Patent ID: 7591811

Claim:
A diaper with legs, comprising: a sheet of material having a central portion defining an interior surface and an exterior surface, a front waist panel, a rear waist panel, and a crotch region connecting said waist panels, said waist panels defining a waist opening, said crotch region defining a pair of thigh openings; a pair of leg panels having inner edges attached to respective said thigh openings of said central portion, each of said leg panels having a free outer edge forming a lower edge of each of the diaper legs and defining leg openings that terminate on about the mid to lower thigh of a user's leg; elastic material disposed between each said leg panel and at least a portion of respective said thigh openings; elastic material disposed at each said free outer edge of said leg panels; a front waist arch integral with and extending from said front waist panel and having an upper edge having elastic material incorporated therein; and a rear waist arch integral with and extending from the rear waist panel and having an upper edge having elastic material incorporated therein; whereby upon mounting said diaper on a user, said elastic material between said leg panels and said thigh openings form a first barrier to leakage of exudates down the user's leg, and said elastic material disposed at said outer edges of said leg panels form a second barrier to leakage of exudates down the user's leg; and whereby said front and rear arches form respective barriers to leakage of exudates up the user's waist.