Patent ID: 7695463

Claim:
A disposable diaper having a front waist region, a back waist region, a crotch region between the waist regions, a longitudinal axis, and a lateral axis, and comprising: an absorbent assembly; two laterally opposing longitudinally extending barrier cuff strips attached to the absorbent assembly; each barrier cuff strip having a longitudinally extending proximal edge and a longitudinally extending elastic gathering member attached adjacent to its proximal edge; each barrier cuff strip folded over itself to form an upper layer and a lower layer both formed of a water vapor-permeable nonwoven material, the lower layers being attached to the absorbent assembly in a pair of laterally opposing first attachment zones adjacent to the respective side edges of the absorbent assembly, both the upper layer and the lower layer of each barrier cuff strip extending laterally from the proximal edge at least to the first attachment zone; wherein each baffier cuff strip is attached directly to a surface of a lower covering sheet of the absorbent assembly, and wherein at least a portion of a distal edge of the upper layer of each barrier cuff strip extends laterally outward beyond a distal edge of the absorbent assembly underlying each barrier cuff strip.