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U.S. Patent No. 8,951,239 B2
July 15, 2015
By: Tara Olivo
Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry
Kenji Nakaoka, Osaka, Japan; and Yuki Takahashi, Mima-gun, Japan. Assigned to Livedo Corporation, Ehime, Japan. Filed: 7/11/11 Issued: 2/10/15 A pants-type disposable diaper which has a waist opening at an upper end and a pair of leg openings on a lower part, comprising: an outer covering sheet having a front part, a back part and a middle part which are to be positioned on a front side, a back side and a crotch portion of a wearer; an absorbent body located on an inner surface of said outer covering sheet, said absorbent body lying from said front part to said back part via said middle part; and an end holding sheet bonded on an inner surface of an upper portion in one of said front part and said back part, said end holding sheet covering one end portion of said absorbent body in a longitudinal direction; wherein said outer covering sheet comprises: a first covering sheet; and a second covering sheet laminated on an inner surface of said first covering sheet; an upper end portion of said end holding sheet has a turndown portion which is turned outward and downward, said turndown portion is bonded on an inner surface or an outer surface of an upper end portion of said first covering sheet, and an upper end of said second covering sheet is positioned below said turndown portion.
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