Patent ID: 9233031
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A disposable diaper having a skin-facing side and a non-skin-facing side, comprising: an inner sheet lying on the skin-facing side and an outer sheet lying on the non-skin-facing side each defining the front and rear waist members; waist elastics interposed between the inner and outer sheets and extending under a potential contractility in a transverse direction of the front and rear waist members; inelastic regions in which none of the waist elastics is present; and graphic sheets having graphics adapted to be visually recognized through the outer sheet, wherein: respective end portions of the waist elastics interposed between the graphic sheets and the outer sheet extend from the outside of the graphic sheets across opposite side edges of the respective graphic sheets into the respective graphic sheets; the end portions of the waist elastics lie on the respective graphics; the diaper further includes a liquid-absorbent structure; and a distribution direction of a first adhesive with which the inner sheet is joined to the respective graphic sheets intersects with a distribution direction of a second adhesive with which the inner sheet is joined to the liquid-absorbent structure.