Patent ID: 8173858

Claim:
An absorbent article, comprising: a top sheet that is at least partially liquid permeable and disposed on a skin contacting side; a back sheet that is liquid impermeable and disposed on a skin non-contacting side; and an absorbent core that is liquid retentive and disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein the absorbent core includes: a compressed portion that is formed on the skin non-contacting side in a convex shape projecting toward the skin contacting side by compression from the skin non-contacting side toward the skin contacting side; a break portion that is formed on the skin contacting side in a concave shape projecting toward the skin non-contacting side by compression from the skin contacting side toward the skin non-contacting side; and a projecting portion corresponding to the compressed portion and projecting from the skin non-contacting side toward the skin contacting side.