Patent ID: 6623468
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A disposable sanitary article having, in a longitudinal direction thereof a front waist region a rear waist region and a crotch region extending between said front and rear waist regions, said article further having a pair of leg-openings being defined at transversely opposite side edge portions of said article said article comprising:a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet and a liquid-absorbent panel disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet; and at least one elastic member extending along a circumferential direction, of each of said leg-openings; said at least one elastic member including a first elastic zone extending in the crotch region, a second elastic zone extending from said first elastic zone into said front waist region and a third elastic zone extending from said first elastic zone into said rear waist region; said at least one elastic member having different stretch stresses in said first, second and third elastic zones, wherein the stretch stress of the first elastic zone is less than the stretch stress of the second elastic zone, the stretch stress of the first elastic zone is less than the stretch stress of the third elastic zone, and the stretch stress of the second elastic zone is different from the stretch stress of the third elastic zone.