Patent ID: 7279613

Claim:
A sanitary napkin comprising: a backsheet; a liquid-permeable topsheet; and an absorbent layer for absorbing a liquid and disposed between the backsheet and the top sheet, at least a part of a region in which the absorbent layer is provided being adapted to act as a liquid-receiving region, wherein the liquid-receiving region includes: a raised region; and a peripheral region laterally provided around the raised region, the raised region being continuously elongated in the longitudinal direction of the sanitary napkin, the raised region including a front region for coming into contact with the vaginal opening of a wearer and a rear region for coming into contact with the buttocks of the wearer, the front region having a front hydrophilic material layer positioned between the liquid permeable topsheet and the absorbent layer, the rear region having a rear hydrophilic material layer positioned between the liquid permeable topsheet and the absorbent layer, the front hydrophilic material layer and the rear hydrophilic material layer causing the raised region to be higher than the peripheral region; and a compressed groove surrounding the raised region, the compressed groove being recessed from the surface of the peripheral region to create a depression between the raised region and the peripheral region, wherein when the front region and the rear region are respectively depressed with a given pressure applied to top surfaces of the front region and the rear region, an amount of depression of the top surface of the rear region in a direction orthogonal to the top surface of the rear region is larger than an amount of depression of the top surface of the front region in a direction orthogonal to the top surface of the front region.