Patent ID: 7972319

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a wearing article having a front portion disposed on an abdomen of a wearer and a back portion disposed on a back of the wearer, characterized by comprising: a front outer web transporting step of transporting a strip-shaped front outer web used to form the front portion in such a manner that a longitudinal direction thereof aligns with a pre-set flowing direction; a back outer web transporting step of transporting a strip-shaped back outer web used to form the back portion in parallel with the front outer web with a specific interval from the front outer web; an outer sheet joining step of disposing a crotch outer sheet so as to bridge between the both outer webs and joining the crotch outer sheet onto the both outer webs; an attaching step of attaching a first crotch elastic member in a stretched state to the crotch outer sheet in a direction crossing the flowing direction; a maintaining step of maintaining the first crotch elastic member in the stretched state; an absorber joining step of disposing an absorber so as to cover the first crotch elastic member and joining the absorber at least to top surfaces of the front outer web and the back outer web while the maintaining step is performed; a folding step of placing the front outer web and the back outer web one on top of the other by folding the crotch outer sheet; and a cutting step of joining the front outer web and the back outer web along a width direction of the both outer webs at positions on both sides of the crotch outer sheet and cutting the both outer webs for every wearing article.