Patent ID: 6485478
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A disposable undergarment comprising:transversely opposite side edge portions longitudinally extending in parallel to each other; longitudinally opposite edge portions transversely extending in parallel to each other; a front waist region; a rear waist region; a crotch region extending between said front and rear waist regions; a pair of tape fasteners attached to said transversely opposite side edge portions along said rear waist region; and a non-stretchable target tape strip attached to an outer surface of said front waist region, said target tape strip serving as a female member and said tape fasteners serve as male members adapted to be separably anchored on said target tape strip to thereby connect said front and rear waist regions to each other, of said front waist region, said rear waist region and said crotch region, at least said front waist region is elastically stretchable at least transversely of the undergarment, said target tape strip comprising: a flexible film layer having transversely opposite side edges extending longitudinally and upper and lower edges extending transversely of the undergarment; and a plurality of long fibers extending longitudinally in parallel one to another on an outer surface of said flexible film layer between the upper and lower edges, said flexible film layer being formed with a plurality of slits arranged so as to be transversely spaced apart one from another and to extend longitudinally between a vicinity of the upper edge and a vicinity of the lower edge; said target tape strip being attached to said front waist region substantially in a non-stretched state, said plurality of long fibers being bonded to said flexible film layer in the vicinity of the upper and lower sides of said flexible film layer.