Patent ID: 8500709

Claim:
An absorbent article adapted to be worn by a user, said absorbent article comprising: a main body section; an absorbent body that includes an absorbent member for absorbing liquid, that has a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction, that is superposed on a user facing side of the main body section, that has a first end section in the longitudinal direction joined to the main body section at a first joined section, and that has a second end section opposite to the first end section in the longitudinal direction and joined to the main body section at a second joined section; and a restricting member that is disposed between the first joined section and the second joined section in the longitudinal direction, and that restricts a relative shifting between the main body section and the absorbent body when the main body section and the absorbent body are folded, wherein the main body section includes a holding section folded inwardly toward the absorbent body in the width direction, and wherein the absorbent article further comprises a sheet releasably bonded to a surface of the holding section on the user facing side of the main body section, the absorbent body is sandwiched between the sheet and the main body section, and the restricting member comprises portions of the sheet and the main body section that hold the absorbent body therebetween and restrict the relative shifting between the main body section and the absorbent body when the main body section and the absorbent body are folded.