Patent ID: 8395015

Claim:
An absorbent article having an elongated shape for covering an excretion portion of a wearer, comprising: a front face sheet which is at least partially liquid permeable; a liquid impermeable rear face sheet; and an elongated sensor member capable of detecting liquid excreted from the excretion portion being disposed between front face sheet and the rear face sheet along a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, wherein a terminal portion is formed at one end in the longitudinal direction of the sensor member, and the front face sheet and the rear face sheet extend continuously over opposite surfaces of the elongated sensor and include portions that extend over the terminal portion of the elongate sensor that arc not permanently joined so that the portions that extend over the terminal portion of the sensor can be superposed to cover the terminal portion of the sensor in a first mode or pulled apart to expose the terminal portion of the sensor in a second mode; wherein on the front face sheet and the rear face sheet of one end in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, a plurality of cut-out portions are formed intermittently, so as to be extended in a width direction of the absorbent article, and an end region from the plurality of cut-out portions on the front face sheet and the rear face sheet to the one end can be separated from the absorbent article, and wherein in the first mode, the front face sheet and the rear face sheet are each laminated, the terminal portion being covered with the front face sheet and the rear face sheet, and in the second mode, the end region is separated from the absorbent article, the terminal portion being uncovered with the front face sheet and the rear face sheet and exposed externally.