Patent ID: 7264614
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A disposable diaper, comprising a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet and a liquid-absorbent panel interposed between said sheets, said diaper further comprising: a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region extending between said waist regions in a longitudinal direction of said diaper, a pair of side flaps extending in said longitudinal direction outside transversely opposite side edges of said panel, and a pair of end flaps extending in a transverse direction outside longitudinally opposite ends of said panel; wherein said panel has: said disposable diaper further comprises: the folding guides are continuous and elongated in the longitudinal direction without extending beyond a transverse center line that bisects an entire longitudinal dimension of said diaper; an entire width of the crotch region in a vicinity of said center line is free of both said wings and said folding guides; said folding guides are zones devoid of absorbent material of said panel; an entire width of each of said zones, as measured in the transverse direction, increases in the longitudinal direction toward said transverse center line; and an entire width of each said wing, as measured in the transverse direction, decreases in the longitudinal direction towards said transverse center line.