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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2001
Takaaki Shimada, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime-ken, JP;
Abstract
A disposable pull-on diaper that includes elastic members attached under tension to peripheral edge portions of leg-openings and a pair of leak-barrier cuffs provided in the vicinity of transversely opposite side edges of a core. The elastic members associated with the leg-openings include first elastic members extending along front peripheral edge portions of the leg-openings and second elastic members extending along rear peripheral edge portions of the leg-openings and, in a crotch region, the free side edge portions of the leak-barrier cuffs extend inward beyond the side edges of said core and are folded back along substantially middle folding zones thereof outward beyond the side edges of the core and wherein the free side edge portions are bonded, in the vicinity of the folding zones, to the outer surface of the topsheet in the upper zone of the core.