[Problem] To provide an absorbent article whereby the skin of a wearer can be effectively prevented from being in contact with urine and feces having been discharged on an absorbent body during the wearing thereof.[Solution] An absorbent article provided with: a sheet-type leakage-preventing body (10) an absorbent body (12) capable of absorbing body fluids, said absorbent body (12) being disposed on the leakage-preventing body (10) and a pair of right and left floating leg gathers (FLG) (14) which is disposed above the absorbent body (12) and extends from the front edge in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article main body to the back edge thereof via a front body, a crotch part and a back body. In this absorbent article, the FLG (14) each comprises a top part (16) and a sagging part (18) that continues to the top part, and the front and back edges of the sagging part (18) are joined respectively to the regions adjacent to the front and back edges of the absorbent article main body so that the sagging part (18) sags from the top part (16) toward the absorbent body, while the sagging part (18) of the FLG (14) is not fixed to the absorbent body in the front and back bodies and, in the crotch part, the bottom edge of the sagging part (18) is fixed to the absorbent body.Linvention porte sur un article absorbant permettant à la peau dun utilisateur dêtre efficacement protégée de tout contact avec lurine et des selles évacuées sur un corps absorbant pendant le port de celui-ci.Un article absorbant comporte : un corps évitant toute fuite de type feuille (10), un corps absorbant (12) capable dabsorber des fluides corporels, ledit corps absorbant (12) étant agencé sur le corps évitant toute fuite (10) et une paire de fronces de cuisses flottantes droite et gauche (FLG) (14) agencée au-dessus du corps absorbant (12) et sétendant depuis le bord frontal dans la direction longitudinale du corps principal de larticle absorbant vers le bord arrière de celui-ci par linte
