PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent article in which a space formed on the periphery of a width-direction side surface of an absorber of the absorbent article is restored even when crushed, and the texture of which is proper even when the space formed on the periphery of the width-direction side surface of the absorber is crushed.SOLUTION: An absorbent article includes: a liquid-permeable top sheet 2 which has a longitudinal direction and a width direction and which is provided on a skin side a liquid-impermeable back sheet which is provided on a clothing side and a liquid-retentive absorber which is provided between the top sheet 2 and the back sheet. A space is formed on the periphery of a width-direction side surface of the absorber by the width-direction side surface of the absorber and the top sheet 2. The top sheet 2 includes first mountain-folding portions 21 and valley-folding portions 23, which are longitudinally elongated and alternately arranged in the width direction, and second mountain-folding portions 22 which are elongated in a direction crossing the first mountain-folding portions 1, on at least the outside of the width-direction side surface of the absorber.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】吸収性物品における吸収体の幅方向の側面の周辺に形成された空間がつぶれても回復するとともに、吸収体の幅方向側面の周辺に形成された空間がつぶれているときも吸収性物品の肌触りが良好になる吸収性物品を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の吸収性物品は、長手方向および幅方向を有し、肌側に設けられた液透過性のトップシート2と、着衣側に設けられた液不透過性のバックシートと、トップシート2およびバックシートの間に設けられた液保持性の吸収体とを含み、吸収体の幅方向の側面およびトップシート2によって吸収体の幅方向の側面の周辺に空間が形成され、少なくとも吸収体の幅方向の側面の外側において、トップシート2は、長手方向に延在し、幅方向に交互に並ぶ第1の山折り部21および谷折り部23と、第1の山折り部1に交差する方向に延在する第2の山折り部22とを含む。【選択図】図3
