Megumi Yoshiba, Tochigi, Japan

Assigned to Daio Paper Corporation, Ehime, Japan.

Filed: 6/22/21
Issued: 3/3/26

An individually wrapped absorbent article comprising: an absorbent article; and a wrapping sheet configured to wrap the absorbent article, wherein the wrapping sheet is folded toward an inner surface of the wrapping sheet so as to cause a first region including one end in a first direction of the wrapping sheet and a second region including an opposite end in the first direction to overlap with each other, and a seal portion is formed at each edge portion in a second direction of the wrapping sheet, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the seal portion includes a plurality of compressed recesses and compressed projections along the first direction, the compressed projections being formed between the compressed recesses, wherein a thin zone, in which the number of overlapping portions of the wrapping sheet is relatively small, and a thick zone, in which the number of overlapping portions of the wrapping sheet is relatively large, are formed, the overlapping portions being overlapped by folding the wrapping sheet, and wherein the seal portion has lower seal strength in the thick zone than in the thin zone.