Patent ID: 7449014

Claim:
A disposable wearing article having a longitudinal center line extending in a longitudinal direction of said article and a transverse center line extending in a transverse direction of said article, said article comprising: a backsheet and a liquid-absorbent element placed on said backsheet, front and rear waist regions and a crotch region extending between said waist regions, longitudinally opposite margins extending in the transverse direction and transversely opposite margins extending in the longitudinal direction, and contractible leg elastic elements provided along the transversely opposite margins in said crotch region, said leg elastic elements comprising: first elastic elements extending from the transversely opposite margins in said front waist region to vicinities of transversely opposite edges of said absorbent element in a front half of said crotch region, and second elastic elements extending from said transversely opposite margins in said rear waist region toward said front half of said crotch region and beyond said transverse center line, wherein said first elastic elements extend generally in said transverse direction while said second elastic elements extend in a direction orthogonal to said transverse direction in such a manner that said second elastic elements get nearer to said longitudinal center line as said second elastic elements extend from said rear waist region toward the front half of said crotch region, wherein the first elastic elements terminate at their respective inner ends in the vicinities of the transversely opposite edges of said absorbent element in the front half of said crotch region, and said inner ends of said first elastic elements underlie said absorbent element, wherein the second elastic elements terminate, without crossing any of the first elastic elements, at their respective inner ends in the crotch region, and said inner ends of said second elastic elements do not underlie said absorbent element, and wherein the inner ends of the first elastic elements are closer to the longitudinal center line than the inner ends of the second elastic elements; wherein said article further comprises a pair of barrier sheets lying on said transversely opposite edges of said absorbent element, and wherein said barrier sheets comprise proximal edges and elasticized edges; and wherein the proximal edges of said barrier sheets cross the first and second elastic elements in vicinities of the inner ends of the first and second elastic elements and connect said inner ends.