Patent ID: 7404812

Claim:
A disposable wearing article, comprising: front and rear waist regions, a crotch region extending in a longitudinal direction of the article between the front and rear waist regions, and paired engagement members positioned along transversely opposite side edges of said front and rear waist regions so that said front and rear waist regions are connectable together by means of said engagement members, said engagement members comprising: first and second hook members permanently attached to an outer surface of said front waist region along the transversely opposite side edge portions thereof, respectively, said first and second hook members being releasably engageable with an inner surface of said rear waist region, and third hook members permanently attached to the inner surface of said rear waist region along the transversely opposite side edge portions thereof, respectively, and wherein said first and second hook members are entirely spaced in the longitudinal direction of the article by a given dimension selected to permit the third hook member to releasably engage the outer surface of said front waist region between the first and second hook members when the front and rear waist regions are connected together by means of said engagement members.