PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pants-type absorbent article in which front and back can be easily discriminated even before being worn and a trace is hardly left on a groin of a wearer when it is worn.SOLUTION: The nappy 1 includes a stomach-side sheet member 2A, a back-side sheet member 2B and an absorbent body 3, and side edge parts 2a, 2b of both sheet members 2A, 2B are joined to form a pair of side sealing parts 4. The stomach-side sheet member 2A and the back-side sheet member 2B have extension parts 21a, 21b which extend below the side sealing parts 4. A plurality of elastic members 24 are positioned in an extended state along the X direction of the extension parts 21a, 21b, and the extension parts 21a, 21b each have stretchability in the X direction. When the nappy 1 is in a contracted state, the extension part 21a of the stomach-side sheet member 2A is narrower than the extension part 21b of the back-side sheet member 2B.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】着用前においても前後の判別が容易であり、着用時に着用者のそけい部に跡が付きにくいパンツ型吸収性物品を提供すること。【解決手段】本発明のおむつ1は、腹側シート部材2A、背側シート部材2B及び吸収性本体3を具備し、両シート部材2A,2Bの側縁部2a,2bが接合されて一対のサイドシール部4を形成している。腹側シート部材2A及び背側シート部材2Bは、サイドシール部4より下方に延出する延出部21a,21bを有している。各延出部21a,21bには複数本の弾性部材24がX方向に沿って伸長状態で配され、各延出部21a,21bはX方向に伸縮性を有している。おむつ1は、収縮した状態において、腹側シート部材2Aの延出部21aの幅が、背側シート部材2Bの延出部21bの幅よりも狭くなっている。【選択図】図1