PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pants-type absorbent article having a slit cut at a center of a ventral part from a waist opening end in the longitudinal direction, enabling adjustment of a waist size in a wide range, and improving convenience in opening/closing operation at a part provided with the slit by introducing a degree of freedom in the direction of being put on/off.SOLUTION: A paper diaper 1 includes: an absorbent body 3 including an absorber a pants-type outer wrapper body 2 that has a slit 22 cut at the center of a ventral part 2a from a waist opening end 2d in the longitudinal direction, and the absorbent body installed on a crotch part 2c and belt-like connecting members 5 that cover the slit and, in a state of being bridged across a right side part 22R and a left side part 22L that are divided by the slit, the one end and other end of which are detachably fixed to the right side part and the left side part respectively to connect the right side part to the left side part.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】腹側部の中央にウエスト開口端から縦方向へ切り込まれたスリットが設けられたパンツ型の吸収性物品において、ウエストサイズの調整を幅広く可能にするとともに、着脱に係る方向の自由度を導入してスリットが設けられた部分での開閉作業の利便性を向上する。【解決手段】紙おむつ1は、吸収体を含む吸収性本体3と、腹側部2aの中央にウエスト開口端2dから縦方向へ切り込まれたスリット22が設けられ、吸収性本体が股下部2cに設置されるパンツ型の外装体2と、スリットを覆うとともにスリットにより分断された右側部22Rと左側部22Lとの間に掛け渡された状態で、一端部を前記右側部に、他端部を前記左側部に着脱自在に止着されて前記右側部と前記左側部とを連結する帯状連結部材5とを備えて構成される。【選択図】図2
