Patent ID: 8343124

Claim:
An absorbent article, comprising: an absorbent article main body extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article and having a front end portion and rear end portion, a liquid-retaining absorber, a liquid-permeable topsheet covering a top surface of the absorber, and a liquid-impermeable backsheet supporting the absorber and opposite to the topsheet in a thickness direction of the absorbent article; a belt-shaped member extending in the longitudinal direction and including a base end portion fixed to the absorber or the backsheet, and a tip portion not fixed to the absorber and the backsheet and stretchable in the longitude direction; and an attaching member provided on a back surface of the belt-shaped member and configured to be attached to clothing, in use, wherein the attaching member extends in a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and includes side portions opposite to each other in the width direction and fixed to the back surface of the belt-shaped member, and the attaching member is separate from, in the thickness direction, the belt-shaped member between the side portions.