Patent ID: 9375363
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A disposable wearing article having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, said disposable wearing article comprising: a front waist region; a rear waist region; a crotch region extending between the front and rear waist regions; an annular elastic waist panel including a front waist panel and a rear waist panel joined to each other so as to define the front and rear waist regions; a crotch panel joined to the elastic waist panel so as to define the crotch region; an absorbent structure joined to the front and rear waist panels and the crotch panel; a pair of leg sheets extending in the longitudinal direction along lateral edges of the absorbent structure; and a pair of leg-openings lying on both sides in the transverse direction of the crotch region, wherein in a state that the wearing article is flatly developed after the front and rear waist panels have been disjoined from each other, wherein each of the leg sheets has the outer regions of the leg sheets are elastic regions where a plurality of leg elastics are attached under tension to the leg sheets and extend in the longitudinal direction, the inner regions of the leg sheets are inelastic regions provided with none of the plurality of leg elastics, the leg sheets have front and rear end portions opposing each other in the longitudinal direction and joined to the front and rear waist panels, respectively, the plurality of leg elastics attached to the leg sheets join the front waist panel to the rear waist panel, in a state that the front and rear waist panels are joined to each other, the crotch panel further has first and second crotch sheets arranged below the absorbent structure, and the inelastic regions of the leg sheets are located between and directly joined to the first and second crotch sheets.