AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE THAT REALIZES FAVORABLE ERECTION OF GATHERS AND EXCELS IN TRANSVERSAL LEAKAGE PREVENTING EFFECTS. THERE IS DISCLOSED A VERTICALLY LONG ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING A SURFACE LAYER WITH SURFACE SHEET (2), A BACKSIDE LAYER WITH BACKSIDE SHEET (3), AN ABSORBENT LAYER WITH ABSORBENT BODY (4) INTERPOSED THEREBETWEEN AND A PAIR OF GATHERS (5,5) FORMED OF A SHEETLIKE MEMBER (9) SO AS TO HAVE A HOLLOW ON BOTH THE SIDE AREAS OF THE SURFACE LAYER IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION THEREOF. THE PAIR OF GATHERS (5,5) IN THE STATE OF HAVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFIGURATION PART (10) WHEREIN THE SHEETLIKE MEMBER (9) MAKES A CONVEX ON THE EXTERNAL SURFACE SIDE OF THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE IN THE THICKNESS DIRECTION THEREOF ARE JOINED TO THE SURFACE LAYER AND/OR BACKSIDE LAYER BY A JUNCTION PORTION (11) PROVIDED SO AS TO EXTEND IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE. THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFIGURATION PART (10) IS PROVIDED SO AS TO CONSTRUCT A HOLLOW. THE JUNCTION PORTION (11) INCLUDES A FIRST JUNCTION EDGE PORTION (10A) DEFINING THE EDGE PORTION OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFIGURATION PART (10) ON THE INWARD SIDE IN THE WIDTH DIRECTION THEREOF AND A SECOND JUNCTION EDGE PORTION (10B) DEFINING THE EDGE PORTION OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFIGURATION PART (10) ON THE OUTWARD SIDE IN THE WIDTH DIRECTION THEREOF. PROVIDING THAT L1 REFERS TO THE LENGTH OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFIGURATION PART (10) FROM THE FIRST JUNCTION EDGE PORTION (10A) TO THE SECOND JUNCTION EDGE PORTION (10B) AND L2 REFERS TO THE INTER-JUNCTION-EDGE-PORTION DISTANCE BEING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FIRST JUNCTION EDGE PORTION (10A) AND THE SECOND JUNCTION EDGE PORTION (10B), THE RATIO THEREOF, L1/L2 IS 2 OR GREATER. FIGURE 4
