ABSORBENT BODY AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE

• Main Authors: YUYAMA, Aki, KANEKO, Masaya, ITOI, Namie
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 08.07.2020
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BRAIDING; COTTON-WOOL; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; KNITTING; LACE-MAKING; MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; TRIMMINGS; WADDING

An absorbent member (4) of the present invention includes fiber clusters (11) containing synthetic fibers (11F) and includes water absorbing fibers (12F), and a plurality of the fiber clusters (11) are interlaced with each other or with the water absorbing fibers (12F). The content mass ratio of the fiber clusters (11) to the water absorbing fibers (12F) (fiber cluster ratio) is smaller in the side of a skin-facing surface (the side of a topsheet (2)) than in the side of a non-skin-facing surface (the side of a backsheet (3)) of the absorbent member (4). The fiber cluster (11) includes a main portion (110) formed by two opposite base surfaces (111) and a body surface (112) intersecting the base surfaces (111).