Patent ID: 7837664

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 engagement 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 engagement members being directly releasably engageable with an inner surface of said rear waist region, and third engagement members permanently attached to the inner surface of said rear waist region along the transversely opposite side edge portions thereof, respectively, wherein said first and second engagement members are entirely spaced in the longitudinal direction of the article by a given dimension selected to permit the third engagement member to directly releasably engage the outer surface of said front waist region between the first and second engagement members when the front and rear waist regions are connected together by means of said engagement members, and wherein said first through third engagement members are either all hook members or all adhesive fasteners.