Migaku Suzuki, Tokyo, Japan; and Yoshio Hirai, Tokyo, Japan.
Assigned to Daio Paper Corporation, Shikokuchuo-shi, Japan.

Filed: 3/12/12
Issued: 5/2/17

An absorbent article, comprising: a leak preventer in sheet form; an absorber that is arranged above the leak preventer and that includes at least one layer capable of absorbing a bodily fluid; a skin contact member that is arranged above the absorber, between a front part of the leak preventer and a rear part of the leak preventer, the skin contact member being configured to make contact with a wearer’s skin and to be spaced apart from the absorber at a time of use; and a connecting unit that is attached with a part of the skin contact member and with the absorber, the part of the skin contact member being configured to correspond to a crotch part of the wearer at a time of use, wherein: a center part of the absorber is aligned with a front part of the connecting unit at a time of use, the front part of the connecting unit is aligned with the part of the skin contact member at a time of use, the connecting unit extends from the part of the skin contact member to the rear part of the leak preventer so that the connecting unit covers a rear part of the absorber and does not cover a front part of the absorber, the front part of the absorber extending from the center part of the absorber to a front end of the absorber, and the skin contact member consists of two separate belt members that are each directly attached to the connecting unit at the part of the skin contact member.