摘要 |
The invention provides a disposable diaper comprising a water-permeable topsheet (11), a water impermeable backsheet (12), a semi-rigid absorbent body (13) interposed between said topsheet and backsheet, water-impermeable flexible side flaps extending laterally outwardly from opposite sides of said absorbent body, at least one elastic band (22) extending longitudinally of each of said side flaps and adapted to form resilient gathers along each of said side flaps and fasteners disposed on opposite sides of one end of said diaper, characterised in that each of said side flaps comprises a first side flap (16) and a second side flap (17), said first side flap extending laterally outwardly from said absorbent body and said second side flap extending from said first side flap in a laterally divergent manner and in that at least one of said elastic bands is associated with each of said second side flaps and acts thereon to cause at least an edge portion thereof to be held over at least a central portion of the length thereof in a substantially upstanding position relative to the first side flap from which it extends. |