Unicharm Corporation

Keiichi Jibiki

Nariaki Shimoe

Seiji Suzuki

Masahiro Kashiwagi

A disposable diaper having a backsheet that defines a garment facing surface and an outer surface provided with an adhesive tape for holding the diaper in a rolled-up state. The adhesive tape includes fastening and reinforcing tapes. The fastening tape is folded back in an inner tape section and an outer tape section. The inner tape section is fixed near its end to the backsheet and spaced from the backsheet near a folded portion that is contiguous to the outer tape section. The outer tape section is coated with an adhesive and temporarily fixed to the inner tape section. The reinforcing tape is folded back in two sections in a direction opposite to that in which the fastening tape is folded back. The reinforcing tape is fixed to the inner tape section near the folded portion and is also to the backsheet.

Disposable diaper having tape for disposal thereof

A sanitary napkin has an absorbent core convexly curved upward and the absorbent core is provided on its lower side with a pad adapted to hold a curved shape of the absorbent core. The pad is formed on its upper side with a plurality of projections and continuous troughs so that the projections are bonded to the lower side of the absorbent core and the troughs form a continuous tunnel between the absorbent core and the pad. The pad thus formed improves a breathability of the sanitary napkin during its use.

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Kagawa-ken, Japan

Keiichi Jibiki