Patent ID: 8439885

Claim:
A disposable diaper comprising: an absorber; a top sheet disposed to cover an upper surface of the absorber and at least partially formed of a liquid permeable material; a back sheet disposed to cover a lower surface of the absorber and formed of a liquid impermeable material; and a skin contact sheet disposed above the top sheet so that a space is defined between at least a portion of a bottom surface of the skin contact sheet and an upper surface of the top sheet, wherein the skin contact sheet has a single stool passing opening formed therein in a crotch part thereof, that is capable of passing a stool therethrough and into the space, and wherein the skin contact sheet also has a single urine passing opening formed therein in a front body part thereof, which is separated from the single stool passing opening, and which is capable of passing urine therethrough and into the space; wherein a shape of the stool passing opening includes an opening area in a posterior region, which is located posterior to a centerline of the stool passing opening in the anteroposterior direction of the stool passing opening, that is smaller than an opening area in an anterior region, which is located anterior to the centerline of the stool passing opening, and wherein flap portions are provided at side edges of the stool passing opening, the flap portions being capable of preventing stool passed through the stool passing opening and into the space from contacting a wearer of the disposable diaper.