Absorbent articles including sanitary napkins, panty liners and incontinence pads, wherein an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article is reduced from rising by the contraction force of an elastic stretchable member, and the absorption performance is improved and lateral leakage is prevented. In FIG. 5, a sanitary napkin 1 includes a side nonwoven fabric 7 that has an absorber 4 interposed between a permeable front sheet 3 and an impermeable back sheet 2 and forms a solid gather BS rising on each of both side portions on a skin side by a contraction force due to an elastic stretchable member 14. The side nonwoven fabric 7 has a fixed zone 20 joined to the absorbent article 4 side by folding back in both end portions in the longitudinal direction of the napkin, a standing zone 21 rising on a skin side by joining the elastic stretchable member 14 in an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the napkin, and a non-fixed zone 22 where the elastic stretchable member 14 is neither joined between the fixed zone 20 and standing zone 21 nor joined to the absorber 4 side.

An absorbent article includes a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the article, a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent core includes a superabsorbent polymer. The article further includes an acquisition-distribution layer; and at least one channel positioned within a layer located between the topsheet and the backsheet, the at least one channel being substantially free of fibers and superabsorbent polymer. An indentation occurs in at least one of the topsheet and the backsheet that correspond to the at least one channels when the article is loaded with fluid.

A sanitary pad 10 is provided for eliminating incidents of leakage from the front and rear of a user's torso. The sanitary pad 10 includes a lower fluid-impervious base member 12 having engaging members 14 coupled to each side thereof for securing the pad to an under garment of a user. An intermediate liquid absorbent member 16 is adjacently coupled to the base member. A pair of spaced raised longitudinally extending absorbent guide members 20 are coupled to the intermediate absorbent member 16. A first oval shaped liquid absorbent member 22 is coupled to one end 24 and sides 26 of the intermediate absorbent member 16 and a second oval shaped liquid absorbent member 28 is coupled to another end 30 and sides 32 thereof thereby preventing leakage from the front and rear of the sanitary pad 10.

Disposable hygiene article comprising a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core, flexible side flaps arranged on opposite sides of the absorbent core for attaching the article to a garment, and liquid side barriers arranged substantially along longitudinal edges of the absorbent core. The flexible side flaps each comprise at least a side layer which is secured to the topsheet by means of a seam, the seam partitioning the side layer in a first part and a second part with the first part extending from the seam towards the longitudinal centre axis and the second part extending from the seam away from said longitudinal centre axis. The first parts form the liquid side barriers.

An absorbent article includes: an absorbent main body including an absorbent core; and leak-proof walls on respective widthwise side portions of the absorbent main body. Each leak-proof wall is capable of standing on a skin side in the thickness direction, and includes a skin-side portion and a non-skin-side portion. A joined part is formed by joining at least partially facing surfaces of the skin-side and non-skin-side portions. The absorbent main body includes a crotch stretchable portion in a central portion in the width direction and the longitudinal direction, and the crotch stretchable portion stretches/contracts in at least one of the longitudinal direction and the width direction. The joined part is provided inside a distal end of the leak-proof wall and outside the crotch stretchable portion in the width direction. A part of the joined part and a part of the crotch stretchable portion at least overlap in the longitudinal direction.

A sanitary article comprises a longitudinal main body defining opposite longitudinal ends and opposite lateral sides and comprising an upper part, a lower part and an absorbent core therebetween attached together at a common central portion of the longitudinal main body. The upper part and the lower part are separated from each other at the lateral sides of longitudinal main body to define separate lateral upper part and lower part portions at each of the lateral sides. The upper part comprises a liquid pervious body contacting surface. The lower part comprising a garment contacting surface.

An absorbent article to be worn the lower torso is provided. The absorbent article comprises a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, and a pair of longitudinal barrier cuffs attached to the chassis. Each of the longitudinal barrier cuffs comprises a web of material. The web of material comprises a first nonwoven component layer, and a second nonwoven component layer. Each of the longitudinal barrier cuffs comprises a longitudinal zone of attachment where each of the longitudinal barrier cuff attaches to the chassis, a longitudinal free edge, and a plurality of mechanical bonds disposed between the longitudinal zone of attachment and the free edge. The plurality of mechanical bonds attach one of a first portion of the web of material to a second portion of the web of material, and the web of material to a portion of the absorbent article.

A disposable absorbent article having barrier cuffs is disclosed herein. The disposable absorbent article has improved pad curl characteristics which can facilitate application of the disposable absorbent article.

A disposable absorbent article having barrier cuffs is disclosed herein. The disposable absorbent article has improved pad curl characteristics which can facilitate application of the disposable absorbent article.

The present invention prevents an absorbent body from twisting and splitting while maintaining the capability of fitting onto the buttocks of a wearer even when the absorbent body has a low fabric weight. The absorbent body (4) has a large number of compressed parts (20, 20, . . . ) formed in a region other than a region that extends in a widthwise center section along the longitudinal direction and includes portions corresponding to a body fluid excretion part (H) and the intergluteal cleft of the wearer. A region including a portion corresponding to the intergluteal cleft is an easily deformable region (21) without compressed parts (20). The easily deformable region (21) extends to an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction and does not reach the rear end of the absorbent body (4). The region extending behind the easily deformable region (21) to the rear end of the absorbent body (4) has compressed parts (20) formed thereon.