Patent ID: 6521320
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A disposable garment comprising a front body portion, a back body portion and an intermediate crotch portion, spaced left and right leg openings on opposite sides of said crotch portion, edges of said front and back body portions being joined to form a waist portion, said leg openings each having an upper periphery adjacent to said waist portion and a lower periphery adjacent to said crotch portion,and wherein said garment includes a back sheet which forms an outer surface thereof, a top sheet and an absorbent pad positioned in said crotch area, the improvement wherein front left and right elastic strands extend, respectively, around a quadrant of each of said leg openings from forward ends which terminate at a forward part of said crotch portion and extend around said upper periphery of each of said left and right leg openings to said side seam and rear left and right elastic strands extend, respectively, around another quadrant of each of said leg openings from rearward ends which terminate at a rearward part of said crotch portion and extend around said upper periphery of each of said left and right leg openings to said side seam, said strands being adhered to said top sheet, and to first and second narrow webs sandwiched between said top sheet and said back sheet, said first narrow web being adhered to said forward ends of each of said left and right elastic strands and said second narrow web being adhered to said rearward ends of each of said left and right elastic strands.