Patent ID: 7014632

Claim:
A pants-type disposable wearing article comprising: a float waist region; a rear waist region; a crotch region; a waist-hole; a pair of leg-holes; an absorbent pad assembly; and a holder assembly for holding the absorbent pad assembly, wherein the holder assembly has front and rear waist regions which define the waist hole when the front and rear waist regions of the holder assembly are coupled together, the absorbent pad assembly comprises: a liquid-pervious topsheet; a liquid-impervious backsheet; a liquid-absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and backsheet and having opposite side edges extending in a longitudinal direction; a crotch region extending between the front and rear waist regions of the holder assembly so as to define the pair of leg-holes together with the holder assembly; and front and rear ends that are attached to the front and tear waist regions respectively, the pants-type disposable wearing article further comprising: a pair of leak-barrier flaps included on the absorbent pad assembly and located immediately outside of the opposite side edges of the liquid absorbent core, the pair of leak-barrier flaps extending in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent pad assembly and being configured to rise from the opposite side edges; and suspenders lying on top edges of leak-barrier flaps, extending outwardly of the leak-barrier flaps in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent pad assembly, and connecting the leak-barrier flaps with the front waist region and the rear waist regions, the suspenders including skin contacting surfaces which are configured to contact the skin of a wearer of the pants-type disposable wearing article.