Patent ID: 8771246
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A wearing article and method of folding up the wearing article wherein the wearing article comprises: a chassis having longitudinal direction and transverse direction; an inner side facing the skin of a wearer and outer side facing a garment worn by the wearer; a first waist region defined by one of front and rear waist regions; a second waist region defined by the other of said front and rear waist regions; a crotch region extending between said first and second waist regions; a pair of first lateral zones of said first waist region which are opposed to each other in said transverse direction and extending in said longitudinal direction, each of said first lateral zones of said pair of first lateral zones consisting of first mechanical fastener engagement regions provided on a garment facing side surface thereof and third mechanical fastener engagement regions provided on a skin facing side surface thereof, a pair of second lateral zones of said second waist region which are opposed to each other in said transverse direction and extending in said longitudinal direction each of said second lateral zones of said pair of second lateral zones consisting of second mechanical fastener engagement regions providing on a skin facing side surface thereof, wherein said first mechanical fastener engagement regions include hook elements and said second mechanical fastener engagement regions include loop elements, whereby the first and second mechanical fastener engagement regions engage one another when the wearing article is worn by a user, and said first mechanical fastener engagement regions being engaged with said third mechanical fastener engagement regions when the wearing article is folded up after use for disposal; said first lateral zones include mount members via which said hook elements are attached to said first lateral zones and each said mount members respectively has an inner side of said mount member facing the skin of the wearer and an outer side facing the garment and formed of a fibrous sheet so that at least said inner side of said mount member facing the skin of the wearer is engageable with said hook elements and thereby defines said third engagement region; and the method of folding up said wearing article comprises the steps of: detaching said first and second waist regions from each other along said first and second mechanical fastener engagement regions, placing said first and second waist regions upon each other with outer sides thereof exposed outside, folding back one of said first lateral zones onto said second waist region, folding back the other of said first lateral zones onto said second waist region so that said first mechanical fastener engagement region defined in said one of said first lateral zone is engaged with said third mechanical fastener engagement region defined on inner side of said first mechanical fastener engagement region defined in said other of said first lateral zones and thereby keeping the used diaper in its folded up condition; wherein, in the folded up state, the hook elements disposed on said other of first lateral zones defines an uppermost layer of the wearing article.