Patent ID: 8377022

Claim:
An elongated absorbent article, comprising: an absorbent article body having at least: (a) a top sheet part which is at least partially liquid permeable and arranged on a first side in a thickness direction of the absorbent article body, and (b) a liquid retainable absorber part disposed on a second side in the thickness direction of the absorbent article body; a cover member arranged on the second side in the thickness direction of the absorbent article body; an extensible belt-shaped member disposed between the absorbent article body and the cover member, a substantially central part of the belt-shaped member being undetachably connected to the absorbent article body, said belt-shaped member further comprising opposite end portions extendible in opposite directions of elongation away from the central part, respectively, wherein each of the end portions is a free end free of direct attachment to the absorbent article body; engaging parts arranged respectively on both the end portions of the belt-shaped member and on a surface of the belt-shaped member on which the cover member is disposed; a peelable sheet releasably engageable with and arranged along a surface of each of the engaging parts; and a fixing part fixing the peelable sheet to the cover member, the fixing part being formed so that an end portion thereof in the respective direction of elongation of the belt-shaped member is arranged at a first position corresponding to an end portion of the respective engaging part in the respective direction of elongation, or a second position further away from the end portion of the respective engaging part in the respective direction of elongation.