Patent ID: 6756522
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
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 said front waist and said rear waist region; an elastic member bonded under tension to at least one of longitudinal opposite end portions of the diaper in said front and rear waist region with said elastic member disposed between said liquid-pervious topsheet and said liquid-impervious backsheet, said elastic member being stretchable in a waist-surrounding direction; said elastic member having transversely opposite ends extending in a longitudinal direction of said diaper and upper and lower edges extending in said waist-surrounding direction; and a plurality of slits extending through said diaper in a thickness direction of said diaper and extending in said longitudinal direction, the plurality of slits being spaced one from another by a predetermined dimension in said waist-surrounding direction between said transversely opposite ends of said elastic member and spaced one from another by a predetermined dimension in said longitudinal direction between a vicinity of said upper edge and a vicinity of said lower edge of said elastic member.