Patent ID: 7125400

Claim:
A wearing article comprising: first and second surfaces opposed to each other when worn, said first and second surfaces being releasably connectable to each other by a mechanical fastener comprising a hook member and a loop member; said first surface being provided in a first predetermined region with said hook member and said second surface being provided in a second predetermined region with said loop member; said first surface being elastically stretchable at least in one direction in said first predetermined region and in a vicinity thereof; said hook member comprising a plurality of hook assemblies each comprising a relatively stiff base sheet and one or more hooks rising up from said base sheet; and said plurality of hook assemblies being attached to said first surface in said first predetermined region so that said hook assemblies are spaced apart one from another in said one direction; and wherein said plurality of hook assemblies are provided on a non-stretchable carrier sheet, said carrier sheet is attached to said first surface in said first predetermined region interposed between said first predetermined region and the plurality of hook assemblies; and said carrier sheet is tearable off between each adjacent pair of said hook assemblies as said carrier sheet and said first predetermined region are pulled in said one direction allowing said first predetermined region to be elastically stretchable.