Patent ID: 8235958

Claim:
An absorbent article for abutment against a user's body, said article comprising: a first absorbent body that has a longitudinal direction, a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a thickness direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal and width directions, the first absorbent body having a body-facing side and a garment-facing side; a second absorbent body positionable farther from the user's body than the first absorbent body, the second absorbent body having a body-facing side and a garment-facing side; an undetachably joined section in which the garment-facing side of one end section of the first absorbent body in the longitudinal direction with the body-facing side of the second absorbent body are undetachably, permanently joined to each other; a detachably joined section in which the garment-facing side of the other end section of the first absorbent body in the longitudinal direction with the body-facing side of the second absorbent body are detachably, temporarily joined to each other; and a non-joined section in which the first absorbent body and the second body are not joined to each other; wherein the detachably joined section is between the undetachably joined section and the non-joined section.