Patent ID: 7582076
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An open-type disposable wearing article, comprising side flaps extending in a longitudinal direction of the article and end flaps extending in a transverse direction of the article; front and rear waist regions and a crotch region extending in said longitudinal direction between said waist regions; flexible tape fasteners for attaching said front and rear waist regions to each other, each of said tape fasteners being attached to one of said side flaps in said rear waist region, and having a fixed end portion bonded to said respective side flap and a free end portion extending outward from said fixed end portion in the transverse direction, said free end portion having an anchoring element adapted to be anchored on said front waist region; a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and backsheet; and a pair of liquid impervious sheets defining barrier flaps on transversely opposite sides of said absorbent core for preventing lateral leakage of bodily discharge; wherein said liquid impervious sheets and said backsheet extend continuously in the transverse direction beyond transversely opposite side edges of said topsheet and said absorbent core to define said side flaps, wherein each of said side flaps comprises wherein, in each of said side flaps, one of said backsheet and the respective liquid impervious sheet is folded along a longitudinal edge of said side flap in at least said first zone, and comprises a lower fold and an upper fold placed on the lower fold; and said upper fold and said fixed end portion of the respective tape fastener do not overlap throughout an entire area of said fixed end portion.