08.31.21
Tomotaka Morita, Tochigi, Japan.
Assigned to Daio Paper Corporation, Ehime, Japan.
Filed: 2/24/17
Issued: 7/20/21
An absorbent article comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent body provided between the liquid permeable topsheet and the backsheet; and a second sheet provided between the liquid permeable topsheet and the absorbent body, wherein the absorbent article has slits that penetrate in the thickness direction thereof, the slits being respectively formed on both side portions of the absorbent body along a longitudinal direction thereof, the absorbent body includes a body-fluid-expelling-portion corresponding region, the body-fluid-expelling-portion corresponding region being included between the slits, the second sheet is provided along an inner surface of the slits, the second sheet is folded back at the backsheet within the slits such that respective recesses are provided within the slits, and the second sheet is patterned to include two first sheet portions and a second sheet portion, the first sheet portions defining the respective recesses provided by folding back the second sheet, each first sheet portion having water-repellent properties, the second sheet portion being continuously located between the first sheet portions and being interposed between the liquid permeable topsheet and the absorbent body, and the second sheet portion having hydrophilic properties.
Assigned to Daio Paper Corporation, Ehime, Japan.
Filed: 2/24/17
Issued: 7/20/21
An absorbent article comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent body provided between the liquid permeable topsheet and the backsheet; and a second sheet provided between the liquid permeable topsheet and the absorbent body, wherein the absorbent article has slits that penetrate in the thickness direction thereof, the slits being respectively formed on both side portions of the absorbent body along a longitudinal direction thereof, the absorbent body includes a body-fluid-expelling-portion corresponding region, the body-fluid-expelling-portion corresponding region being included between the slits, the second sheet is provided along an inner surface of the slits, the second sheet is folded back at the backsheet within the slits such that respective recesses are provided within the slits, and the second sheet is patterned to include two first sheet portions and a second sheet portion, the first sheet portions defining the respective recesses provided by folding back the second sheet, each first sheet portion having water-repellent properties, the second sheet portion being continuously located between the first sheet portions and being interposed between the liquid permeable topsheet and the absorbent body, and the second sheet portion having hydrophilic properties.