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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1999
Hideaki Kitaoka, Kagawa, JP;
Norio Nanba, Kagawa, JP;
Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime-ken, JP;
Abstract
A disposable diaper including a topsheet, and a topsheet is covered, at least in one of front and rear waist regions, with a liquid-resistant sheet bonded to a longitudinal end and transversely opposite side edges of that one of the front and rear waist regions; an elastic foamed member which is folded in two along a folding axis zone extending longitudinally thereof and has a first portion placed against the upper surface of the topsheet and a second portion placed against the lower surface of a liquid-resistant sheet is disposed between the topsheet and the liquid-resistant sheet in such a manner that the foamed member lies on an upper portion of a core in that one of the front and rear waist regions.