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

Filed: 10/12/12
Issued: 5/15/18

An absorbent article comprising: an absorbent article body that has a leak preventer in sheet form and an absorber capable of absorbing a bodily fluid, at least one layer thereof being arranged above the leak preventer; and a connection structure that is arranged from a front end part to a rear end part of the absorbent article body in the length direction via a front body, a crotch part and a rear body, wherein: the connection structure has a pair of right and left belt-shaped supporters and a connection sheet, right and left edge parts of the connection sheet respectively coupling to an underside of the pair of right and left belt-shaped supporters; a right edge part of the right belt-shaped supporter and a left edge part of the left belt-shaped supporter are not coupled to the leak preventer directly, nor through one or more intermediate members, along a longitudinal direction in the crotch part.