Yumi Furukawa, Utsunomiya, Japan; and Hiromichi Suzuki, Moka, Japan.
Assigned to Kao Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.

Filed: 7/25/17
Issued: 4/12/22

A disposable diaper comprising a topsheet on a skin facing side of the disposable diaper, a backsheet on a non-skin facing side of the disposable diaper, and an absorbent member located between the topsheet and the backsheet, and having a longitudinal direction along a wearer’s front-to-back direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the disposable diaper having a crotch portion and an elasticized leg cuff arranged on each longitudinally extending lateral side of the crotch portion, the elasticized leg cuff comprising an elastic member fixing sheet, an elastic member, an inner sheet, and an outer sheet in order from the skin facing side, the inner sheet and the outer sheet being bonded to each other via a plurality of longitudinally extending and laterally spaced bonds in a continuous stripe pattern, and in the elasticized leg cuff, the inner sheet and the outer sheet being not bonded at an area other than the bonds, the elastic member being located between the elastic member fixing sheet and the inner sheet and arranged at a location that does not overlap any of the bonds in the lateral direction, and thereby (i) restraining the outer sheet from being deformed into a finely wavy condition caused by deformation of the elastic member and (ii) allowing the outer sheet to possess a gentle wavy visual appearance.