Absorbent Article:

Ryoichi Yamamoto, Utsunomiya, Japan; Mina Tomita, Utsunomiya, Japan; and Takuya Kouta, Utsunomiya, Japan.
Assigned to Kao Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.

Filed: 9/5/19
Issued: 4/2/24

An absorbent article comprising a three-dimensionally shaped topsheet having projections and recesses and a backsheet, having a longitudinal direction corresponding to the front-to-back direction of a wearer and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and having opposed longitudinal end portions, the longitudinal end portions being formed of at least the topsheet and the backsheet, a plurality of the projections protruding longitudinally outward beyond an end edge of the backsheet in at least one of the longitudinal end portions, and the topsheet having a lateral middle portion and a side portion on either side of the lateral middle portion, and the projections protruding longitudinally outward to a greater amount in the lateral middle portion than in the side portion.