Patent ID: 7387620

Claim:
A wearing article comprising: a pants having front and rear waist regions opposed to each other, a crotch region extending between these waist regions, a waist-hole and a pair of leg-holes; a disposable body waste absorbent pad having front and rear zones and an intermediate zone extending therebetween, said pad being adapted to be releasably attached to an inner side of said pants and said front zone and said intermediate zone or at least said intermediate zone of said pad with a first opening extending through an upper surface of said pad so that body waste having passed through said first opening is contained within said pad; said pants being provided on the inner side thereof with a supporting sheet extending between said front and rear waist regions, said supporting sheet having longitudinally opposite fixed end portions bonded to respective peripheries of said front and rear waist regions and an intermediate zone extending between said fixed end portions, and said intermediate zone of said supporting sheet being formed in a longitudinally middle zone thereof with an insertion slit extending in a transverse direction so that the rear zone of said pad is inserted through said insertion slit; said pad being provided on the upper surface thereof with a joined sheet attached to said upper surface and formed with a second opening contiguous to said first opening, said joined sheet having a fixed inner peripheral zone bonded to an opening's peripheral zone defining said first opening and a distal front zone extending forward from the front zone of said pad and releasably attached to said supporting sheet by means of fastener means; and said pad being attached to said pants by means of said supporting sheet by placing the front zone and the intermediate zone of said pad on an upper surface of said supporting sheet, inserting the rear zone of said pad through said insertion slit so as to be interposed between said pants and said supporting sheet and fastening the distal front zone of said joined sheet to the upper surface of said supporting sheet by means of said fastener means; wherein said pad comprises a liquid-impervious upper sheet, a liquid-impervious lower sheet and a liquid-absorbent core interposed between these sheets and the core is bonded to the lower sheet, and said joined sheet is attached to an upper surface of said upper sheet so that a space adapted to contain said body wastes is formed between said upper sheet and said lower sheet.