Patent ID: 7122024

Claim:
An open-type disposable wearing article comprising: an elastically stretchable front waist region; an elastically stretchable rear waist region; an elastically stretchable crotch region extending between said front waist region and said rear waist region and, said front and rear waist regions being connectable with each other in opposite lateral zones thereof; a first stretchable zone bifurcated at a transverse middle of said crotch region so as to extend in two laterally separated portions to said opposite lateral zones of said front waist region, said first stretchable zone having a substantially uniform tensile stress; a second stretchable zone bifurcated at said transverse middle of said crotch region so as to extend in two laterally separated portions to said opposite lateral zones of said rear waist region, said second stretchable zone having a substantially uniform tensile stress; and third stretchable zones defined by zones other than said first and second stretchable zones, including extending between the two laterally separated portions of each of the first stretchable zone and the second stretchable zone and along lateral side portions of at least the crotch region, a tensile stress of said first and second stretchable zones being higher than a tensile stress of said third stretchable zones; first engageable means for connecting said front and rear waist regions with each other, said first engageable means being provided in said second stretchable zone in said opposite lateral zones of said rear waist region; first receiving means releasably engageable with said first engageable means, said first receiving means being provided in said first stretchable zone in said opposite lateral zones; and second engageable means for connecting said front and rear waist regions to one another are provided in said third stretchable zones lying in said opposite lateral zones of said rear waist region and second receiving means for releasably engaging said second engageable means are provided in said third stretchable zones lying in said opposite lateral zones of said front waist region.