Patent ID: 7326191

Claim:
A fastening element for absorbent sanitary products which can be worn like a pair of pants, said products presenting a waist line and end parts which can be connected together at side edges so as to reclose said waist line of the product, the fastening element being characterized in that: the element has a general omega shape, the element comprising two parts that are basically symmetrical with respect to an intermediate plane, each of said parts comprising in turn: a base branch, which can be connected to the first of said end parts; and a distal branch, which can be connected to the second of said end parts, said base branch and said distal branch being connected together according to a general book-like configuration, which opens towards the outside of the element; dorsal parts of said book-like connecting configurations between said base branch and said distal branches of said basically symmetrical parts are set at a distance apart with respect to said intermediate plane, said two basically symmetrical parts being connected together by means of said base branch so as to form a single body, which can be cut in said intermediate plane in order to separate said two basically symmetrical parts, each of which is able to connect together mutually facing sides of the end parts of a respective absorbent sanitary product; each of said two parts comprising an intermediate branch, which extends to connect said base branch and said distal branch; said intermediate branch being stably applied against said base branch.