Patent ID: 8486036

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: a crotch region; a front waist region extending forward from the crotch region; a rear waist region extending rearward from the crotch region; a sheet assembly comprising: a top-sheet; a back-sheet; and a leak-barrier sheet; a functional sheet comprising an antimicrobial sweat-absorbent sheet and having a size smaller than that of said sheet assembly; and a bodily fluid-absorbent structure wherein said functional sheet and said bodily fluid-absorbent structure are attached to said sheet assembly, a portion of said back-sheet is folded back along a rear edge onto a side of said rear waist region on which said bodily fluid-absorbent structure is attached to define a rear turnback, said rear turnback of said back sheet is bonded to said topsheet, and said functional sheet is put flat with and bonded to said rear turnback so as to be kept in contact with a wear's skin when the absorbent article is used; and an externally visible colored zone is provided between said functional sheet and said rear turnback.