Pull-on absorbent article and method of making the same

摘要

A pull-on absorbent article including a front outer cover to be worn around a wearer's front side, a rear outer cover to be worn around the wearer's rear side, and an absorbent assembly fixed to the front and the rear outer cover so as to bridge them and having a pair of side seals. The length of each of the front and the outer cover in the longitudinal direction of the article is uniform in the lateral direction and larger than that of the side seals so that the front and the outer cover have extension portions that extend downward from the side seals. The extension portions of the front and/or the rear outer cover have an elasticized region extensible in the lateral direction in a region located laterally outward of each side edge of the absorbent assembly.

主权项

1. A pull-on absorbent article comprising a front outer cover adapted to be worn around a wearer's front side, a rear outer cover adapted to be worn around the wearer's rear side, and an absorbent assembly fixed to the front and the outer cover so as to bridge them, the article having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, and the article having a pair of side seals formed by joining the front outer cover and the rear outer cover along their lateral side edges,
each of the front and the outer cover having a laterally uniform length in the longitudinal direction, being longer than the side seals in the longitudinal direction, and having an extension portion extending downward from the side seals, and the extension portion of the front outer cover and/or the extension portion of the rear outer cover having an elasticized region exhibiting extensibility and contractibility in the lateral direction in a region located laterally outward of each side edge of the absorbent assembly, wherein the absorbent assembly has opposite side edge portions along the lateral side edges thereof and an elastic member disposed in each side edge portion, and each of the side edge portions where the elastic member is provided is not bonded to the extension portion of the front outer cover and/or the rear outer cover.