Patent ID: 7524314

Claim:
A wearing article, comprising: first and second waist regions each having a body-facing surface and a garment-facing surface, said first and second waist regions cooperating together to define a waist-opening, a crotch region extending between and cooperating with said first and second waist regions to define a pair of leg-openings, and a fastening system releasably connecting said first and second waist regions; said fastening system comprising engaging fasteners respectively located on transversely opposite side edges of said first waist region and landing fasteners located on said garment-facing surface of transversely opposite side zones of said second waist region, wherein each of said engaging fasteners has an insert and an engaging portion while each of said landing fasteners has a pocket adapted to receive said insert and a landing portion formed on an outer surface of said pocket so that said engaging portion releasably engages said landing portion; and at least one of said first and second waist regions being provided with elastic members serving to elastically adjust a circumferential waist dimension defined by said first and second waist regions; wherein, when the engaging portion releasably engages the landing portion, the insert is received in the pocket, without positively and directly engaging an inner surface of the pocket; wherein the insert, if pressed into contact with the engaging portion by a pressing force, is elastically detached from said engaging portion when the insert is relieved of the pressing force; wherein each of said engaging portions comprises a hook member having a plurality of hooks projecting from a backing of said hook member towards said insert; wherein each of said pockets has an opening oriented towards an adjacent side edge of said second waist region; and wherein each of said landing portions comprises a fibrous web defining the outer surface of said pocket, said fibrous web being releasably engageable with the hooks of the corresponding engaging portion when the corresponding engaging portion releasably engages said landing portion.