Patent ID: 6620147
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A disposable diaper comprising:a liquid-pervious topsheet; a liquid-impervious backsheet; a liquid-absorbent core disposed between the liquid-pervious topsheet and the liquid-impervious backsheet; a front waist region; a rear waist region; a crotch region extending between the front waist region and the rear waist region in a longitudinal direction of the diaper; and first wings formed on transversely opposite sides of the rear waist region and extending outward in a transverse direction intersecting said longitudinal direction, said first wings being formed with fastener sections extending outward in said transverse direction and provided on inner surfaces thereof with male mechanical fastener members, each of said first wings having inner and outer surfaces of which at least said inner surface comprises a nonwoven fabric formed from a plurality of fibers, each of said fastener sections being folded back onto the inner surface of a first wing to which it is formed so that said male mechanical fastener members thereof are opposed to said nonwoven fabric of said inner surface and a plurality of hooks forming said male mechanical fastener members may be releasably engaged with portions of the plurality of fibers forming said nonwoven fabric which protrude from said inner surface toward said male mechanical fastener members.