Patent ID: 7320684
Filing Date: 2008-01-22
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A disposable diaper having longitudinally opposing front and back waist regions having waist edges, laterally opposing side edges connecting the waist edges, a crotch region between the waist regions, and comprising: an absorbent assembly having an interior surface; two laterally opposing longitudinally extending barrier cuff strips attached to the interior surface, each barrier cuff strip having a longitudinally extending cuff elastic member attached adjacent to its proximal edge; and at least one belt strip having a fixed end portion, an opposing free end portion, a first edge, and a second edge, the first edge and the second edge connecting the end portions, the belt strip being attached in the fixed end portion to one of the waist regions and additionally being attached along at least a portion of one of the first edge and the second edge, the belt strip being deployed by being detached except at its fixed end portion and folded laterally outward at a diagonal fold line having opposing end points such that the first edge extends laterally outward from one end point and the second edge extends laterally outward from the opposing end point.