Patent ID: 7931633

Claim:
A breast milk absorbent pad having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and comprising: a pad-chassis having a first surface facing a wearer's skin and a second surface facing away from the wearer's skin; said pad-chassis being composed of a body fluid absorbent layer inclusive of a body fluid absorbent assembly and a body fluid leak-barrier sheet defining said second surface, and a pair of elastically stretchable and contractible members extending along transversely opposite sides of said pad-chassis in said longitudinal direction in order to deform said first surface in a concave shape; and said body fluid absorbent assembly being provided with a high stiffness region having stiffness higher than in a region other than said high stiffness region, said high stiffness region being located exclusively so as to extend inward from a peripheral edge of the body fluid absorbent assembly at least one of upper and lower end portions as viewed in said longitudinal direction, without extending across a central portion of the body fluid absorbent assembly.