Patent ID: 8093449

Claim:
An absorbent article adapted to be worn on a human body, and having a longitudinal direction, a width direction and a thickness direction, said absorbent article comprising: an absorbent body having a fluid-absorbent member for absorbing fluid, and a fluid-impermeable layer, and a main body section which, on a side adapted to face the human body, in use, overlaps the absorbent body in the thickness direction, wherein the absorbent body has first and second end sections in the longitudinal direction, the first end section being fixed to the main body section, the absorbent body further has a side that is closer to the main body section than the fluid-absorbent member in the thickness direction, and a side that is adapted to be closer to the human body than the fluid-absorbent member, wherein the side closer to the main body section, in the second end section of the absorbent body, is covered with the fluid-impermeable layer, and the side adapted to be closer to the human body, in the second end section, has a portion that is not covered by the fluid-impermeable layer, the absorbent body further has a thin section in a middle part of the second end section in the width direction, said thin section being thinner than remaining sections of the second end section of the absorbent body in the width direction; and a fluid-permeable shape retaining sheet that is elongated in the longitudinal direction for retaining the fluid-absorbent member by wrapping around the fluid-absorbent member, and the fluid-impermeable layer is interposed between the fluid-absorbent member and the shape retaining sheet.