JP2018079131A - Absorbent article - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent article in which a bent shape can be formed easily, and the formed bent shape can be maintained easily.SOLUTION: The absorbent article comprises a longitudinal direction and a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and comprises: an absorber; a sheet-shaped skin facing surface side member which is positioned closer to the skin facing surface side than the absorber; and a sheet-shaped skin no-facing surface side member positioned closer to a skin no-facing surface side than the absorber. The absorber is held between the skin facing surface side member and the skin no-facing surface side member. The absorber has a pair of bent grooves along the longitudinal direction, and on the skin no-facing surface side of the bent groove, a non-jointed area exists between members.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an absorbent article.

  Absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins and disposable diapers absorb excretion fluid such as urine with an absorber. In a general absorbent article, an absorbent body composed of absorbent fibers and a super absorbent polymer (SAP) is provided between a liquid-permeable top sheet and a liquid-impermeable back sheet. Yes. Such an absorbent article has a configuration in which the skin-facing surface of the absorber is covered with a top sheet, and the non-skin-facing surface of the absorber is covered with a back sheet. For this reason, the liquid such as urine excreted by the wearer passes through the top sheet and is absorbed and held by the absorber. In addition, the liquid held in the absorber is prevented from leaking to the outside by a liquid-impermeable back sheet disposed on the back side of the absorber.

  The absorbent body in the absorbent article is a member that is easily affected by the movement of the wearer's body. For this reason, depending on how the wearer moves, the absorbent body may be twisted or broken, and the excretory fluid may leak. Moreover, since an absorber is a member with strong rigidity among the members which comprise an absorbent article, when a wearer wears an absorbent article, the discomfort by the rigidity of an absorber may be felt. For this reason, in the absorbent article, studies have been made for preventing leakage of excretory fluid and improving the wearer's wearing feeling.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a disposable diaper in which three bent portions are formed along the length direction of the absorber. In such a disposable diaper, the peripheral portion of each slit is bent when worn, and the central peripheral portion of the slit is convex toward the wearer's excretion opening. Further, the side peripheral portion of the slit is convex on the side opposite to the central slit peripheral portion. That is, the cross-sectional shape of the absorber along the width direction of the absorber is deformed into a W shape. Thus, it has been studied that the shape of the absorbent body is deformed when the absorbent article is worn, thereby preventing leakage of excretory fluid and further improving the wearing feeling.

Japanese Patent No. 5486348

  However, in the disposable diaper of patent document 1, although an absorber bends along three bending parts, the member arrange | positioned on the skin non-opposing surface side rather than an absorber stretches in the direction which returns a bent shape. For this reason, it has been clarified by the present inventors that the bent shape is difficult to maintain.

  Therefore, in order to solve the problems of the prior art, the present inventors proceeded with studies for the purpose of providing an absorbent article that can easily form a bent shape and that can maintain the formed bent shape. It was.

As a result of intensive studies to solve the above problems, the present inventors have an absorbent comprising an absorbent body, a sheet-like skin facing surface side member, and a sheet-like skin non-facing surface side member. In the article, by forming a pair of bending grooves along the longitudinal direction of the absorbent body, and providing a non-joining region between members positioned on the skin non-facing surface side with respect to the bending grooves, it is easy to form a bent shape, and It has been found that an absorbent article can be obtained in which the formed bent shape is easily maintained.
Specifically, the present invention has the following configuration.

[1] It has a longitudinal direction and a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction,
An absorber,
A sheet-like skin-facing surface side member located on the skin-facing surface side from the absorbent body;
A sheet-like skin non-facing surface side member located on the skin non-facing surface side of the absorbent body,
The absorbent body is an absorbent article sandwiched between the skin facing surface side member and the skin non-facing surface side member,
The absorber has a pair of bent grooves along the longitudinal direction,
An absorbent article in which a non-joining region exists between members on the skin non-facing surface side of the bending groove.
[2] The absorbent article according to [1], wherein the absorbent body and the skin non-facing surface side member are not joined on the skin non-facing surface side of the bent groove.
[3] The absorbent article further includes a core wrap sheet that is directly laminated on at least one surface of the absorbent body.
The absorbent article according to [1] or [2], in which the absorbent body and the core wrap sheet are not joined on the skin non-facing surface side of the bent groove.
[4] The absorbent article according to any one of [1] to [3], in which the absorbent body and the skin facing surface side member are joined on the skin facing surface side of the bent groove.
[5] Absorber central region sandwiched between a pair of bending grooves, and
The absorbent article according to any one of [1] to [4], wherein the contact surfaces of the skin facing surface side member and the skin non-facing surface side member laminated in the absorber central region are joined at least partially.
[6] The absorbent article has a pair of support elastic members extending in the longitudinal direction,
A support elastic member is an absorptive article given in either of [1]-[5] superimposed on an absorber side end field of the width direction outside of a pair of bent grooves.
[7] The absorbent article according to [6], wherein the longitudinal length of the support elastic member is longer than the longitudinal length of the bent groove.
[8] The absorbent article according to [6] or [7], wherein the support elastic member is provided closer to the skin non-facing surface than the absorbent body.
[9] The absorptivity according to any one of [6] to [8], in which the contact surfaces of the skin facing surface side member, the absorber, and the skin non-facing surface side member are joined in the fixing region of the support elastic member. Goods.
[10] The absorbent article according to any one of [1] to [9], wherein the absorber further includes a diffusion groove in a non-bent region.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the absorbent article which is easy to form a bending shape and is easy to maintain the bending shape formed can be obtained.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of an absorbent article. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of an absorbent article. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of an absorbent article. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing an absorbent article in which a W-shaped bent shape is formed. FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of an absorbent article. FIG. 6 is an exploded view in which the absorbent article is exploded. FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an example of an absorbent article.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail. The description of the constituent elements described below may be made based on representative embodiments and specific examples, but the present invention is not limited to such embodiments.

In the present specification, the “longitudinal direction” means a direction in the absorbent article that connects the front body located on the wearer's abdomen side and the back body located on the wearer's back side. The “width direction” means a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article.
Moreover, in this specification, a "skin opposing surface" means the surface which opposes a wearer's skin at the time of wear of an absorbent article. The “non-skin facing surface” means a surface that does not face the wearer's skin when the absorbent article is worn. In the present specification, “A to B” means “A or more and B or less”.

  The present invention has a longitudinal direction and a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and has an absorbent body, a sheet-like skin-facing surface-side member positioned on the skin-facing surface side of the absorbent body, and the skin of the absorbent body. It is related with an absorbent article provided with the sheet-like skin non-facing surface side member located in the non-facing surface side. Here, the absorber is sandwiched between the skin facing surface side member and the skin non-facing surface side member, and the absorber has a pair of bending grooves along the longitudinal direction. Moreover, in the absorbent article of this invention, the non-joining area | region exists between members in the skin non-opposing surface side of a bending groove.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of an absorbent article 100 according to the present invention. Moreover, FIG. 2 is sectional drawing which showed typically the cross-section of the absorbent article 100 in the XX line shown in FIG. In the cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, the bonding region P and the non-bonding region Q are drawn for easy understanding of the configuration of the absorbent article 100, but the actual bonding region has a very thin thickness. In the non-joining region, almost no gap is formed between adjacent members.

  The form of the absorbent article 100 of the present invention is not particularly limited, but the absorbent article may be an absorbent pad. Examples of such an absorbent pad include a sanitary napkin and a sanitary napkin. A urine pad can be mentioned. Moreover, the absorbent article 100 of the present invention may relate to a disposable diaper.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the absorbent article 100 includes a front body 1 located on the wearer's abdomen side, a back body 2 located on the wearer's back side, and a crotch 3 located therebetween. And can be divided in the longitudinal direction. The front body 1, the crotch part 3, and the back body 2 can also be made into each area | region when an absorbent article is divided into 3 equal to a longitudinal direction. Moreover, when the absorber 31 has the area | region narrowed in the width direction, the part containing the area | region is made into the crotch part 3, and the area | region adjacent to the longitudinal direction of the crotch part 3 is made into the front body 1 and the back body 2, respectively. You can also. An absorbent body 31 for absorbing and holding a liquid such as urine is disposed from the back body 2 to the front body 1 with the crotch 3 as a center. The absorbent body 31 is a sheet-like skin-facing surface side member 32 positioned on the skin-facing surface side of the absorbent body 31 and a sheet-shaped skin-non-facing surface side member 33 positioned on the skin-non-facing surface side of the absorbent body. It is sandwiched between. Excreted fluid such as urine passes through the skin facing surface side member 32 and is absorbed and held by the absorbent body 31, and leakage to the outside is prevented by the skin non-facing surface side member 33.

  In FIG. 1, the width direction of the absorbent article 100 is drawn as the same width in all regions, but the front body 1 and the back body 2 of the absorbent article 100 extend to the left and right outer sides in the width direction. The side flap which is may be provided. For example, when the absorbent article 100 is a tape-type disposable diaper, the shape of the side flaps may be changed as necessary. Further, when the absorbent article 100 is a tape-type disposable diaper, a fastening tape is attached so as to extend from the left and right side edges of the side flaps of the back body 2, and the fastening tape is fixed to the front body 1. You may attach the front patch for attaching. By setting it as such a structure, the absorbent article 100 is the fastening tape attached to the back body 2 in the state which applied the back body 2 to the wearer's back part, and applied the front body 1 to the wearer's abdomen. Can be attached to the wearer's body by fastening to the front patch provided on the front body 1.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the absorbent article 100 basically includes a skin facing surface side member 32, a skin non-facing surface side member 33, and an absorbent body 31 sandwiched therebetween. As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, in the central region in the width direction of the absorbent article 100, the skin facing surface side member 32, the absorbent body 31, and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 are formed from the skin facing surface side. They are stacked in order. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, at least a part of the skin facing surface side member 32 and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 are joined to each other around the absorber 31. Thereby, the absorber 31 is surrounded by the joint portion between the skin facing surface side member 32 and the skin non-facing surface side member 33. Further, at least a part of the skin facing surface side member 32 and the absorbent body 31 are joined, and at least a part of the skin non-facing surface side member 33 and the absorbent body 31 are joined.

  The skin facing surface side member 32 is a member laminated on the skin facing surface side with respect to the absorbent body 31. The skin facing surface side member 32 is preferably a sheet-like member, and may be a single-layer sheet-like member or a two-layer or more sheet-like member. Examples of the skin facing surface side member 32 include a liquid permeable top sheet 32a. Examples of the liquid permeable material constituting the top sheet include a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric, and a porous film. Further, for example, a thermoplastic resin fiber such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, or nylon may be hydrophilized and further made into a nonwoven fabric. Examples of the nonwoven fabric include air-through nonwoven fabric, point bond nonwoven fabric, spunbond nonwoven fabric, and melt blown nonwoven fabric.

  The skin non-facing surface side member 33 is a member laminated on the skin non-facing surface side with respect to the absorbent body 31. The skin non-facing surface side member 33 is preferably a sheet-like member, and may be a single-layer sheet-like member or a two-layer or more sheet-like member. Examples of the skin non-facing surface side member 33 include a liquid-impermeable back sheet 33a and / or a cover sheet 33b.

  The back sheet 33 a is a member for preventing the liquid that has passed through the top sheet 32 a and absorbed by the absorber 31 from leaking to the outside of the absorbent article 100. For this reason, the back sheet 33a is made of a liquid-impermeable material. The back sheet 33a covers the absorber 31 from the skin non-facing surface side in order to prevent liquid leakage from the bottom surface of the absorber 31. An example of the impermeable material constituting the back sheet 33a is a liquid impermeable film made of polyethylene resin. However, in order to ensure air permeability, it is preferable to use a microporous polyethylene film in which a plurality of fine pores of 0.1 to 4 μm are formed.

  The cover sheet 33b is a sheet that covers the outer surfaces of the front body 1, the crotch part 3, and the back body 2, and is a member that reinforces the back sheet 33a and improves its feel. The cover sheet 33b is bonded to the skin non-facing surface side of the back sheet 33a. As a material constituting the cover sheet 33b, a woven fabric or a non-woven fabric is used. In particular, it is preferable to use a nonwoven fabric or a wet nonwoven fabric made of a thermoplastic resin such as polyethylene, polypropylene, or polyester as a material constituting the cover sheet 33b.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the absorbent article 100 preferably has a core wrap sheet 35 that is directly laminated on at least one surface of the absorbent body 31. The core wrap sheet 35 is more preferably one that is directly laminated on both surfaces of the absorber 31, and more preferably one that encapsulates the absorber 31. As the core wrap sheet 35, tissue paper, absorbent paper, a nonwoven fabric subjected to hydrophilic treatment, or the like can be used as appropriate.

  In addition, when the absorbent article 100 has the core wrap sheet 35, the part laminated | stacked on the skin opposing surface side rather than the absorber 31 among the core wrap sheets 35 will be contained in the skin opposing surface side member 32. . Moreover, the part laminated | stacked on the skin non-opposing surface side rather than the absorber 31 among the core wrap sheets 35 will be contained in the skin non-opposing surface side member 33. For example, in the present specification, when the absorbent body 31 is encapsulated in a series of core wrap sheets 35, a part of the core wrap sheet 35 becomes a sheet-like member constituting the skin facing surface side member 32, and the core wrap sheet 35. Can be a sheet-like member constituting the skin non-facing surface side member 33.

  The absorber 31 is made of an absorbent material in order to absorb and hold the wearer's urine and body fluid. As the absorbent material, for example, fluff pulp, super absorbent polymer (“SAP”), a hydrophilic sheet or the like can be used. An example of fluff pulp is a defibrated wood pulp or non-wood pulp. An example of a superabsorbent polymer is sodium polyacrylate. As the hydrophilic sheet, for example, tissue, absorbent paper, or a nonwoven fabric subjected to a hydrophilic treatment can be used. As the absorbent material, one type of fluff pulp, super absorbent polymer, or hydrophilic sheet may be used alone, or two or more types may be used in combination.

  The absorber 31 has a pair of bending grooves 60 along the longitudinal direction. The bending groove 60 may be a pair of grooves extending along the longitudinal direction. In the present specification, the bent groove 60 refers to a part or all of which is constituted by a recess.

The bent groove 60 is preferably arranged in parallel to the longitudinal direction. The bent grooves 60 are preferably formed so as to be paired with the center line C in the width direction of the absorber 31 interposed therebetween, and the pair of bent grooves 60 are symmetrical with respect to the center line C in the width direction of the absorber 31. It is preferable that they are arranged symmetrically about the axis.
The bending groove 60 may be disposed so that the midpoint of the bending groove 60 is closer to the front body 1 side than the longitudinal center line of the absorber 31, but is bent on the longitudinal center line of the absorber 31. It is preferable that the grooves 60 are disposed so that the midpoints in the longitudinal direction come. That is, the bent groove 60 is preferably disposed in a region centered on the crotch 3.

  The length of the bending groove 60 in the longitudinal direction is preferably 10% or more, more preferably 20% or more, and further preferably 30% or more with respect to the total length in the longitudinal direction of the absorber. The longitudinal length of the bent groove 60 is preferably 70% or less, more preferably 60% or less, and further preferably 50% or less with respect to the total length in the longitudinal direction of the absorber. .

  The width of the bending groove 60 is preferably 1 to 10 mm, and more preferably 1 to 5 mm. The width of the bending groove 60 may be the same width in the depth direction of the bending groove 60, or the width may be narrowed along the depth direction of the bending groove 60. When the width is narrow along the depth direction of the bent groove 60, the width of the bent groove 60 is the maximum width of the bent groove 60.

  The bent grooves 60 are preferably a total of two bent grooves that are paired one by one, but may be a pair of bent grooves arranged in plural. For example, the bending groove 60 may be a total of four bending grooves 60 in which two pairs form a pair and the pair forms a pair. The number of the bent grooves is preferably 2 or more and 6 or less.

  In the absorber 31, when the shortest distance in the width direction of the region where the bent groove 60 is formed is Lmm, the distance in the width direction between the bent grooves 60 constituting the pair is 0.2 × Lmm to 0.8 × Lmm. It is preferable that it is 0.2 * Lmm-0.5 * Lmm. When each of the pairs is configured by a plurality of bent grooves 60, the distance in the width direction between the bent grooves 60 is the distance between the bent grooves 60 located on the outermost side in the width direction of the absorber 31. By setting the distance in the width direction between the bent grooves 60 within the above range, a bent shape can be easily formed, and the wearing feeling can be further enhanced.

  The bent groove 60 is preferably a linear groove extending in the longitudinal direction. However, as long as the absorbent article 100 can be bent along the bending groove 60, it may have a bow shape or may meander.

  The bent groove 60 may be formed only in the absorbent body 31 or may be formed in both the absorbent body 31 and the skin facing surface side member 32. For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, the bent groove 60 is obtained by forming a recess in the absorbent core 31 and the core wrap sheet 35 laminated on the skin facing surface side from the absorbent body 31. It may be. Moreover, the bending groove | channel 60 forms a recessed part in the core 31 and the top sheet | seat 32a laminated | stacked on the skin opposing surface side rather than the absorber 31, as FIG.3 (b) shows. It may be obtained.

  The bent groove 60 can be formed by reducing the basis weight of the absorber in the bent groove portion or by embossing (squeezing) the absorber 31. When the basis weight of the absorbent body in the bent groove 60 portion is reduced, the forming drum used in the step of forming the absorbent material constituting the absorbent body 31 into a sheet shape having a predetermined shape is an uneven surface corresponding to the shape of the bent groove 60. Is preferably provided on the outer periphery of the drum. In the forming drum, since suction is performed toward the inside of the drum, the absorber 31 in which the bent groove 60 is formed along the uneven surface on the outer periphery of the drum is obtained. Thereafter, the absorbent body 31 is sandwiched between the skin facing surface side member 32 and the skin non-facing surface side member 33.

  When the bending groove 60 is formed by embossing (squeezing) the absorbent body 31, the embossing may be performed from the skin facing surface side, the skin non-facing surface side, or the both surface side of the absorbent body 31. The embossing roll has irregularities corresponding to the shape of the bending groove 60, and the bending groove 60 can be formed in the absorber 31 by pressing the embossing roll while rotating from the skin facing surface side. In the embossing process, the skin facing surface side member 32 and the absorber 31 may be bonded at the same time. Moreover, in the embossing process, you may adhere | attach the skin non-facing surface side member 33 and the absorber 31 simultaneously.

  In the present invention, the bent groove 60 is preferably formed by embossing. In the bent groove 60 formed in this way, the density of the absorbent material on the skin non-facing surface side of the bent groove 60 is increased, so that the absorbent article 100 is easily bent along the bent groove 60. That is, it becomes possible to bend accurately at a predetermined position.

  Around the absorbent body 31, at least a part of the skin facing surface side member 32 and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 are joined to each other, and at least a part of the skin facing surface side member 32 and the absorbent body 31 are joined together. The skin non-facing surface side member 33 and the absorber 31 are joined together. The bonding method may be, for example, adhesion using a hot melt adhesive or other highly fluid adhesive, or may be welding by heat, ultrasonic waves, or the like such as heat sealing.

  It is preferable that the skin opposing surface side member 32 and the absorber 31 are joined in the whole area | region which contacts. On the other hand, a non-joining region exists between members on the skin non-facing surface side of the bending groove 60. That is, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the non-joining region Q exists on the skin non-facing surface side of the bending groove 60. 2 and 3, if the thickness direction is the vertical direction, a non-bonding region Q exists below the bending groove 60. In addition, the lower part of the bending groove 60 is a part which overlaps with the cross-sectional area of the bending groove 60 in the thickness direction, and the cross-sectional area of the bending groove 60 means a cross-sectional area where the width of the bending groove is maximum.

  In the present invention, a non-joining region exists between the members on the skin non-facing surface side of the bending groove 60, but the non-joining region only needs to exist in at least a part of the lower portion of the bending groove 60. That is, the area of the non-joining region may be smaller than the cross-sectional area of the bent groove 60. On the other hand, the entire region below the bent groove 60 may be a non-joined region. For example, the area of the non-bonded region may be the same as the cross-sectional area of the bent groove 60, and the non-bonded region and the bent groove may overlap in the thickness direction. Further, the area of the non-bonded region may be larger than the cross-sectional area of the bent groove 60.

  At the time of mounting, the absorbent article 100 is bent along the pair of bending grooves 60. At that time, the cross-sectional shape in the width direction of the absorbent article 100 may be deformed to be W-shaped, or the cross-sectional shape in the width direction of the absorbent article 100 may be deformed to be concave. . When the cross-sectional shape in the width direction of the absorbent article 100 is a concave shape, the region sandwiched between the bent grooves 60 is linear. In the present invention, the absorbent article 100 has a pair of bending grooves 60, and the non-bonding region exists between the members on the skin non-facing surface side of the bending grooves 60. It is easy to be formed and the formed bent shape is easily maintained. This is due to the fact that the non-bonding region exists on the skin non-opposing surface side of the bending groove 60, whereby the tension of the skin non-facing surface side member 33 that works in the direction to cancel the bent shape can be weakened. Thus, when the absorbent article 100 is worn, the shape of the absorbent body 31 can be easily bent and the bent shape can be maintained, so that leakage of excretory fluid can be effectively prevented. Moreover, even if it is a case where excretion liquid is absorbed in multiple times by maintaining a bending shape, excretion liquid can be absorbed reliably. Furthermore, the feeling of wearing at the time of wearing is not impaired by maintaining the bent shape.

  Among these, as shown in FIG. 4, the absorbent article 100 is preferably bent along a pair of bending grooves 60 and deformed so that the cross-sectional shape in the width direction of the absorbent article 100 becomes a W shape. . In this case, since the absorbent article 100 has the pair of bent grooves 60, the peripheral portions of the bent grooves 60 are bent so as to be convex toward the skin non-opposing surface side. The central region in the width direction of 100 becomes convex toward the wearer's excretion opening. Thus, when the absorbent article 100 is bent in a W shape, the central region can easily adhere to the excretion opening of the wearer, and the leakage of excretory fluid can be more effectively prevented. Furthermore, by maintaining the W-shaped bent shape, it is possible to further enhance the feeling of fitting and fit during wearing. In the present specification, the central region in the width direction of the absorbent article 100 is a region sandwiched between a pair of bent grooves 60.

A non-joining region exists on the skin non-facing surface side of the bending groove 60. For example, a non-joining region may exist between the absorbent body 31 below the bending groove 60 and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 below the bending groove 60. When a plurality of skin non-facing surface side members 33 are provided below the bending groove 60, a non-joining region may exist between the skin non-facing surface side members 33 below the bending groove 60. In the present invention, it is only necessary that a non-joining region is provided between any of the members existing below the bending groove 60, and the non-bonding region is provided between all the members existing below the bending groove 60. Is preferably provided.
In the present specification, the non-joining region refers to a region where adjacent members are not joined, and at least one non-joining region exists between each member. In the cross-sectional views of FIGS. 2 and 3, the bonding region P and the non-bonding region Q are drawn for convenience, but in the actual non-bonding region, almost no gap is formed between adjacent members. In addition, even when adjacent members are in contact with each other in the non-bonded region, the region is referred to as a non-bonded region when there is no physical bonding such as adhesion between the members.

  It is preferable that the non-bonding region exists between the absorbent body 31 below the bending groove 60 and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 below the bending groove 60 in direct contact with the absorbent body 31. That is, on the skin non-facing surface side of the bending groove 60, it is preferable that the absorbent body 31 and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 immediately below the absorber 31 are not joined. In the present invention, by providing the non-joining region between the absorbent body 31 and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 as described above, the bent shape is more easily formed, and the formed bent shape is maintained. It becomes easy.

  In the absorbent article 100 of the present invention, it is preferable that the absorbent body 31 and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 are joined in a region other than the lower portion of the bent groove 60. That is, on the skin non-facing surface side of the absorbent body 31, the joining region P, the non-joining region Q, the joining region P, the non-joining region Q, and the joining region P exist in this order from the end in the width direction. preferable. When the area of the non-bonded region Q is larger than the cross-sectional area of the bent groove 60, the non-bonded region Q also exists in a part of the region other than the lower portion of the bent groove 60. In addition, when the area of the non-joint region Q is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the bent groove 60, the joint region P also exists in a part of the lower region of the bent groove 60.

  When the absorbent article 100 includes the core wrap sheet 35, it is preferable that the absorbent body 31 and the core wrap sheet 35 are not joined on the skin non-facing surface side of the bending groove 60. The core wrap sheet 35 is a member that is directly laminated on the absorbent body 31 and is a member that easily affects the flexibility of the absorbent body 31. For this reason, by providing a non-joining area | region between the absorber 31 and the core wrap sheet | seat 35, the flexibility of the absorber 31 can be improved more and also it becomes easy to maintain a bending shape.

  For example, when a non-joining region is provided between the absorbent body 31 and the core wrap sheet 35, a region where an adhesive or the like is not applied is provided on the core wrap sheet 35, and the region is disposed immediately below the bending groove 60 to obtain a predetermined region. A non-bonding region can be provided in the region.

  In the present invention, the absorbent body 31 and the skin facing surface side member 32 are preferably joined on the skin facing surface side of the bent groove 60. Here, the skin facing surface of the bending groove 60 is a surface constituted by the side wall and the low wall of the bending groove 60. In addition, the cross-sectional shape of the thickness direction of the bending groove 60 may be a square shape, and in this case, the skin facing surface of the bending groove 60 in the absorber 31 is a surface formed of a side wall. That is, it is preferable that the absorbent body 31 and the skin facing surface side member 32 are joined inside the concave portion of the bent groove 60 (inner wall).

  When the core wrap sheet 35 is directly laminated on the absorbent body 31, as shown in FIG. 3A, the absorbent body 31 and the core wrap sheet 35 are joined on the skin facing surface side of the bending groove 60. It is preferable. As shown in FIG. 3A, the top sheet 32 a that is the skin facing surface side member 32 is not joined to the core wrap sheet 35 on the skin facing surface side of the bending groove 60, and There may be a gap between the inner wall of the recess and the top sheet 32a. Moreover, when the core wrap sheet | seat 35 is directly laminated | stacked on the absorber 31, as shown in FIG.3 (b), on the skin opposing surface side of the bending groove 60, all the skin opposing surface side members 32 are absorbers. 31 is preferably joined directly or indirectly. Specifically, the absorbent body 31 and the core wrap sheet 35 are joined on the skin facing surface side of the bending groove 60, and the top sheet 32a is joined on the core wrap sheet 35 in the joining region. As shown in FIG. 3B, all the skin facing surface side members 32 are bonded directly or indirectly to the absorbent body 31 on the skin facing surface side of the bending groove 60, so that the flexibility of the absorbent body 31 is increased. Can be increased more effectively, and the accuracy of the bending position can be increased. Further, all the skin facing surface side members 32 are joined directly or indirectly to the absorbent body 31 on the skin facing surface side of the bending groove 60, and thus unintended wrinkles and the like are generated in the skin facing surface side member 32. Can be suppressed.

  In the present invention, each contact surface of the center region of the absorber 31 sandwiched between the pair of bending grooves 60 and the skin facing surface side member 32 and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 laminated on the center region of the absorber 31. Are preferably joined at least partially, and more preferably joined in a region including the center line C in the width direction of the absorber. The central region of the absorbent body 31 sandwiched between the pair of bending grooves 60 is a region including the center line C in the width direction of the absorbent body, and is a portion that is convex toward the wearer's excretion opening. In the central region, it is preferable that at least part of the skin facing surface side member 32, the absorbent body 31, and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 are all joined together. Note that the skin facing surface side member 32, the absorber 31, and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 may be joined to each other in all the regions of the central region sandwiched between the pair of bending grooves 60. The skin facing surface side member 32, the absorber 31, and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 may be joined to each other in a part of the region. For example, the skin facing surface side member 32, the absorbent body 31, and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 are joined to each other only in the peripheral region of the center line in the width direction among the center region sandwiched between the pair of bending grooves 60. Even if the joint part of the skin facing surface side member 32, the absorbent body 31, and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 is provided intermittently in the longitudinal direction of the central region sandwiched between the pair of bending grooves 60. Good.

  In the present invention, the absorbent article 100 may have another groove structure different from the above-described bent groove in the center region in the width direction of the absorbent article 100. In this case, a non-joining region may exist between the absorbent body 31 and the skin facing surface side member 32 on the skin facing surface side of the groove structure.

  The absorbent article 100 of the present invention preferably has a pair of support elastic members 50 extending in the longitudinal direction. As the support elastic member 50, for example, rubber made of an elastic material such as natural rubber or synthetic rubber (urethane rubber or the like), a stretchable net, a stretchable film, or a stretchable foam (urethane foam or the like) can be employed. The support elastic member is fixed to other constituent members of the absorbent article 100 by an adhesive or other means. The fixing method may be, for example, adhesion using a hot melt adhesive or other highly fluid adhesive, or may be welding by heat, ultrasonic waves, or the like such as heat sealing. Further, the support elastic member 50 may be fixed to other constituent members of the absorbent article 100 by sewing.

  FIG. 5 is a development view showing an embodiment of the absorbent article 100 having the support elastic member 50. In FIG. 5, the support elastic member 50 that is not visually recognized is indicated by a two-dot chain line. It is preferable that at least a part of the support elastic member 50 overlaps the absorber 31. The state in which at least a part of the support elastic member 50 is overlapped with the absorbent body 31 means that at least a part of the support elastic member 50 in the thickness direction when the absorbent article 100 is developed as shown in FIG. Exists in the region of the absorber 31. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, it is more preferable that the entire support elastic member 50 overlaps the absorber 31. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the support elastic member 50 is preferably overlapped with the side end region of the absorber 31 on the outer side in the width direction of the pair of bending grooves 60. By superimposing the support elastic member 50 on the side end region of the absorber 31, it becomes easier to maintain the bent shape.

  The support elastic member 50 is a member extending in the longitudinal direction in the absorbent article 100, and the component member to which the support elastic member 50 is fixed is not particularly limited. For example, the support elastic member 50 may be provided between the absorber 31 and the top sheet 32a, or may be provided between the absorber 31 and the back sheet 33a. Further, the support elastic member 50 may be provided between the back sheet 33a and the cover sheet 33b. Especially, it is preferable that the support elastic member 50 is provided in the skin non-facing surface side rather than the absorber 31. FIG. However, it is preferable that the support elastic member 50 is not exposed to the outer surface. That is, the support elastic member 50 is preferably disposed between the cover sheet 33b and the absorber 31, and is particularly preferably disposed between the cover sheet 33b and the back sheet 33a. Thereby, the support elastic member 50 can easily support the bent shape of the absorber 31 by lifting the absorber 31 to the skin surface side in the mounted state.

FIG. 6 is an exploded view in which the absorbent article 100 of the present invention is exploded. As shown in FIG. 6, the absorbent article 100 according to this embodiment is formed by sequentially joining a cover sheet 33 b, a back sheet 33 a, an absorber 31, and a top sheet 32 a that touches the wearer's skin in order from the outside. It is a thing. When the constituent members are overlapped and joined, they are laminated and joined so that the center lines (C _{11 to} C ₁₄ ) represented by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 6 overlap each other. In FIG. 6, the support elastic member 50 is provided between the back sheet 33a and the cover sheet 33b, and the support elastic member 50 is fixed to the cover sheet 33b.

  In the present invention, in the fixed region of the support elastic member 50, it is preferable that the contact surfaces of the skin facing surface side member 32, the absorbent body 31, and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 are joined. Here, the fixed region of the support elastic member 50 refers to the maximum range of the region in which the support elastic member 50 is fixed to other constituent members of the absorbent article 100. For example, when the support elastic member 50 is fixed to the cover sheet 33b, the fixed region of the support elastic member 50 refers to the maximum range of the region where the support elastic member 50 is fixed to the cover sheet 33b. In addition, when the support elastic member 50 and the cover sheet 33b are intermittently fixed, the area | region located between the extreme ends of the fixing | fixed part of both ends is called a fixed area | region. When each of the pair of support elastic members 50 is composed of two or more elastic members, the region between the outermost and innermost elastic members among the two or more elastic members is a fixed region. That's it. In the present invention, in the fixed region of the support elastic member 50, the contact elastic surfaces 50, the absorbent body 31, and the skin non-facing surface side member 33 are bonded to each other so that the support elastic member 50 is It becomes easier to support the bent shape of the absorber 31.

  When the support elastic member 50 is fixed to another constituent member, the support elastic member 50 is fixed to the other constituent member in a stretched state. At this time, at least a part of the support elastic member 50 is fixed. After being fixed, the support elastic member 50 contracts, and a crease (gather) is formed at that time. In this specification, the heel (gather) formed when the support elastic member 50 contracts is called a support gather. A support gather raises absorber 31 to a wearer's skin side by applying force in the direction which makes absorber 31 contract in a longitudinal direction, and supports absorber 31.

  The longitudinal length of the fixing region of the support elastic member 50 is preferably 30% or more, more preferably 40% or more, and more preferably 50% or more with respect to the total length in the longitudinal direction of the absorber. Further preferred. Further, the length in the longitudinal direction of the fixing region of the support elastic member 50 is preferably 99% or less, more preferably 90% or less, and more preferably 80% or less with respect to the total length in the longitudinal direction of the absorber. Is more preferable, and it is especially preferable that it is 75% or less.

  The longitudinal length of the support elastic member 50 is preferably longer than the longitudinal length of the bent groove 60. In addition, the length in the longitudinal direction of the fixed region of the support elastic member 50 is more preferably longer than the length in the longitudinal direction of the bent groove 60. For example, when the longitudinal length of the fixed region of the support elastic member 50 is S and the longitudinal length of the bent groove 60 is T, the value of S / T is preferably 1.2 or more. It is more preferably 5 or more, and further preferably 2.0 or more.

  The support elastic member 50 is a pair of members extending in the longitudinal direction, and is preferably disposed in parallel to the longitudinal direction. However, the support elastic member 50 is not necessarily arranged parallel to the longitudinal direction as long as it can exert a contraction force so as to form the support gather as described above, and may be meandering, There may be.

  The support elastic member 50 may be a total of two elastic members paired one by one, but is preferably a pair of elastic members arranged in pairs. For example, the support elastic members 50 may be a total of four elastic members in which two pairs form a pair, and the pair may form a pair, and a total of six pairs in which the three pairs form a pair. It may be an elastic member of a book. The number of the total elastic members is preferably 2 or more and 20 or less, and more preferably 2 or more and 10 or less.

  The absorbent article 100 of the present invention may further include a diffusion groove 65, and preferably further includes a diffusion groove 65 in a non-bent region of the absorbent body 31. Here, the non-bending region in the longitudinal direction of the absorber 31 is a region from the longitudinal end of the bending groove 60 of the absorber 31 to the longitudinal end of the absorber 31, and the non-bending region is the absorber. There are two areas at 31. Note that the non-bending region is a region where the bending groove 60 does not extend, but a bending shape formed along the bending groove 60 may also be formed in the non-bending region.

  In the non-bent region in the longitudinal direction of the absorber 31, the region other than the diffusion groove 65 can be called a flat portion. The diffusion groove means a part or all of which is constituted by a recess.

  The diffusion groove 65 functions as a flow path for excretory fluid in the absorber 31. That is, the diffusion groove 65 can also be called a liquid channel. By providing such a diffusion groove 65 in the absorber 31, the diffusion groove 65 can exert a capillary force. Here, the capillary force is a force that can distribute the excretory fluid along the diffusion groove 65. Thereby, the absorber 31 can diffuse the excretory fluid along the flow path, and can rapidly absorb the excreted fluid excreted in a large amount in a wide area of the absorber 31. Moreover, the absorption of excretory fluid by the absorbent material can be efficiently performed without biasing the excretion of excretory fluid to only a part of the absorbent material constituting the absorber 31.

  In addition, by providing a diffusion groove in the non-bent region of the absorber 31, it is possible to reduce a sense of discomfort due to the rigidity of the absorber itself. In particular, by providing the groove portion in the non-bending region of the absorbent body 31, it is possible to reduce the uncomfortable feeling of the absorbent body in the abdomen and back. In addition, since the contact area between the absorbent body 31 and the skin can be reduced in the abdomen and the back, it is possible to eliminate stickiness and a sense of discomfort associated therewith. Furthermore, since the diffusion groove also functions as a ventilation groove, it is possible to reduce stuffiness when the absorbent body is mounted.

  FIG. 7 is a plan view for explaining an example of a configuration pattern of the diffusion grooves 65 included in the absorber 31. The diffusion groove 65 is formed intermittently or connected in the longitudinal direction of the absorber 31. In FIG. 7, a plurality of linear diffusion grooves 65 are provided, and a lattice-shaped flat portion surrounded by the outer periphery of the diffusion grooves 65 is formed. In FIG. 7, the diffusion groove 65 is connected to the longitudinal direction of the absorber 31.

  The absorbent article 100 may be an absorbent pad, and examples of such an absorbent pad include a sanitary napkin and a urine pad. Moreover, the absorbent article 100 of the present invention may relate to a disposable diaper. Moreover, it is also possible to use an absorbent pad superimposed on the inner surface side of a pants-type or tape-type disposable diaper.

Disposable diapers are roughly classified into pants-type disposable diapers and tape-type disposable diapers. The pants-type disposable diaper is a disposable diaper having a structure in which both sides of a front body and a back body are joined in advance. The pants-type disposable diaper may be a cross-linked type having a configuration in which the absorbent main body cross-links between the front body exterior body and the back body exterior body formed separately. Moreover, the pants-type disposable diaper is an integrated type in which the absorbent body is fixed around the crotch part to an exterior body that is integrally formed by passing from the front part through the crotch part to the back part. Also good. The tape-type disposable diaper is a disposable diaper in which a joining tape is attached to both sides of the front body or the back body, and the front body and the back body are joined using the joining tape when worn.
When the absorbent article 100 is a disposable diaper or the like, a known configuration can be appropriately adopted as the other component members.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Front body 2 Back body 3 Crotch part 31 Absorber 32 Skin facing surface side member 32a Top sheet 33 Skin non-facing surface side member 33a Back sheet 33b Cover sheet 35 Core wrap sheet 50 Support elastic member 60 Bending groove 65 Diffusion groove 100 Absorption Sex goods

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Having a longitudinal direction and a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction,
An absorber,
A sheet-like skin-facing surface side member located on the skin-facing surface side of the absorbent body;
A sheet-like skin non-facing surface side member located on the skin non-facing surface side of the absorber,
The absorbent body is an absorbent article sandwiched between the skin facing surface side member and the skin non-facing surface side member,
The absorber has a pair of bent grooves along the longitudinal direction,
An absorbent article in which a non-bonding region exists between members on the skin non-facing surface side of the bending groove.   The absorptive article according to claim 1 in which said absorber and said skin non-opposing surface side member are not joined on the skin non-opposing surface side of said bending groove. The absorbent article further includes a core wrap sheet that is directly laminated on at least one surface of the absorber,
The absorbent article according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the absorbent body and the core wrap sheet are not joined to each other on the skin non-facing surface side of the bent groove.   The absorptive article according to any one of claims 1 to 3 in which said absorber and said skin facing surface side member are joined on the skin facing surface side of said bent groove. An absorber central region sandwiched between the pair of bent grooves, and
The absorption according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein each contact surface of the skin facing surface side member and the skin non-facing surface side member laminated in the absorber central region is joined at least partially. Sex goods. The absorbent article has a pair of support elastic members extending in the longitudinal direction,
The absorbent article according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the support elastic member is superimposed on an absorber-side end region on the outer side in the width direction of the pair of bending grooves.   The absorbent article according to claim 6, wherein a longitudinal length of the support elastic member is longer than a longitudinal length of the bent groove.   The absorptive article according to claim 6 or 7 in which said support elastic member is provided in the skin non-opposing surface side rather than said absorber.   The absorption according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein contact surfaces of the skin facing surface side member, the absorber, and the skin non-facing surface side member are joined in the fixing region of the support elastic member. Sex goods.   The absorbent article according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the absorbent body further includes a diffusion groove in a non-bent region.

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