded portions and arranged between the rear surface side sheet and the holding sheet member; a second fingertip insert opening formed by the other of the pair of unbonded portions and arranged between the rear surface side sheet and the holding sheet member; and a folding guide element along the longitudinal axis provided to form a convex protruding area linearly and continuously over the entire length of the longitudinal axis when the holding sheet member is pinched via the first and second fingertip insert openings.