07.15.15
Toshifumi Otsubo, Kagawa, Japan; Tatsuya Hashimoto, Kagawa, Japan; and Mariko Yamashita, Kagawa, Japan. Assigned to Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime, Japan.
Filed: 3/31/10
Issued: 2/24/15
A wearing article, comprising: a chassis including a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, a body-facing side, a garment-facing side opposite to said body-facing side, a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region extending between said front and rear waist regions, and leg side edges; and leg elastic members of a flat band shape and being attached to said chassis along said leg side edges, wherein said chassis has, along at least one of said leg elastic members, at least one folding guide line about which the chassis and the respective leg elastic member are foldable to thereby conform in shape to a wearer’s body when the diaper is being worn by the wearer, and said at least one folding guide line comprises a series of depressions arranged intermittently in at least one row that overlaps and extends along said respective leg elastic member.
Filed: 3/31/10
Issued: 2/24/15
A wearing article, comprising: a chassis including a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, a body-facing side, a garment-facing side opposite to said body-facing side, a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region extending between said front and rear waist regions, and leg side edges; and leg elastic members of a flat band shape and being attached to said chassis along said leg side edges, wherein said chassis has, along at least one of said leg elastic members, at least one folding guide line about which the chassis and the respective leg elastic member are foldable to thereby conform in shape to a wearer’s body when the diaper is being worn by the wearer, and said at least one folding guide line comprises a series of depressions arranged intermittently in at least one row that overlaps and extends along said respective leg elastic member.