Yoshihisa Watabe, Kagawa, Japan; Hirotomo Mukai, Kagawa, Japan; Natsuko Takahashi, Kagawa, Japan; and Tomoko Tsuji, Kagawa, Japan. Assigned to Unicharm Corporation, Ehime-ken, Japan.
Filed: 12/28/10
Issued: 3/3/15
An absorbent article having a longitudinal direction and a widthwise direction crossing the longitudinal direction, said absorbent article comprising: a topsheet provided at a side configured to come into contact with a skin of a wearer; a backsheet provided at a side configured to be separated from the wearer’s skin; and an absorber provided between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein both side portions of the absorber in the widthwise direction are folded, wherein the absorber comprises: a body unit having a constricted portion constricted inwardly in the widthwise direction when viewed from a plan view of the absorber; and a pair of extension units extending from the body unit outwardly in the widthwise direction in a state in which the both side portions have been unfolded, wherein the constricted portion is formed in a center region in the longitudinal direction, and wherein each of the extension units comprises: an inner region provided at the constricted portion and continuous to the body unit; and an outer region continuous to the inner region and positioned outside of the inner region in the widthwise direction, wherein the outer region is folded toward the inner region at a side of the topsheet, and a length of the inner region along the longitudinal direction is shorter than a length of the outer region along the longitudinal direction, and wherein a width of the absorber from an outer edge of one of the extension units to an outer edge of the other extension unit is wider than a width of the absorber in an end portion in the longitudinal direction in a state in which the both side portions have been unfolded.