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U.S. Patent No. 12,370,094
September 12, 2025
By: Tara Olivo
Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry
Masaaki Kashiwa, Tochigi, Japan. Assigned to Daio Paper Corporation, Ehime, Japan. Filed: 3/12/21 Issued: 7/29/25 A connecting-type disposable wearing article comprising: a crotch portion including a center in a front-back direction; a ventral side portion extending from the center in the front-back direction to a front side; a dorsal side portion extending from the center in the front-back direction to a back side; connecting portions provided in both side portions of the dorsal side portion and configured to be detachably connected to an external surface of the ventral side portion; three-dimensional side gathers rising from a front surface are provided along first blocking positions disposed in both sides in a width direction, each of the three-dimensional side gathers having a side root portion attached to an outside in the width direction of the first blocking position, a first portion extending from the side root portion, a first front fallen portion and a first back fallen portion formed by fixing a front end portion and a back end portion of the first portion in a fallen state, respectively, a first rising portion formed to be non-fixed between the first front fallen portion and the first back fallen portion in the first portion, and a first three-dimensional elastic member attached at least to a tip portion of the first rising portion, and at least the tip portion of the first rising portion being contracted in the front-back direction together with the first three-dimensional elastic member and extensible in the front-back direction; and a three-dimensional waist gather rising from the front surface is provided along a second blocking position disposed at least one of between both the first front fallen portions and between both the first back fallen portions, the three-dimensional waist gather having a waist root portion attached along the second blocking position, a second portion extending from the waist root portion toward a waist edge side, second fallen portions formed by fixing both end portions in the width direction of the second portion in a fallen state, respectively, a second rising portion formed to be non-fixed between the second fallen portions in the second portion, and a second three-dimensional elastic member attached at least to a tip portion of the second rising portion, at least the tip portion of the second rising portion being contracted in the width direction together with the second three-dimensional elastic member and extensible in the width direction, and the three-dimensional waist gather has: a third portion extending from the waist root portion toward a crotch side; third fallen portions formed by fixing both end portions in the width direction of the third portion in a fallen state, respectively; a third rising portion formed to be non-fixed between the third fallen portions in the third portion; and a third three-dimensional elastic member attached at least to a tip portion of the third rising portion.
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