Patent ID: 7594907

Claim:
A disposable pants-type diaper having a back-and forth direction and a transverse direction, said diaper comprising: an inner surface adapted to face a wearer's skin: an outer surface adapted to face away the wearer's skin, a crotch region; a front waist region extending forward in the back-and forth direction from said crotch region; a rear waist region extending rearward in the back-and forth direction from said crotch region, wherein said front and rear waist regions are attached to each other along respective lateral edges thereof; a body fluid absorbent structure extending below the inner surface; leakage barriers extending along side edges of the absorbent structure and including elastic members stretchable in the back-and forth direction in the crotch region; and a pair of front and rear belt members, both extending in the transverse direction across said body fluid absorbent structure and bonded to said leakage barriers at end portions of said belt members, respectively; wherein each of said belt members further includes a middle portion and two intermediate portions extending between said middle portion and said ends portions, respectively, in the transverse direction and being free of direct attachment to the inner surface: and said belt members are directly bonded to each other at the middle portions thereof, leaving said intermediate portions free of direct attachment to each other.