Patent ID: 8157781

Claim:
A disposable body waste handling article, comprising: a first sheet defining a liquid-pervious skin-contactable surface; a body fluid absorbent core having a peripheral edge; a second sheet extending outward beyond said peripheral edge of said core and contoured by a pair of lateral edges extending in a longitudinal direction of the article and a pair of ends extending in a transverse direction of the article; and a liquid-impervious leak-barrier sheet sandwiched between said core and said second sheet, wherein said second sheet includes lateral flaps between respective said lateral edges and the peripheral edge of the absorbent core, and end flaps between respective said ends and the peripheral of the absorbent core; and elastic members extending along and attached in a stretched state to said lateral flaps and said end flaps; wherein said core is sandwiched between the first sheet and the second sheet; said elastic members directly overlap one upon another and cooperate one with another to define a closed loop; and contraction of said elastic members constricts said lateral flaps and said end flaps in said longitudinal direction as well as in said transverse direction so as to narrow said loop and causes said lateral flaps and said end flaps to be folded back along the peripheral edge of said core toward said skin-contactable surface, wherein said elastic members comprise a first elastic member continuously extending along said lateral edges and one of said ends and a second elastic member extending along the other of said ends, wherein first and second elastic members directly overlap one upon another in vicinities of intersections of said lateral edges and said other end and thereby substantially contiguous one to another.