abstract |
A The present invention provides an absorbent article 1 having a substantiallynelongate configuration, comprising a liquid-impermeable leakage-preventive layer 3,nand a liquid-retentive absorbent layer 2 disposed above the leakage-preventive layer 3,nwherein the absorbent layer 2 comprises a liquid-retentive absorbent member 24 and anliquid-permeable topsheet 23, and is formed by a fixed portion 21and one pair of leftnand right free edge portions 22, the fixed portion 21 being fixed to the leakage-preventivenlayer 3, the free edge portions 22 being located on opposite left and rightnsides in the longitudinal direction of the fixed portion 21 and each having a free endn22a, the absorbent member 24 being present in both of the fixed portion 21and the pairnof left and right free edge portions 22. |