AN ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE IN WHICH SHEET-LIKE MEMBERS ARE JOINED TOGETHER WITH HIGH JOINT STRENGTH. A JOINT REGION (9R, 9L) WHERE A FRONT WAIST REGION AND A REAR WAIST REGION ARE JOINED TOGETHER HAS A FIRST JOINT REGION (91R, 91L) CONTINUOUSLY FORMED SO AS TO EXTEND ALONG AN OUTER EDGE AND ALSO HAS A SECOND JOINT REGION (92R, 92L) CONTINUOUSLY FORMED PARALLEL TO THE FIRST JOINT REGION, ON THE SIDE CLOSER TO THE OUTER EDGE THAN THE FIRST JOINT REGION. THE PROPORTION OF THE SUM OF THE AREA OF FIRST JOINT SECTIONS RELATIVE TO THE AREA OF THE FIRST JOINT REGION IS SMALLER THAN THE PROPORTION OF THE SUM OF THE SECOND JOINT SECTIONS RELATIVE TO THE AREA OF THE SECOND JOINT REGION.
