Susumu Yonaha, Tochigi, Japan.
Assigned to Daio Paper Corporation, Ehime, Japan.

Filed: 10/24/17
Issued: 6/14/22

An individually-packaged absorbent article, comprising: an absorbent article including a body that includes a permeable upper-side sheet, an impermeable back-side sheet, and an absorbent disposed between the upper-side sheet and the back-side sheet; and a packaging sheet that individually packages the absorbent article, wherein the body has a shape having a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction and a predetermined width in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; the absorbent article includes a hip-hold portion that includes a side area protruding from a rear side-edge of the body, the side area including a first protruding portion that includes a portion having a largest width from a longitudinal centerline of the body, a first recessed portion adjacent to a rear end of the first protruding portion, and a second recessed portion adjacent to a front end of the first protruding portion; the absorbent article is folded such that a mountain fold line is formed in the side area of the hip-hold portion; and the mountain fold line intersects with an edge of the side area of the hip-hold portion at a position between a first inflection point between the first recessed portion and the first protruding portion and a second inflection point between the first protruding portion and the second recessed portion, and is substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal centerline.