10.28.22
Aya Ide, Ehime, Japan.
Assigned to Daio Paper Corporation, Ehime, Japan.
Filed: 3/6/18
Issued: 9/27/22
An absorbent article comprising: an absorber; a top sheet covering a front surface side of the absorber; a liquid impervious sheet covering a back surface side of the absorber; and rising gathers rising from both sides of the top sheet, wherein a side pocket extending in a front-back direction is disposed on a lateral side of the absorber, wherein the side pocket is surrounded by a side cover portion formed of a sheet material reaching a back surface side of the absorber continuously from above a side of the top sheet via an upper portion, an outer side, and a lower portion of the side pocket, wherein a portion of the side cover portion located above the side of the top sheet includes a non-bonded portion not bonded to the top sheet and a bonded portion located on both front and back sides of the non-bonded portion, wherein a gap between the side cover portion and the top sheet in the non-bonded portion is open above the top sheet and toward the side pocket, wherein the sheet material further includes a protruding portion protruding from the non-bonded portion and the bonded portion, and the protruding portion forms the rising gather, wherein an elongated side cover elastic member is disposed in the front-back direction at least outside a portion located above the side pocket in a width direction in the side cover portion, and wherein a portion having the side cover elastic member in the side cover portion is contracted in the front-back direction by a contraction force of the elongated side cover elastic member.
Assigned to Daio Paper Corporation, Ehime, Japan.
Filed: 3/6/18
Issued: 9/27/22
An absorbent article comprising: an absorber; a top sheet covering a front surface side of the absorber; a liquid impervious sheet covering a back surface side of the absorber; and rising gathers rising from both sides of the top sheet, wherein a side pocket extending in a front-back direction is disposed on a lateral side of the absorber, wherein the side pocket is surrounded by a side cover portion formed of a sheet material reaching a back surface side of the absorber continuously from above a side of the top sheet via an upper portion, an outer side, and a lower portion of the side pocket, wherein a portion of the side cover portion located above the side of the top sheet includes a non-bonded portion not bonded to the top sheet and a bonded portion located on both front and back sides of the non-bonded portion, wherein a gap between the side cover portion and the top sheet in the non-bonded portion is open above the top sheet and toward the side pocket, wherein the sheet material further includes a protruding portion protruding from the non-bonded portion and the bonded portion, and the protruding portion forms the rising gather, wherein an elongated side cover elastic member is disposed in the front-back direction at least outside a portion located above the side pocket in a width direction in the side cover portion, and wherein a portion having the side cover elastic member in the side cover portion is contracted in the front-back direction by a contraction force of the elongated side cover elastic member.