Patent ID: 8029486

Claim:
A disposable wearing article, comprising: a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region extending between said two waist regions in a longitudinal direction of the article, longitudinally opposite end portions extending across said waist regions in a transverse direction of the article, and transversely opposite side portions extending between said front and rear waist regions in the longitudinal direction, a liquid-pervious topsheet adapted to face a wearer's skin in use, a liquid-impervious backsheet adapted to face away from the wearer's skin in use, a pair of leak-barrier cuffs laid on said topsheet and extending between said front and rear waist regions, and a liquid-absorbent core interposed between said topsheet and backsheets, and extending between said front and rear waist regions, wherein said leak-barrier cuffs have proximal portions bonded to said opposite side portions of the article so as to extend in the longitudinal direction, distal portions extending in the longitudinal direction and normally biased to rise up above said topsheet, and longitudinally opposite end portions collapsed in the transverse direction and bonded to said longitudinally opposite end portions of the article in such a collapsed state, said article further comprising: stretchable elastic members extending in the longitudinal direction and contractibly bonded to said distal portions of said leak-barrier cuffs, a skin-contactable panel extending between said leak-barrier cuffs in the transverse direction and being laid on said topsheet in at least a front half of said crotch region, wherein said crotch region is divided by a transverse center line bisecting a longitudinal dimension of said article into said front half and a rear half, and a partition interposed between said topsheet and said panel, and extending between said leak-barrier cuffs in the transverse direction in a vicinity of said transverse center line, wherein said panel has transversely opposite side edges bonded to the distal potions of said leak-barrier cuffs, respectively, and an intermediate region defined between said side edges, said partition has an upper edge bonded to said panel, a lower edge bonded to said topsheet, and a middle portion between said upper and lower edges, said middle portion being folded at least into two in a thickness direction of said article to form a barrier against bodily wastes between said topsheet and said panel, wherein said panel is formed from at least one water-absorbent sheet.