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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Toru Sasaki, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Nariaki Shimoe, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshinori Kumasaka, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Toshifumi Otsubo, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Yasushi Inoue, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Uni-Charm Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A pants-type disposable diaper includes a pants-type outer cover and an absorbent pad attached on an inner surface of the outer cover, the outer cover having first elastic members which circumferentially extend in the vicinity of a waist-opening of the outer cover and second elastic members which circumferentially extend in the vicinity of the uppermost points of a pair of leg-opening of the outer cover, the pad having an elongate pad body provided with a pair of barrier cuffs, the barrier cuffs having third elastic member at distal edges of the barrier cuff and fourth elastic members between the distal edges and proximal edges of the barrier cuffs, the fourth elastic member intersecting the second elastic members in front and rear waist regions of the outer cover.