Abstract:
A disposable hygienic article, in particular a diaper, an incontinence product or incontinence insert, has a fastening system for detachably linking a rear region and a front region of the hygienic article placed on the user and for fixing the used article in the rolled-up or folded state before it is thrown away or disposed of The fastening system has a first fastening section with retaining means in the rear region and a second fastening section with matching retaining means in the front region. The first fastening section can be positioned on the second fastening section when the rear region and front region are linked, to allow the retaining means and matching retaining means to be mechanically joined. The rataining means of the first fastening section are adhesive.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The invention present relates to an hygienic article for one-time use, in particular a diaper, an incontinence product or an incontinence liner, having a front area, a rear area and a center area located between them, which comes to lie in the crotch area of the user of the hygienic article, the hygienic article has a layer, which constitutes the outside facing away from the body and is inpermeable to liquid at least in parts of it, and a layer, which constitutes the inside facing. It also has body and is liquid-permeable at least in the area of an absorbent body arranged under it, a fastening system for the releasable connection of the rear and front areas of the hygienic article when it is placed on the body of the user and for securing the used article when it is rolled up or folded together for being thrown away or disposed of, wherein the fastening system has a first fastening section with securing means at the rear area, and a second fastening section with counter-securing means at the front area so that, the rear area and the front area are connected, the first securing section can be positioned on the second fastening section so that the securing means and counter-securing means can enter into a mechanical securing connection, the securing means of the first fastening section in addition. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     For putting on such an hygienic article, which absorbs body fluids and bodily excretions, the rear area and the front area are placed against the body of the user, wherein the lateral edges of the rear area and the front area are at least approximately adjoining or overlap each other so that, using the fastening system, the front and rear areas can be connected in an as optimal as possible fit of the article on the body of the user, so that an escape of body fluids or bodily excretions is prevented, helped by further aids, such as resilienty stretchable liquid barriers, bands and the suitable dimensioning of the absorbent body. For exchanging the used hygienic article for a fresh one, the fastening system is released, and the hygienic article containing body fluids and bodily excretions is taken off the user. In order to make the used hygienic article easier to dispose of, it is customarily rolled up or folded from the front area in the direction towards the rear area, so that a small package is formed, which can be manipulated and which the user, the parents or a caretaker, can pick up manually and throw into a disposal container. In order to furthermore prevent the rolled or folded up small package from opening again when it is thrown away, or thereafter in the disposal container, which leads to an unpleasant odor as well as to the escape of its smelly contents, the fastening system is also used—as already indicated at the beginning—to secure the hygienic article in the rolled up or folded state. In the course of this, the first fastening section is pressed in a known manner on the outside of the rolled up or folded little package in such a way that it adheres, sticks, or is hooked there and prevents the unrolling or unfolding of the hygienic article. 
     The first fastening section at the rear of known hygienic articles is customarily provided on a section of the rear area, which is laterally widened in the shape of an hourglass, a so-called lateral flap, or on a fastening tongue which protrudes transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction, i.e. toward the sides, and which is fastened on the rear area, or respectively on the lateral flaps of the rear area. The second fastening section on the front area is either not clearly defined or is constituted by a surface which per se has mechanically acting securing means, or it extends mainly in the shape of a strip-shaped, transversely extending area at a band end section in the front area of the article. Therefore the first fastening section can be positioned, more or less overlapping the front area, in accordance with the body shape of the user. 
     Numerous solutions are known for designing the fastening system. For example, in European Patent 321 232 B1 it is suggested to embody the first fastening section in the shape of a tongue on the rear area in such a way that, besides a first partial section having the mechanically acting securing means, a second partial section is provided, which is provided with an application of an adhesive. Here, the first partial section with the mechanically acting securing means is used for closing the hygienic article when it is placed on the user in that the mechanical securing elements cooperate in the manner of a burr closure with mechanically acting counter-securing elements. The adhesive application in the second partial section is used for adhesively fastening the tongue on the layer of the article constituting the outside facing away from the body. When the used article is rolled together from the front area to the rear area, or is folded in such a way that the second fastening section lies in the interior of the little package, the little package is intended to be secured because of the cooperation of the adhesive second partial section with the foil-like, smooth exterior surface of the article. However, this fastening system has been shown to be disadvantageous in that the first fastening section, i.e. the fastening tongues, must be designed to be very large, or respectively long, corresponding to the two partial sections. The material requirements are therefore correspondingly large, and the laterally protruding tongues interfere with the handling of the article and appear unattractive. No defined holding power of the fastening system can be achieved, since in the course of closing there is a more or less extensive overlap or contact between the adhesively embodied second partial section and the vicinity of the second fastening section at the front, and a corresponding more or less strong adhesive connection, besides the intended mechanical connection of the securing means and counter-securing means. This indefiniteness must be considered to be disadvantageous. 
     Another approach for solving this problem is disclosed European Patent EP 0 321 234 A1, in that a contact section with mechanically acting counter-securing means is separately provided on the layer constituting the outside facing away from the body, which cooperates in the rolled-up or folded configuration of the article with the first fastening section. No adhesive application is provided here. The arrangement of this further mechanically acting contact strip on the outside of the article is expensive, and handling in the process of folding the article is difficult and requires alertness, since the fastening section must be exactly positioned with respect to each other. But experience has shown that in this situation in particular it is difficult to provide this alertness since, in caring for small children, often only one hand is available for folding the diaper while it is intended to place an unused hygienic article under the small child almost simultaneously. 
     For fastening an hygienic article in the form of a sanitary napkin on an item of clothing, it is known from European Patent EP 0 393 953 B1 a to also use an application of adhesive on the outside of the napkin, facing the item of clothing in use. So that the napkin can be secured on the textile material of the item of clothing without sliding, tapering projections are provided on the outside of the napkin having the adhesive layer, which are pushed into the textile material and in this way secure the napkin without sliding. Such an embodiment of the first fastening section of the hygienic article under discussion should, however, prove itself not suitable, since in this case a cooperation with a foil-like outside of the article facing away from the body would not be possible. 
     In Published International Application WO 96/25905 it a was proposed to provide the first fastening section, or respectively the mechanically acting hook-like securing means, and simultaneously also the second fastening section, with mechanically acting securing means, partially with an application of an adhesive. It is disclosed that, when connecting the rear part and the front part when the article is placed on the user, both connecting mechanisms, i.e. those securing mechanically or extending behind each other, on the one hand, and adhesively, on the other hand, are intended to work together in combination in order to form the desired fastening. In this case the force required for undoing the connection is divided into a shearing force projected on a plane, and a pull-off force acting vertically with respect to the plane, wherein the former is attributed to the mechanical connecting mechanism and the latter primarily to the adhesive connection. In accordance with the teaching of this publication the term “adhesive material” is understood to mean such materials which make an adhesive connection only with other adhesive materials. Because the first, as well as the second fastening section are additionally provided with such an adhesive material, it is intended to achieve a strong adhering force, which aids the mechanical connection. The problem of securing the used hygienic article in the rolled-up or folded configuration is not addressed in this publication. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention has as in the object improving an hygienic article of the type described at the outset in such a way that, when placing the article on the body of a user, the correct fit of the article is achieved, as well as a secure connection of the front and rear areas, and that the used article can be secured in a configuration suitable for throwing it away in an easily manipulatable manner. 
     This object is achieved by present invention with an hygienic article having the characteristics mentioned at the outset in that 
     a) the counter-securing means ( 90 ) of the second fastening section ( 64 ) are free of adhesive and form, for closing the hygienic article when placed on the body, a mechanical securing connection with a first peel-off force of more than 1 N/25 mm with the securing means of the first fastening section, and 
     b) the securing means of the first fastening section are designed to be adhesive in such a way, and the front area of the layer constituting the outside is designed, at least in the vicinity of the second fastening section, to be smooth in such a way that the securing means of the first fastening section adhere there with a second peel-off force, which is less than the first peel-off force, and 
     c) the securing means of the first fastening section are designed to be adhesive in such a way, and the layer constituting the outside is designed to be smooth in such a way at least in the center area, that the securing means of the first fastening section adhesively adhere there with a peel-off force of at least 0.1 N/25 mm, in order to secure the hygienic article in a rolled-up or folded configuration. 
     By means of the continuing development of hygienic products a shape is achieved which corresponds increasingly better to the shape of a body. Inter alia, the invention present is based on the recognition that with an optimal design in particular, a perfect fit of the hygienic product, and therefore dependable protection against leakage and a pleasant feel, free from binding, for the wearer, is provided only if the fastening system, i.e. the first and second fastening sections, are positioned and secured in a correct manner, which corresponds to the fashioning of the article. Thus, in accordance with the invention present the hygienic article is laid out in such a way that in the course of putting on the hygienic article, a user of the hygienic article, the parents or the caregivers, are forced to use the fastening system in this way, i.e. to align and position the fastening sections on the rear and front areas in such a way with each other that the fastening sections at least almost completely cover each other or overlap, in order to provide the required holding force. This is achieved by means of the characteristics of the invention present mentioned above. If the fastening system is used negligently, so that the first fastening section only slightly overlaps the second fastening section, or even comes to lie a position offset in with respect thereto, for example below a second fastening section designed as a strip-like band, because of the embodiment in accordance with the invention present of the fastening system the user will easily realize that with this positioning a sufficient fastening of the system is not achieved. He will release the first fastening section again from the just selected position and position it on the second fastening section, which can be easily identified with a little attention. 
     By means of the invention it has been further recognized that, with the use of the fastening system for securing the hygienic article in a configuration suitable for disposal, a peel-off force of at least 0.1 N/25 mm, preferably of 0.5 to 1 N/25 mm, is sufficient. A further advantage of the embodiment in accordance with the invention present results from the fact that for the purpose of this securing it is not necessary to provide additional, hard-to-operate contact means, but that the respective first fastening section is designed in such a way that it adheres to any arbitrary place on the outside of the center area, possibly also of the rear area, in the manner stated. 
     It is expressly pointed out that the nature of the layer constituting the outside can be the same over its entire surface. In this way the first fastening section adheres in the vicinity of the second fastening section with the same second peel-off force of at least 0.1 N/25 mm as on the remaining outside of the layer, in particular of the center area and the rear area. 
     The holding forces called peel-off forces above are defined and measured in the way described below. A 25 mm wide test strip made of a material constituting the first fastening section with its securing means is made available for testing. This test strip is applied with a pressure force of 2 kg, using a roller device, to the counter-surface to be tested. This is either the second fastening section or the layer constituting the outside of the product, which forms the vicinity of the second fastening section and preferably also the remaining outside of the product, for example the center section, to which the first fastening section is applied for disposing the rolled-up hygienic article in order to secure the rolled-up or folded configuration. In this case this counter-surface has been applied to a rigid support. The support is fastened in a tension testing device, and the test strip is clamped to one traction cheek, so that a pull-off angle of 150 results, which is slightly reduced by a few degrees during the pull-off The test strip, i.e. the first fastening section, is pulled off the counter-surface at a constant velocity while the holding force, called the peel-off force, is measured. The measured peel-off force is recorded as a function of the distance. 
     It is now possible in a particularly advantageous manner to embody the layer forming the outside of the article in any arbitrary manner, in particular with an essentially smooth foil-like surface, or with a fibrous surface, particularly looking like a textile. In the first case, the still remaining holding force which, in the area of the vicinity of the second fastening section is unsatisfactory, but in the center area is still sufficient for the purpose of disposal, is essentially determined by the adhesive adhering effects. If the layer constituting the outside of the hygienic article has a fibrous, textile-appearing surface, the influence of the adhesive effect is reduced and the one regarding the mechanical connection mechanism is moved into the forefront. In that case the outside of the article in the vicinity of the second fastening section is still designed to be so smooth in the front area, that the second peel-off force occurring there preferably lies considerably below the first peel-off force. 
     It is understood that the mechanically acting securing means of the first fastening section can be covered with an adhesive, either totally or partially. It is furthermore pointed out that the mechanically acting securing means can also be made of an adhesive material. 
     Preferred embodiments of the securing means, as well as the embodiment of the second fastening section with the counter-securing means and the layer of the hygienic article forming the outside facing away from the body, ensue from the following. 
     It has been shown to be particularly advantageous if the securing means are constituted by protrusions with end areas capable of engaging from behind or being engaged from behind and having a geometry, or respectively dimensions, as recited hereinafter. The second fastening section is a fluff-like fibrous strip material extending along the band section of the front area. This can be a textile material, for example a woven or knit material wherein, however, nonwoven materials on a nonwoven fabric basis are preferably used. As a rule, such a uff-like material made on a nonwoven fabric basis has a two-layered structure with a support layer which, for example, can consist of a foil, a spunbonded material or a melt-blown nonwoven fabric, or the like, and a loop layer forming the counter-securing means, for example a card web or a spunbonded material, which is engaged by the securing means of the first fastening section, which can get hooked there. 
     The fluff-like material can furthermore have a print image which can be applied either to the support layer, or directly on the loop layer, or to a third, particularly a foil-like layer, which is then preferably positioned between the support layer and the loop layer. 
     It was found that the embodiment of the fluff-like fibrous material is of particular importance for the holding strength between the first fastening section of the rear area and the fluff-like material of the front area. The fiber thickness, fiber length, the mass per unit area of the fluff-like fibrous material are preferably provided in accordance with the following description. 
     It has been shown to be particularly advantageous if the fluff-like, fibrous material has raised places having the dimensions in accordance with the following description which form loops arranged in a regular pattern. The raised places forming the loops can be obtained in an advantageous manner by heat-sealing the fluff-like fibrous material against the support layer. It is possible to obtain a flat material compound made of a foil-like support layer and a fluff-like fiber layer from 3M Deutschland GmbH, Neuss, Germany, which has a parallel endless wave pattern of raised places made by the application of heat-sealing stampings extending parallel with respect to each other. A flat material compound with lozenge-shaped heat-sealing stampings can be obtained from Corovin GmbH, Peine, Germany. 
     The layer forming the outside facing away from the body, which can have a smooth surface, or at least a surface conveying a certain textile-like, fibrous character, is a foil, or preferably an at least two-layered, in particular three-layered nonwoven fabric-foil laminate. The three-layered laminate preferably comprises a foil-like melt-blown layer forming the outside, and a spunbonded layer adjoining it, and an inside located foil layer (spunbonded-melt-blown laminate). 
     Further characteristics, details and advantages of the present invention ensue from the attached claims, as well from as from the drawings and the subsequent description of a preferred embodiment of the hygienic product in accordance with the present invention. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     FIG. 1 is a plan view of an hygienic article in accordance with the present invention in the form of a diaper, 
     FIG. 2 is a sectional view along the section plane II—II in FIG. 1, 
     FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a diaper when applied to a user; 
     FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view of a first fastening section of the diaper along the section plane IV—IV in FIG. 1, 
     FIG. 5 is an enlarged representation of a mechanically acting securing means of the first fastening section in FIG. 4, 
     FIG. 6 is an enlarged representation of a second embodiment of a mechanically acting securing means, 
     FIG. 7 is a representation of a third embodiment of a mechanically acting securing means, 
     FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a second fastening section of the diaper along the section plane VIII—VIII in FIG. 1, and 
     FIG. 9 is a sectional view through the layer constituting the outside of the diaper. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     FIG. 1 represents an hygienic article in the form of a diaper  2  for a small child or for incontinent persons. The diaper  2  is arranged in the crotch area between the legs of a user and is then placed on the body upwardly in the direction toward the hips of the user and secured in a manner still to be described, so that a sort of pants is formed. 
     The diaper consists of a front area  4 , a rear area  6  and a center area  8 , located between them in the crotch area of the user of the diaper. The front area  4 , the center area  8  and the rear area  6  are arranged in a longitudinal direction  10 . The center area has two longitudinal edges  12  extending in the longitudinal direction  10 , which extend curved toward the outside toward the front area  4  and the rear area  6  and make a transition into lateral flaps  14 ,  16  in the front area  4 , and the rear area  6  respectively The longitudinal edges  18 ,  20  of the lateral flaps  14 ,  16  essentially again extend parallel with the longitudinal direction  10 , but this is not necessarily required. Moreover, the front area  4  and the rear area  6  have a transverse edge  26 ,  28 , which extends transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction  10  and borders a band end section  22 , and  24 , which respectively when the diaper  2  is worn, comes to lie in the hip area of the user. The respective longitudinal edge  12  of the diaper  2  with its course curving toward the outside in the direction toward the lateral flaps  14 ,  16 , defines a respective leg opening when the diaper is worn. 
     An inner surface  30  forming the side of the diaper  2  facing the body is constituted by a liquid-permeable surface layer  32  extending in the longitudinal direction from the transverse edge  26  to the transverse edge  28 . An absorbent body  34  is provided underneath the liquid-permeable surface layer  32  which—as can be seen in FIG.  1 —has an hourglass-like circumferential shape and extends from one transverse edge  36  in the front area  4  as far as a transverse edge  38  in the rear area  6 , wherein the transverse edges  36 ,  38  are located distance to the respective transverse edge  26 , and  28 , on respectively the order of centimeters. Thus, the absorbent body  34  is completely covered in the longitudinal direction by the upper, liquid-permeable surface layer  32 . The surface layer  32  has two straight longitudinal edges  40 , which are at such a distance from each other that in the center area  8  they extend past the absorbent body  34  transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction  10 , while approximately in the area of the lateral flaps  14 ,  16 , the hourglass-shaped absorbent body  34  projects from under the surface layer transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction  10  in the front area  4  as well as in the rear area  6 . 
     A layer  44 , which constitutes the outside  43  facing away from the body, of the diaper  2  is formed by a foil-like layer  46 , which is impermeable to liquids, at least in a central longitudinal area  45 , and borders the absorbent body  34  on the outside. To secure the extension and positioning of the absorbent body  34 , the upper liquid-permeable layer  32  is connected with the outer layer  46 , which is impermeable to liquids, along the transversely extending band end sections  22 ,  24  and along those sections of the longitudinal edges  40 , which overlap the absorbent body  34  transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction  10 , wherein per se arbitrary connections by means of an adhesive or by heat-sealing or the like can be used for this. 
     As can be furthermore seen in FIG. 1, first outer, and second inner elastic elements  48 , respectively and  50 , extend respectively at a distance from the longitudinal edges  12  and in the longitudinal direction  10  and form outer an inner, leg respectively closures. The outer and inner elastic elements are covered by a hydrophobic cover layer  52 , which extends along the longitudinal edge  12  of the diaper from one transverse edge  26  to the other transverse edge  28 . Transversely to the longitudinal direction  10 , the cover layer  52  extends from the outside toward the inside as far as the inner elastic element  50  and forms a fold  54  there, which receives, or respectively encloses, the inner elastic element  50  in that an inner, longitudinally extending edge section  56  of the cover layer  52  is folded over and glued to the underside of the cover layer  52 . In this way a small band  58 , which rises in the direction toward the body surface of a user, is formed in the center area  8  of the diaper  2  by means of prestressing the inner elastic element  50 . This small band  58  provided in the area of both leg closures extends as far as into the front area  4  and into the rear area  6  in order to be glued to, in particular sealed against, the inner surface  30  of the liquid-permeable surface layer  32  in the longitudinal direction  10  on the level of the lateral flaps  14 ,  16 , in that the inner side of the fold  54 , or respectively of the small band  58  is turned down. The inner elastic element  50  terminates in the longitudinal direction at a distance from the transverse edges  26 ,  28  of the diaper  2 , and is also fastened in the area of the turned down and secured in place fold  54  in order to be able to exert a tension in the longitudinal direction, so that the small bands  58  “rise up”. The outer elastic elements  48  have been glued, in particular sealed, while under longitudinal tension, between the cover layer  52  and the outer, foil-Eke layer  46 , which is impermeable to liquids. They also terminate in the longitudinal direction  10  at a distance from the transverse edges  26 ,  28  which, however, is not necessarily required, but provides a tension-free band end section  22 , and respectively  24 . 
     A fastening system, identified as a whole by  60  (FIG. 3) is provided for closing the diaper when it has been put on the user. The fastening system  60  comprises a first fastening section  62  on both sides of the rear area  6 , and a second fastening section  64 , which constitutes a sort of a target area for the first fastening section  62  and is attached in the form of a band-shaped strip  66 , still to be described in detail, on the outside of the front area  4 . 
     The respective fastening section  62  is constituted by a band-shaped tongue  68 . The tongue  68  is embodied in an approximate Y-shape and, from the longitudinal edge  30  of the respective lateral flap  16 , it extends over the top, or respectively underside of the diaper  2  and is glued in place there. In its state where it is flipped toward the outside (see FIG.  1 ), the tongue  68  has mechanically acting fastening means  72  on its side  70  facing the body (FIG. 4, which is a schematic sectional view of section of the tongue  68  having the securing means  72 ). The mechanically acting securing means  72  are provided with protrusions  74 , which are T-shaped or mushroom-shaped in cross section and have areas  76  capable of engaging from behind or being engaged from behind. A single such protrusion  74  is represented enlarged in FIG.  5 . Such a protrusion comprises a stem  78  originating on a base  77  of the tongue  68 , and a head  80  constituting the free end. The mechanical securing means  72 , or respectively protrusions  74 , have an adhesive coating  84  in the form of an adhesive of a permanent holding strength (not represented in FIG. 5) on a portion of their surface  82 , or on the entire surface  82 . In place of an adhesive coating, the securing means  72 , or respectively the protrusions  74  can also be made altogether of a material having permanently adhesive properties. 
     It would also be conceivable for a further adhesive coating  85  to be provided on the base  77  in the area between the protrusions  74 , by means of which the adhesive strength can be further increased when the tongue  68  is pressed with great force on an area on which the adhesive shows an adhesive effect. In this case it can be advantageous—as indicated in FIG.  4 —if the thickness of the further adhesive coating is reduced transversely with in respect to the longitudinal direction  10 , so that the free tongue end can be more easily freed when the tongue  68  is removed. 
     As can be seen from FIG. 5, the protrusions  74  have a total height H 1  of 0.61 mm, wherein a distance H 2  between a lower edge  86  of the area  76  which can be engaged from behind and the base  77  of the tongue  68  is 0.37 mm The thickness D of the stem  78  and the head  80  is 0.3 mm The width Bs of the stem is 0.21 mm in the represented case, and the width Bh of the head  80  is 0.55 mm The angle between the stem  78  and the base  77  is 90°. In accordance with a preferred embodiment,  87  protrusions per cm 2  of the base  77  of the tongue  68  are provided. It is pointed out that the above described form is a preferred embodiment, but that other embodiments of the protrusions are also possible. 
     FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of a mushroom-shaped securing means  72 ′ with a circular cross section of the head and stem, whose head  80 ′ has a width Bh′ of 0.4 mm in comparison with a width Bs′ of the stem  78 ′ of 0.25 mm The height of the head H′ in comparison with the base is 0.53 mm. FIG. 7 shows a third embodiment of securing means  72 ″, which are Y-shaped in a plan view. The securing means  72 ″ have a stem  78 ″ of a thickness between 0.15 and 0.25 mm. The head  80 ″ formed on the free leg forms a kind of a table surface for the adhesive to be applied. This table surface has a preferred dimension a, b of 0.27 times 0.25 to 0.35 mm The head  80 ″ is embodied in such a way that it projects past the stem  78 ″ in two directions, as illustrated in FIG. 7, and in this way forms an area  76 ″ which can be engaged from behind. The height H″ of the head above the base  77 ″ is approximately 0.32 mm The length Y of both legs of the Y-shaped securing means  72 ″ is 0.75 mm In this preferred embodiment, the flattening, as well as the course of the two free legs of the Y-shape, constitute an area which can be engaged from behind. At the same time the table-like flattening is particularly suited for an application of adhesive. The preferred distribution of the Y-shaped protrusions is approximately 250/cm 2 . 
     For closing the diaper  2 , the first fastening section  62  mentioned in connection with FIG. 3 is pressed on the second fastening section  64 , i.e. on the strip  66  in the front area  4 . FIG. 8 shows a sectional view of the strip  66 . It has a two-layered structure with a support layer  88  and a loop layer  92  of a fluff-like fibrous material  94 , which constitutes the counter securing layer  90 . The carrier layer can preferably be a foil, a spunbonded material or a melt-blown nonwoven fabric. In an advantageous manner, the loop layer  92  can be constituted by a card web or a spunbonded material, which can be engaged by the securing means  72  of the first fastening section  62 , which can be hooked there. To this end the loop layer  92  has loop-forming raised places  96  which have been produced in that the nonwoven material, which preferably forms a nonwoven fabric  94 , is secured in sections on the support layer  88  (reference numeral  98 ). Securing can take place along parallel lines—as represented in FIG.  8 —or in the form of lozenge-shaped, triangularly-shaped or circular-shaped patterns by means of a heat-sealing process. 
     The design of the loop layer  92  is of great importance for the adhesive force. In the exemplary embodiment represented in FIG. 8, the raised places  96  form endless waves, wherein their width Bw is 2 to 5 mm, and the width of the secured surface  98  transversely with respect to its extension Bf is 0.2 to 5 mm. The height H of the raised places  96  preferably is 0.2 to 5 mm. A fiber thickness of the fluff-like material  94  of 6 to 9 dtex and a fiber length of 4 to 5 cm is preferably selected. The mass per unit area of the material  92  is 40 to 70 g/m 2 . When, for closing the diaper, the tongue  68  is positioned in a correct manner on the strip  66  and is lightly pressed against it, the protrusions  74  enter into the loop layer  92  and are mechanically hooked therein, wherein a peel-off force of 2 to 4 N/25 mm is preferably achieved in order to assure that the diaper does not become undone in an accidental way. 
     In order to force the user of the diaper to close the diaper in the correct way, i.e. to position the first fastening section  62  in a correct manner on the second fastening section  64 , so that an optimal fit of the diaper can be achieved, the vicinity  100  of the second fastening section  64 , or respectively of the strip  66 , is designed in such a away that, when the first fastening section  62  is positioned and pushed on it, it has a second peel-off force which is less than the first peel-off force. In case of a foil-like, very smooth outside  42 , this second peel-off force is determined by the adhesive coat  84 . However, it is also possible to provide the layer  44 , which constitutes the outside  42  of the diaper facing away from the body, with a defined textile character. However, in such a case it is necessary that the outside  42  be embodied smooth or smoothed in the vicinity  100  of the second fastening section  64  in such a way that a peel-off force of 2 N/25 mm, in particular of 1 N/25 mm, is not exceeded. If a user of the diaper does not position the first fastening section  62  correctly with respect to the second fastening section  64 , but instead in the vicinity  100 , he is immediately advised of his error by the very low holding force in the vicinity  100  of the second fastening section, so that he would pull the first fastening section  62  off and position it again, but this time in the correct way, in relation to the second fastening section  64 . 
     The layer constituting the outside  42  is embodied in the form of a spunbonded melt-blown laminate (FIG.  9 ), which comprises a foil-like melt-blown layer  102 , an adjoining spunbonded nonwoven layer  104  and a foil layer  106  lying on the inside. 
     When the used diaper  2  is rolled up or folded for disposal, a user can press the first fastening section  62 , or respectively tongues  68 , anyplace on the outside—in the rolled-up state of the diaper the center area  6  would then present itself as an aiming point—so that the latter adhere on it at least with a peel-off force of at least 0.1, preferably of 0.5 to 1 N/25 mm This comparatively weak holding force has been shown to be sufficient for the purpose of securing the diaper in place in the rolled up or folded state and to toss it into a container in this state.