Mihoko Kuramochi, Sakura, Japan. Assigned to Daio Paper Corporation, Ehime, Japan.
Filed: 10/29/12
Issued: 12/1/15
An absorbent article comprising wing-shaped flaps formed on respective sides of a body portion containing an absorbing body between a permeable front-surface sheet and an impermeable back-surface sheet, the wing-shaped flaps being fixed so as to wrap around a crotch of an undergarment upon attachment, wherein each of the wing-shaped flaps has a front side contour line extending outwardly from the body portion and a rear side contour line extending outwardly from the body portion, and at least one of the front side and rear side contour lines is a wave shaped line where convex and concave portions are alternately formed, wherein a plurality of dot embosses are provided on an outer edge along an outline of the wing-shaped flap, and wherein functional embosses relatively larger in area than the dot embosses are provided at positions of convex portions where the outline of the wing-shaped flap protrudes outward.