Absorbent article
First Claim
1. A substantially elongated absorbent article having a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent member interposed between said topsheet and said backsheet, said absorbent article further comprising:
- a pair of hydrophobic areas along opposing longitudinal side portions of an upper surface of said absorbent article inwardly from longitudinal side edges of said absorbent article,said hydrophobic areas each having a continuous or discontinuous antileakage groove formed along a respective one of the longitudinal side portions, wherein a width of each of said antileakage grooves is from 0.1 mm to 20 mm, a ratio of a depth of each of said antileakage grooves with respect to a thickness of a portion of said absorbent article where no antileakage groove is formed is from 0.01 to 0.8, and the depth of each of said antileakage grooves is from 0.1 mm to 12 mm.
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Abstract
A substantially elongated absorbent article having a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent member interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a pair of hydrophobic areas along opposing longitudinal side portions of an upper surface of the absorbent article inwardly from longitudinal side edges of the absorbent article, the hydrophobic areas each having a continuous or discontinuous antileakage groove formed along a respective one of the longitudinal side portions, wherein a width of each of the antileakage grooves is from 0.1 mm to 20 mm, a ratio of a depth of each of the antileakage grooves with respect to a thickness of a portion of the absorbent article where no antileakage groove is formed is from 0.01 to 0.8, and the depth of each of the antileakage grooves is from 0.1 mm to 12 mm.
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1. A substantially elongated absorbent article having a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent member interposed between said topsheet and said backsheet, said absorbent article further comprising:
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a pair of hydrophobic areas along opposing longitudinal side portions of an upper surface of said absorbent article inwardly from longitudinal side edges of said absorbent article, said hydrophobic areas each having a continuous or discontinuous antileakage groove formed along a respective one of the longitudinal side portions, wherein a width of each of said antileakage grooves is from 0.1 mm to 20 mm, a ratio of a depth of each of said antileakage grooves with respect to a thickness of a portion of said absorbent article where no antileakage groove is formed is from 0.01 to 0.8, and the depth of each of said antileakage grooves is from 0.1 mm to 12 mm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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