| 摘要 |
A method of folding an absorbent article including a front waistline portion to be fitted to a front waistline of a wearer; a back waistline portion to be fitted to a back waistline of the wearer; a crotch portion to be fitted to a crotch of the wearer; and a protruding portion defined by the front waistline portion and/or the back waistline portion and protruding outward relative to the crotch portion in a transverse direction perpendicular to a front-to-back direction from the front waistline portion toward the back waistline portion, the method comprising conveying the absorbent article in such a manner that the front waistline portion and the back waistline portion extend in a conveyance direction of the absorbent article; changing the conveyance direction of the absorbent article by 90°; folding the protruding portion toward the front waistline portion, while conveying the absorbent article after the conveyance direction of the article absorbent has been changed; folding the absorbent article along a middle portion between the front waistline portion and the crotch portion in the front-to-back direction of the absorbent article, in such a manner that the front waistline portion and the crotch portion face each other. |
