Patent ID: 7887527

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: a liquid-permeable topsheet positioned at a surface that is contactable with a human body; a non liquid-permeable backsheet positioned at a surface opposite to the topsheet; an absorbent body provided between the topsheet and the backsheet; and three-dimensional gathers formed at the topsheet side to be raised at both side portions in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent body; wherein portions of the topsheet along both sides in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent body are folded up to the topsheet side and are adhered to the topsheet; wherein the backsheet covers the absorbent body so as to cover from a bottom face of the absorbent body to side surfaces of the absorbent body, and the backsheet includes folding portions which are folded up to the topsheet side along both side portions in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent body; wherein a part of each of the folding portions is adhered along a corresponding one of the folded portions of the topsheet, so as to cover both of the folded portions of the topsheet and so as to be flat along both side portions in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent body; wherein non liquid-permeable nonwoven fabrics are adhered to surfaces that are opposite to surfaces of the folding portions that face the topsheet to form the three-dimensional gathers; wherein the non liquid-permeable nonwoven fabrics are adhered to the flat folding portions so as to form flat root portions of the three-dimensional gathers along both side portions in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent body; and wherein the three-dimensional gathers are raised from the flat root portions along both side portions in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent body.