Patent ID: 6629966
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A disposable pull-on diaper comprising:first and second waist regions opposed to each other and a crotch region extending between said first and second waist regions, said first and second waist regions being permanently connected together at respective transversely opposite side edges thereof to define a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings, a pair of tape fasteners adapted to fasten said diaper after use in a rolled-up state, said pair of tape fasteners being attached to an outer surface of said diaper, each of said tape fasteners being formed on an inner surface with means for anchoring said diaper in the rolled-up state, said tape fasteners provided adjacent said transversely opposite side edges, respectively, in one of said first and second waist regions so as to extend in a longitudinal direction thereof in parallel to said transversely opposite side edges, said tape fasteners respectively having upper end portions which lie adjacent said waist-opening and releasable lower end portions which lie adjacent said leg-openings, said lower end portions including said anchoring means, said upper end portions of said pair of tape fasteners being permanently bonded to said diaper by means of respective bonding zones in a vicinity of a peripheral edge portion of said waist-opening, and said bonding zones respectively having lower edges extending obliquely inward in a circumferential direction of the waist opening from said transversely opposite side edges in the vicinity of said waist opening toward said lower end portions of said pair of tape fasteners.