Patent ID: 7753900

Claim:
A disposable pull-on diaper, comprising: a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region extending in a longitudinal direction of said diaper between said front and rear waist regions; transversely opposite lateral edge portions of said front and rear waist regions being permanently joined together in joining zones so as to form a waist-hole and a pair of leg-holes; a pair of tape fasteners attached to an outer surface of one of said front and rear waist regions; and each of said tape fasteners being elongated in a transverse direction of said diaper and having: opposite proximal and distal end portions, said proximal end portion being directly secured to said one of said front and rear waist regions while said distal end portion overlaying the respective lateral edge portion of said one of said front and rear waist regions and being directly releasably attached to said one of said front and rear waist regions in at least one of the joining zones so as to serve as a finger-grip, and an intermediate portion formed between and connecting said proximal end portion and said distal end portion and adapted to be releasably anchored on the other of said front and rear waist regions; wherein said joining zones comprise a plurality of depressions in which the respective lateral edge portions of said front and rear waist regions are compressed and permanently joined together, wherein the distal end portion of each of said tape fasteners and the respective lateral edge portions of said front and rear waist regions are all compressed together in at least one of said depressions, and wherein, in said at least one depression, said distal end portion is also directly releasably welded to the respective lateral edge portion of said one of said front and rear waist regions.