Patent ID: 7727216

Claim:
A diaper for adults comprising: a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction; a body side surface and a garment side surface; a chassis including a first waist region having an elasticized waist hole defining edge which is one of front and rear waist regions, a second waist region having an elasticized waist hole defining edge which is the other of said front and rear waist regions and a crotch region having elasticized leg hole defining edges and extending between said front and rear waist regions; a fastening system for detachably connecting transversely opposite side edge portions of said front and rear waist regions to each other; said fastening system comprising a first fastening component extending in said longitudinal direction along said transversely opposite side edge portions of said first waist region, and a second fastening component extending in said longitudinal direction along said transversely opposite side edge portions of said second waist region and being detachably engageable with said first fastening component; a dimension of said transversely opposite side edge portions of said first and second waist regions as measured in said longitudinal direction being at least 150 nun; said transversely opposite side edge portions of said first waist region comprising a position correcting system to correct relative position of said first and second fastening components when said first and second waist regions are connected to each other, said position correcting system comprising at least one spacing zone defined between setting zones for two or more fastening components into which said first fastening component is divided in said longitudinal direction, and a tensile strength of at least said spacing zone in the longitudinal direction being lower than that of each of said setting zones; and said transversely opposite side edge portions of said first waist region comprising an auxiliary position correcting system to correct a relative position of said first and second fastening components when said transversely opposite side edge portions of said first and second waist regions are connected to each other, said auxiliary position correcting system comprising an elastic element extending in said longitudinal direction in said at least one spacing zone.