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U.S. Patent No. 8,951,238 B2
July 15, 2015
By: Tara Olivo
Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry
Yuki Takahashi, Mima-Gun, Japan; and Emi Amano, Mima-Gun, Japan. Assigned to Livedo Corporation, Shikokuchuo-shi, Japan. Filed: 11/7/11 Issued: 2/10/15 An absorbent product for receiving excrement from a wearer, the absorbent product having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, comprising: a central absorbent core to face a crotch portion of a wearer; a pair of side absorbent cores comprising a left side absorbent core extending longitudinally from a left side of a rear portion of said central absorbent core to a left side of a middle portion thereof and a right side absorbent core extending longitudinally from a right side of the rear portion of said central absorbent core to a right side of the middle portion thereof; a back sheet covering outer surfaces of said central absorbent core and said pair of side absorbent cores; a central top sheet covering an inner surface of said central absorbent core: a pair of side top sheets covering inner surfaces of said pair of side absorbent cores; side elastic members lying at left and right sides of a front portion of said central absorbent core and being elasticated in said longitudinal direction; and a pair of side wall parts lying between said central absorbent core and said pair of side absorbent cores and standing upward from said top sheet, wherein said pair of side wall parts is formed of a hydrophobic nonwoven fabric(s) which extends between the central absorbent core and each side absorbent core from the outer surface of the central absorbent core to the inner surface of the central absorbent core, and said pair of side top sheets is bonded to said pair of side wall parts.
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