Title:
ABSORBENT ARTICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/003126
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention provides an absorbent article using a cotton-containing nonwoven fabric as a surface sheet. The absorbent article causes hardly any discomfort, such as the feeling of being wet or sweaty, to a wearer thereof, and hardly causes skin irritation. In the absorbent article according to the present invention, a surface sheet (2) thereof is a nonwoven fabric which comprises at least two fiber layers including a first fiber layer (201) composed of cotton and thermoplastic resin fibers and a second fiber layer (202) composed of hydrophobic thermoplastic resin fibers. The nonwoven fabric is provided with: multiple protrusions (11) that protrude in the direction of a first surface (2a); and multiple recesses (12) that are each disposed between adjacent protrusions (11) so as to be indented in the direction of a second surface (2b), wherein the protrusions (11) each have a void part (14) opposite to the second surface (2b), and the nonwoven fabric exhibits weak acidity at least in the protrusions (11).
Inventors:
MIYAMA TAKUYA (JP)
SAKAGUCHI SATORU (JP)
UDA MASASHI (JP)
SAKAGUCHI SATORU (JP)
UDA MASASHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2016/069720
Publication Date:
January 04, 2018
Filing Date:
July 01, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNICHARM CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61F13/511; A61F13/514; A61F13/532; A61F13/533; A61F13/539
Foreign References:
| JP2003235896A | 2003-08-26 | |||
| JP2014204798A | 2014-10-30 | |||
| JP2002306533A | 2002-10-22 | |||
| JP2016077900A | 2016-05-16 | |||
| JP5829326B1 | 2015-12-09 | |||
| JPH02175958A | 1990-07-09 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3437607A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
AOKI, Atsushi et al. (JP)
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