JP2018164627A - Absorbent article - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent article having excellent touch, excellent wearing feeling, and excellent beautification, regardless of a wearing method of the absorbent article.SOLUTION: An absorbent article is such that: a top sheet is composed of one ply, and has an uneven pattern having a three-dimensional protrusion and recess; the absorbent article is formed with channel embossments symmetrically across a width direction center line; the channel embossments have a structure that a front channel embossment of a substantially oval shape, extending a front part and a crotch part, and a rear channel embossment of a substantially oval shape, extending to a rear part are connected in a boundary between the crotch part and the rear part; and an embossment groove crossing two fold lines and extending in the width direction is formed inside the front channel embossment and the rear channel embossment.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an absorbent article having a good touch, excellent wearing feeling, and good cosmetic properties.

  In general, an absorbent article is composed of a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet, and an absorbent body disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet. The body fluid is absorbed by the absorbent body through the top sheet. This absorbent article has various absorption amounts depending on the amount of body fluid discharged in the assumed usage situation. Among these, light incontinence liners, light incontinence pads, and the like are known as those that absorb a relatively small amount of discharged body fluid.

  Absorbent articles are usually folded individually into three folds and individually wrapped, and a plurality of them are packaged together with plastic film. When consumers use absorbent articles, the individual packaging must be The absorbent article is taken out, and the absorbent article is attached to the undergarment using a slip stopper tape provided on the clothing side surface of the absorbent article.

  As such an absorbent article, for example, Patent Document 1 includes an absorbent article having a top sheet, a back sheet, and an absorbent body, and at least channel embossing formed by compressing the top sheet and the absorbent body. The absorbent body has a central absorbent part located at the center in the width direction of the absorbent article, and a pair of outer absorbent parts located on both outer sides in the width direction than the central absorbent part. Are arranged from the front end portion to the rear end portion of the absorber, and the channel emboss is positioned forward of the longitudinal center of the absorber and the rear of the longitudinal center of the absorber. An absorbent article having a rear channel embossing, the front channel embossing and the rear channel embossing straddling a pair of outer absorbent parts and a central absorbent part is disclosed.

JP 2014-069006 A

  As seen in the absorbent article of Patent Document 1, in the absorbent article, channel embossing is generally formed for preventing leakage and preventing twisting of the absorber, but when the total area of the embossing increases, It is known that it becomes hard overall. At the same time, when using a bulky and soft nonwoven fabric (3D concavo-convex sheet) that has a concavo-convex pattern with a matched embossing treatment on the top sheet, if the total embossed area of the channel embossment is large, the cosmetic properties of the absorbent article will be reduced. The problem to be pointed out was pointed out.

  Furthermore, the absorbent article has different wearing positions depending on the wearer. For example, the absorbent article may be worn near the stomach side so that the worn absorbent article does not stand out. Depending on the time and place, the wearing method may be changed. For this reason, even if it mounted | worn in various positions, providing the absorbent article which does not impair the touch and a feeling of wear was calculated | required.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an absorbent article having a good touch, excellent wearing feeling, and good cosmetics regardless of the method of wearing the absorbent article. Objective.

  The inventors of the present invention have conducted extensive research in view of the above problems. As a result, a top sheet having a concavo-convex pattern having one ply and having a three-dimensional convex part and a concave part, a substantially elliptical front channel embossing extending to the front part and the crotch part, and a substantially elliptical part extending to the rear part According to an absorbent article having a structure in which the rear channel embossing is connected at the boundary between the crotch part and the rear part, it has been found that the above problems can be solved, and the present invention has been completed. Specifically, the present invention provides the following.

  (1) A first aspect of the present invention includes a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet, and an absorbent body disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet. The absorbent article is divided into approximately three equal parts in the longitudinal direction by a fold line, wherein the top sheet is composed of one ply and has an uneven pattern having a three-dimensional protrusion and recess, and the absorbent The article is applied to the abdomen of the wearer, applied to the front part on the end side rather than the two fold lines, the crotch part sandwiched between the two fold lines, and the back side of the wearer, It is divided into a rear portion on the end side with respect to two fold lines, and the absorbent article is formed with channel embossing symmetrically across the center line in the width direction. A substantially elliptical front channel embossment extending to the crotch and crotch, and a substantially elliptical rear channel extending to the rear. Nell embossing has a structure where it is connected at the boundary between the crotch part and the rear part. Inside the front channel embossing and the rear channel embossing, an embossing groove is formed that intersects the two fold lines and extends in the width direction. It is an absorbent article.

  (2) A second aspect of the present invention is the absorbent article according to (1), wherein the top sheet has a honeycomb-shaped uneven pattern in plan view.

  (3) A third aspect of the present invention is the absorbent article according to (1) or (2), wherein the longitudinal dimension of the front channel emboss is larger than the longitudinal dimension of the rear channel emboss. The dimension of the front channel embossing in the width direction is larger than the dimension of the rear channel embossing in the width direction.

(4) A fourth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent article according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the basis weight of the absorber is 400 g / m ² or more and 1500 g / m ² or less. It is characterized by being.

  (5) The fifth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent article according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the front part is connected to the front channel embossment on the longitudinal end side. A substantially elliptical front end channel emboss is formed.

  (6) A sixth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent article according to any one of (1) to (5), wherein the top sheet is a hydrophilic air-through nonwoven fabric. is there.

  The absorbent article of the present invention uses a top sheet having a concavo-convex pattern having three-dimensional convex portions and concave portions, which is composed of one ply, while the channel embossing is a substantially elliptical front extending to the front portion and the crotch portion. The channel embossing and the substantially elliptical rear channel embossing extending to the rear part have a structure in which they are connected at the boundary between the crotch part and the rear part. For this reason, in addition to ensuring an area where channel embossing is not formed in the area around the urination area of the absorbent article, the top sheet having the uneven pattern expresses a soft touch, so that the absorbent article is worn. A feeling becomes favorable. Further, in the absorbent article of the present invention, the total embossed area of the channel embossing is small, and in particular, there is a portion where the channel embossing is not formed around the urination area, so that the absorbent article becomes cosmetic. It will be excellent. In addition, in the absorbent article of the present invention, the front channel embossing has a substantially elliptical shape extending to the front and crotch parts, so that it is good even if the wearing method and the wearing position of the absorbent article are changed. A comfortable wearing feeling is maintained.

It is a top view of the absorptive article of the present invention. It is drawing which shows another aspect of the absorbent article of this invention.

<Absorbent article>
As the absorbent article 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, a light incontinence pad is exemplified, but the absorbent article 1 of the present invention is not limited to this, and a light incontinence liner, a sanitary napkin, other It may be an absorbent article. The absorbent article 1 includes a liquid-permeable top sheet 10 disposed on the body-side surface, a liquid-impermeable back sheet 30 facing the top sheet 10 and disposed on the clothing-side surface, the top sheet 10 and And the absorbent body 20 disposed between the back sheets 30, whereby the absorbent body 20 is sandwiched between the top sheet 10 and the back sheet 30. The absorbent article 1 is folded by being divided into approximately three equal parts in the longitudinal direction by two folding lines 40 extending in the width direction during individual packaging, and is folded in three in the longitudinal direction during packaging. The absorbent article 1 is applied to the wearer's belly side, the front part 1a on the end side of the two fold lines 40, the crotch part 1b located between the wearer's crotch, and the wearer's back side. And is divided into a rear portion 1c on the end side of the two folding lines 40.

[Top sheet]
The top sheet 10 allows body fluid to pass quickly toward the absorbent body 20 and is disposed to face the back sheet 30 with the absorbent body 20 interposed therebetween. Since the top sheet 10 is a sheet that comes into contact with the skin, the top sheet 10 has a soft feel and has properties that do not irritate the skin, such as synthetic fibers such as polypropylene and polyethylene, and reproduction of rayon and the like. Opening film such as hydrophilic nonwoven fabric, open polyethylene film, urethane foam, etc. obtained by known processing methods such as air-through method, thermal bond method, spunlace method, spunbond method using natural fibers such as fiber and cotton For example, a hydrophilic air-through nonwoven fabric is preferably used from the viewpoint of breathability and touch when worn. In addition, the top sheet 10 used for this invention is comprised by 1 ply in order to make the touch at the time of wear favorable. Further, the top sheet 10 may have a large number of through holes in order to impart dry touch properties.

The basis weight of the top sheet 10 is preferably 18 g / m ² or more and 40 g / m ² or less from the viewpoint of workability and strength. In addition, lotion, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory component, pH adjuster, antibacterial agent, moisturizer and the like may be applied to the top sheet 10 in order to reduce irritation to the skin.

In the present invention, a liquid diffusive sheet may be provided between the top sheet 10 and the absorbent body 20 in order to promote diffusion of body fluid to the upper surface of the absorbent body 20. Examples of such liquid diffusive sheets include nonwoven fabrics such as air-through nonwoven fabric, point bond nonwoven fabric, spunbond nonwoven fabric, and meltblown nonwoven fabric, and composite nonwoven fabrics laminated with spunbond / meltblown and spunbond / meltblown / spunbond. it can. The thickness of the liquid diffusive sheet is preferably 0.1 mm or more, and the basis weight thereof is preferably 15 g / m ² or more. The shape of the liquid diffusive sheet is not particularly limited, but is preferably a shape that can completely cover the surface of the absorbent body 20 so that bodily fluids such as urine diffuse throughout the absorbent body 20.

(Uneven pattern)
In the present invention, the top sheet 10 has a concavo-convex pattern having three-dimensional convex portions and concave portions. The uneven pattern may be formed by matched embossing. Here, the matched emboss pattern is disclosed in, for example, JP-T-2002-512660, and includes a convex roller having a large number of convex bodies and a concave roller having a large number of concave bodies complementary to the convex bodies. Thus, the non-woven fabric is sandwiched so that the convex body and the concave body mesh with each other, and heat is applied as necessary. When the top sheet 10 has such a concavo-convex pattern, the top sheet 10 can be kept bulky. In the present invention, the thickness of the top sheet 10 is 1.5 to 3 times the thickness before the uneven treatment, and the thickness of the top sheet 10 after the uneven treatment is preferably 1 mm or more and 5 mm or less. More preferably, it is 4 mm or less.

  Moreover, since the convex part and the recessed part are formed in the plane of the top sheet 10 by providing the uneven pattern on the top sheet 10, the air permeability in the planar direction of the top sheet 10 is maintained well, and the top sheet When the body fluid comes into contact with 10, the top sheet 10 can easily hold the body fluid. Any of these effects will contribute to the improvement of soft touch expression, absorption performance and reversibility when the absorbent article 1 is worn.

  The pattern shape of the concavo-convex pattern of the top sheet 10 is preferably a circle, an ellipse, a polygon, straight lines extending in the longitudinal direction or the width direction, or curves parallel to each other. The dimension in the direction may be longer than the dimension in the horizontal direction, and the dimension in the horizontal direction may be longer than the dimension in the vertical direction. In addition, from a viewpoint of a touch and a feeling of wear, the uneven | corrugated pattern which the top sheet 10 in the absorbent article 1 of this invention has a hexagonal or regular hexagonal convex part and a hexagonal or regular hexagonal concave part comprises continuously. It is preferably a honeycomb-shaped uneven pattern in plan view.

  The area ratio of the concave portions of the concave / convex pattern of the top sheet 10 is preferably 3% or more and 40% or less, and more preferably 5% or more and 30% or less. By setting the area ratio within the above range, the three-dimensional shape of the concavo-convex pattern is sufficiently maintained, and the bulkiness of the top sheet 10 is favorably maintained.

[Back sheet]
The back sheet 30 is made of a sheet material having liquid impermeability and water blocking properties so that body fluid does not leak outside the absorbent article 1, but even if it has moisture permeability to prevent stuffiness. Good. Examples of the material of the back sheet 30 having such characteristics include a thin plastic sheet such as a polyethylene sheet and a polyethylene laminated nonwoven fabric. The backsheet 30 may have a shape such as an hourglass shape or a substantially rectangular shape having a constricted portion at the longitudinal center where the wearer's crotch is positioned, and extends slightly outward from the side edge of the absorbent body 20. May be provided. An adhesive layer for fixing the absorbent article 1 to an underwear or the like when worn may be provided on the clothing side surface of the backsheet 30. When the absorbent article 1 has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, it may have a release sheet for protecting the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and this release sheet is partially bonded to the packaging sheet of the absorbent article 1. Also good. The top sheet 10 and the back sheet 30 may form a flap that is fixed by a hot melt adhesive or heat seal without sandwiching the absorbent body 20 at least at a part of the end, such as an end in the longitudinal direction. Good.

[Absorber]
The absorber 20 contains an absorbent fiber as a base material and a superabsorbent polymer (hereinafter also referred to as SAP). The absorbent fiber is not particularly limited as long as it is generally used for absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, diapers, and urine absorbing pads. For example, fluff pulp, cotton, rayon, acetate, tissue, absorbent paper, hydrophilic paper Can be mentioned. Among these, it is preferable to use fluff pulp from the viewpoint of absorbability. Examples of such fluff pulp include wood pulp, synthetic fiber, polymer fiber, non-wood pulp and the like that have been fibrillated into cotton. It is preferable that the absorbent fibers of the absorbent body 20 have a basis weight of 100 g / m ² or more and 800 g / m ² or less so as not to impair the absorption performance and the touch.

The SAP used in the absorbent body 20 is not particularly limited as long as it can absorb body fluid and prevent backflow. Sodium polyacrylate copolymer, polyaspartate copolymer, (starch- Those formed from materials such as acrylic acid) graft copolymer, (acrylic acid-vinyl alcohol) copolymer, (isobutylene-maleic anhydride) copolymer and saponified products thereof can be used. Among these, a sodium polyacrylate copolymer is preferable from the viewpoint of the amount of absorption per weight. The SAP amount of the absorbent body 20 is preferably set to a basis weight of 50 g / m ² or more and 700 g / m ² or less, and a content of 15% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less so as not to impair the absorption performance and the touch. Is preferred.

  In the absorbent body 20, the absorbent fibers and SAP are preferably in the form of a laminated mat formed by mixing SAP particles in the absorbent fibers. Moreover, it is preferable to wrap the absorber 20 in a carrier sheet for the purpose of preventing leakage of SAP particles and stabilizing the shape of the absorber 20. The base material of the carrier sheet is not particularly limited as long as it has hydrophilicity, and examples thereof include hydrophilic nonwoven fabrics such as tissue, absorbent paper, and airlaid nonwoven fabric. When a plurality of carrier sheets are provided, the base material of the carrier sheet may be the same or different, and the way of wrapping the absorbent body 20 with the carrier sheet is not particularly limited.

Incidentally, the basis weight of the absorbent body 20 is preferably 400 g / ^{m 2} or more 1500 g / ^{m 2} or less. By making the basic weight of the absorber 20 into such a range, it is excellent in absorptivity and can prevent the leakage of a bodily fluid effectively. Moreover, the absorber 20 may be formed by laminating an upper layer absorber and a lower layer absorber. In this case, the dimensions of the upper layer absorber and the lower layer absorber in the longitudinal direction and the width direction may be such that the size of the upper layer absorber is larger than the size of the lower layer absorber, and the size of the upper layer absorber is the same as the size of the lower layer absorber. The dimension of an upper layer absorber may be smaller than the dimension of a lower layer absorber.

[Channel embossing]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of an absorbent article 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, in the absorbent article 1 of the present invention, channel embossing is formed symmetrically across the center line in the width direction, and the channel embossing substantially extends to the front part 1a and the crotch part 1b. An elliptical front channel emboss 21 and a substantially elliptical rear channel emboss 22 extending to the rear portion 1c are connected at the boundary between the crotch portion 1b and the rear portion 1c. For this reason, the area | region where channel embossing is not formed is ensured in the area | region around the urination area of the absorbent article 1, and the wearing feeling of the absorbent article 1 becomes favorable. Further, in the absorbent article 1 of the present invention, the total embossed area of the channel embossing is small, and in particular, there is a portion where the channel embossing is not formed around the urination area. Excellent in properties. Furthermore, since the front channel emboss 21 has a substantially elliptical shape extending to the front part 1a and the crotch part 1b, a good wearing feeling is maintained even if the wearing method and the wearing position of the absorbent article 1 are changed. The

  Further, the longitudinal dimension of the front channel emboss 21 is larger than the longitudinal dimension of the rear channel emboss 22, and the width dimension of the front channel emboss 21 is larger than the dimension of the rear channel emboss 22 in the width direction. Is preferred. By setting the front channel embossing 21 to such a dimension, a region where the channel embossing is not formed is further secured around the urination region, and the wearing feeling of the absorbent article 1 becomes better.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the absorbent article 1 is formed with a substantially elliptical front end channel emboss 24 connected to the front channel emboss 21 on the longitudinal end portion side of the front portion 1 a. It is preferable. The body fluid captured by the front channel emboss 21 is transferred to the front end channel emboss 24 extending in the longitudinal direction, so that the body fluid can be quickly absorbed in a larger area.

[Embossed groove]
In the absorbent article 1 of the present invention, an emboss groove 23 that intersects the two fold lines 40 and extends in the width direction is formed inside the front channel emboss 21 and the rear channel emboss 22. For this reason, the bodily fluid excreted in the absorbent article 1 in a large amount is captured by the embossed grooves 23, whereby the diffusion rate of the body fluid in the longitudinal direction on the surface of the top sheet 10 can be reduced. Moreover, since the absorbent article 1 is easily bent in the thickness direction along the body with the embossed groove 23 as a starting point, the fit of the absorbent article 1 to the body is improved and leakage of body fluids is effectively performed. Can be prevented.

[Three-dimensional gather]
A solid gather may be provided on the body-side surface of the absorbent article 1. This three-dimensional gather forms a body fluid confinement space together with the top sheet 10 so as to prevent the body fluid from leaking. It is preferable that the three-dimensional gather includes a three-dimensional gather sheet and a stretchable elastic member disposed along the free end of the three-dimensional gather sheet. As the elastic elastic member, a thread, string, or flat shape made of natural rubber, synthetic rubber, polyurethane, or the like can be used as appropriate.

<Method for producing absorbent article>
There is no restriction | limiting in particular as a manufacturing method of the absorbent article 1, A conventionally well-known method can be employ | adopted, for example, after arrange | positioning a liquid diffusable sheet and a solid gather in the top sheet 10 beforehand as needed. While sandwiching the absorbent body 20 formed with the constricted portion between the top sheet 10 and the back sheet 30, while forming the front channel emboss 21, the rear channel emboss 22 and the emboss groove 23 from the top sheet 10 to the absorbent body 20, The top sheet 10 and the back sheet 30 can be manufactured by fixing them using a hot melt adhesive, heat embossing, ultrasonic embossing, high frequency embossing or the like over a part or the entire circumference. And after individually wrapping this in a package, what is necessary is just to fold it into three in the longitudinal direction and fold it.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, it cannot be overemphasized that the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range of the invention as described in said embodiment, A various change or It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that improvements can be made. Further, it is apparent from the scope of the claims that embodiments with such changes or improvements can also be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples. In addition, this invention is not limited to the Example shown below at all.

<Example 1>
(Production of absorbent articles)
First, fluff pulp and SAP were mixed to prepare an absorber, and cut so that the longitudinal dimension was 240 mm and the width dimension was 65 mm. The absorbent body is sandwiched between the top sheet and the back sheet, and is fixed with a hot melt adhesive over the entire circumference of the top sheet and the back sheet. The longitudinal dimension is 270 mm, and the width dimension is 105 mm. A light incontinence pad was prepared and used as a sample of Example 1. In addition, as a top sheet, the hydrophilic air through nonwoven fabric (basis weight 23g / m < ² >) which consists of 1 ply which formed the uneven | corrugated pattern which has a three-dimensional convex part and a recessed part previously was used. In addition, according to the aspect of the present specification, the absorbent article has a substantially elliptical front channel embossing extending from the top sheet to the absorbent body, extending to the front part and the crotch part, and a substantially elliptical rear channel embossing extending to the rear part, Are connected to each other at the boundary between the crotch portion and the rear portion, and further, an emboss groove extending in the width direction is formed inside the front channel embossing and the rear channel embossing so as to intersect the two fold lines. As the back sheet, a breathable polyethylene film (basis weight 32 g / m ² ) was used. The sensory evaluation of the monitor test evaluated the touch, the feeling of wearing, and the cosmetics. The obtained results are shown in Table 1.

(touch)
20 panelists surveyed the overall feel when wearing absorbent articles at multiple wearing positions with the choice of “good touch” or “bad touch” and evaluated according to the following criteria: It was.
◎: When “feel good” is 16 or more and 20 or less ○: When “feel good” is 11 or more and 15 or less △: When “feel good” is 6 or more and 10 or less ×: When there is no “feel” or between 1 and 5 people

(A feeling of wearing)
20 panelists surveyed the overall wearing feeling when wearing absorbent articles at multiple wearing positions with the choice of “Excellent wearing feeling” or “Inferior wearing feeling” according to the following criteria: Evaluation was performed.
◎: When “excellent wearing feeling” is 16 or more and 20 or less ○: When “excellent wearing feeling” is 11 or more and 15 or less △: “Excellent wearing feeling” is 6 or more and 10 or less When ×: There is no “excellent wearing feeling” or 1 to 5 people

(Beauty)
When 20 absorbent panelists viewed the absorbent article from the top sheet side, the survey was conducted by selecting “excellent in cosmetics” or “inferior in cosmetics”, and evaluated according to the following criteria: .
A: When “excellent in cosmetics” is 16 or more and 20 or less ○: When “excellent in cosmetics” is 11 or more and 15 or less Δ: “Excellent in cosmetics” is 6 or more and 10 or less When ×: When “excellent in cosmetics” is not found or when 1 or more and 5 or less

<Comparative Examples 1 and 2>
Except for the point that the substantially circular channel embossing was added to the area around the urination area (Comparative Example 1), the top sheet does not have the uneven pattern having the three-dimensional convex part and concave part (Comparative Example 2), Absorbent articles were prepared in the same manner as in Example 1, and the same tests and evaluations as in Example 1 were performed.

  The results are shown in Table 1.

  As is clear from Table 1, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an absorbent article having a good touch, excellent wearing feeling, and good cosmetics regardless of the wearing method.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Absorbent article 1a Front part 1b Crotch part 1c Rear part 10 Top sheet 20 Absorbent body 21 Front channel emboss 22 Rear channel emboss 23 Emboss groove 24 Front end channel emboss 30 Back sheet 40 Folding line

Claims (6)

It has a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet, and an absorber disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, and is divided into approximately three equal parts in the longitudinal direction by two folding lines. An absorbent article,
The top sheet is composed of one ply and has a concavo-convex pattern having three-dimensional convex portions and concave portions,
The absorbent article is applied to the wearer's ventral side, and is applied to the front part on the end side of the two fold lines, the crotch part sandwiched between the two fold lines, and the back side of the wearer. It is divided into a rear part on the end side from the two folding lines,
In the absorbent article, channel embossing is formed symmetrically across the center line in the width direction,
The channel embossing has a structure in which a substantially elliptical front channel embossing extending to the front part and the crotch part and a substantially elliptical rear channel embossing extending to the rear part are connected at the boundary part between the crotch part and the rear part,
An absorbent article in which an emboss groove that intersects two fold lines and extends in the width direction is formed inside the front channel emboss and the rear channel emboss.   The absorptive article according to claim 1 in which said top sheet has a honeycomb-like uneven pattern by plane view. The longitudinal dimension of the front channel embossment is larger than the longitudinal dimension of the rear channel embossment,
The absorbent article according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a dimension in the width direction of the front channel emboss is larger than a dimension in the width direction of the rear channel emboss. The basis weight of the absorber is 400 g / ^{m 2} or more 1500 g / ^{m 2} or less, the absorbent article according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   The absorbent article in any one of Claim 1 to 4 in which the substantially elliptical front end part channel embossing connected with a front channel embossing is formed in the longitudinal direction edge part side of the front part.   The absorptive article according to any one of claims 1 to 5 in which said top sheet is a hydrophilic air through nonwoven fabric.

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