Patent ID: 7915477
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A disposable wearing article, comprising: a crotch region; a front waist region extending forward in a longitudinal direction of said article from said crotch region; a rear waist region extending rearward in the longitudinal direction from said crotch region; each of said regions having a pair of transversely opposite lateral edge portions extending in the longitudinal direction; each of said front and rear waist regions further including an end portion extending in a transverse direction of said article between the lateral edge portions thereof; at least one tape fastener attached to an outer surface of said article in one of said lateral edge portions of one of said front and rear waist regions; and an adhesive fastening element provided on said tape fastener and releasably engageable with the outer surface of said article; wherein said outer surface of said one of said front and rear waist regions is defined by a nonwoven fabric made of thermoplastic synthetic fibers; said tape fastener is bonded to a bonding region of said nonwoven fabric by means of an adhesive layer; said bonding region of said nonwoven fabric comprises a plurality of said synthetic fibers fused together; said front and rear waist regions are bonded together at a plurality of heat-sealed spots arranged along the respective lateral edge portions of said waist regions to define a waist hole and two leg holes; in each of said heat-sealed spots, a number of said fused synthetic fibers are fused together; said adhesive layer is disposed between, directly contacts and permanently bonds at least one of said heat heat-sealed spots and said tape fastener, said at least one of said heat-sealed spots defining said bonding region; said nonwoven fabric comprises a further bonding region, wherein said further bonding region comprises a number of said synthetic fibers fused together and is spaced inwardly from said bonding region by a section of said nonwoven fabric which is free of the fused synthetic fibers; said adhesive layer is disposed between, directly contacts and permanently bonds said further bonding region and said tape fastener; and said tape fastener is bonded to said nonwoven fabric in a folded state in which the fastening element is located between and releasably attaches an upper fold and a lower fold of said tape fastener to hold said tape fastener in the folded state, and said lower fold of said tape fastener comprises: