ELONGATED ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING COMPRESSION GROOVES

摘要

In an elongated absorbent article having a liquid absorbing layer (4), compression grooves (11) extend symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal centerline within a region where the liquid absorbing layer (4) is provided, with a central region (20) defined therebetween and with lateral regions defined on both sides thereof, the central region (20) having a front central region, intermediate central region and rear central region (20A, 20B, 20D), the intermediate central region (20B) having formed therein a wide section in which the opposed spacing of the compression grooves (11) is greater than in the regions in front and in the rear thereof. The rigidity of the lateral regions is lower in both sides of the intermediate central region (20B) than in both sides of the front and rear central regions (20A, 20D).