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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2008
Katsumi Mizutani, Kagawa, JP;
Haruki Toda, Kagawa, JP;
Maiko Suzuki, Kagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Kagawa, JP;
Katsumi Mizutani, Kagawa, JP;
Haruki Toda, Kagawa, JP;
Maiko Suzuki, Kagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Kagawa, JP;
Unicharm Corporation, Ehime, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims to provide a wearing article improved so that various types of nonwoven fabrics can be effectively used for target nonwoven fabric without anxiety that the target nonwoven fabric once engaged with hook elements might be readily torn. As an outer sheetdefining a garment-facing side of a chassis, a commonly-used nonwoven fabric is used and this nonwoven fabric is oriented in a longitudinal direction Y. Rear waist region's side edgesof the chassisare provided with flapsattached thereto. Each of the flapshas a joint regionalong which the flapis joined to the chassisand first and second hook elements. Between the joint regionand the first and second hook elementsas viewed in the transverse direction X, a contractible regionadapted to be contractible in the transverse direction X. The contractible regionis provided with a plurality of flap's elastic members. The joint regionprovided with none of the flap's elastic membersdefine a non-contractible region. The first and second hook elementsof the flapmay be put in engagement with the outer sheetto connect the front and rear waist regionsto each other in a circumferential direction.