Appeal No. 2000-0117 Page 3
Application No. 08/770,676
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to an absorbent article
or diaper comprising a main body (10) having a waist hole (1)
and first and second leg holes (2, 2) each having a front end
and a rear end. The main body comprises a top sheet (12) made
of a non-woven, liquid permeable material which faces toward a
wearer’s body, a back sheet (11) made of a liquid impermeable
material disposed outwardly of the top sheet (12) and an
absorbent core (13) interposed therebetween. The top sheet
(12), back sheet (11) and absorbent core (13) are secured
together to form the integral article (10). The top sheet
comprises a dual-layered sheet material (21, 22), which has
two sets of elongated elastic members (6a, 6b) interposed and
attached therebetween. The elongated elastic members are
disposed in a selected path with portions of the elastic
members crossing over the crotch region of the article in a
cris-cross pattern to provide a leg gather (4) disposed along
each of the leg holes (2, 2). The elastic members (6a, 6b)
are bonded to the top sheet in a stretched state in the
regions along the leg holes (2), however, the central sections
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