Jun Kudo, Kanonji, Japan; Toshiyuki Tanio, Kanonji, Japan; Yuji Takahashi, Kanonji, Japan; Asami Shima, Kanonji, Japan; and Tomoyuki Fujita, Kanonji, Japan.
Assigned to Unicharm Corporation, Ehime, Japan.

Filed: 5/12/15
Issued: 6/9/20

An absorbent article including a liquid-permeable layer, a liquid-impermeable layer, an absorbing layer between the liquid-permeable layer and liquid-impermeable layer, and a functional composition, the absorbent article having a planar direction and a thickness direction, wherein the functional composition includes a volatile first functional component, a volatile second functional component, water-disintegratable microcapsules encapsulating the second functional component, and a solvent that keeps the second functional component encapsulated in the microcapsules, the absorbent article has a functional composition-coated region in which the functional composition has been coated, extending in the planar direction between the liquid-permeable layer and the absorbing layer, and an adhesive-coated region in which an adhesive has been coated, and the adhesive-coated region has an adhered region in which the liquid-permeable layer and the absorbing layer are directly or indirectly adhered.