Patent ID: 7201743

Claim:
A disposable incontinence diaper for adults, the diaper having a front area, a rear area, and a center area disposed between the front and rear areas, the center area coming to rest in a crotch region of the user, the diaper comprising: first closing means disposed on side sections of the rear or front areas; first impact means disposed to cooperate with said first closing means during use of the diaper, said first closing means cooperating with said first impact means in an adhesive or mechanical fashion to close the diaper; second closing means disposed on side sections of the rear or front areas, said second closing means displaced in a longitudinal direction away from said first closing means to be further removed from a hip edge region of the diaper than said first closing means; and second impact means disposed to cooperate with said second closing means during use of the diaper, said second closing means cooperating with said second impact means in an adhesive or mechanical fashion to close the diaper, wherein said second closing means and said second impact means are structured and dimensioned such that an adhering bond between them when the diaper is closed is only released by a force which is larger than an adhering bonding force between said first closing means and said first impact means, wherein, as measured in a removal test as a maximum shearing force between said second closing means and said second impact means, a second force at which an adhering bond between said second closing means and said second impact means is released is between 45 N and 105 N and, as measured in a removal test as a maximum shearing force between said first closing means and said first impact means, a first force at which an adhering bond between said first closing means and said first impact means is released is between 38 N and 60 N.