A disposable absorbent article worn about the lower torso of a wearer includes at least one pair of side panels connecting a first waist region to a second waist region forming a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. Each side panel includes a waist region, a hip region and a leg region wherein the waist region, the hip region and the leg region differs structurally, functionally and visually to provide an improved initial fit and sustained fit while exhibiting a garment-like appearance.

The present invention generally relates a diaper (1) for infant or adult, comprising, an anterior portion (AP) capable of encapsulating a human anterior pelvic region, a posterior portion (PP) capable of encapsulating a human posterior pelvic region, and a center portion (CP) capable of encapsulating a human pelvic region, couples the anterior portion (AP) and posterior portion (PP) middle region (MR), perpendicularly length-wise.

A disposable absorbent article worn about the lower torso of a wearer includes at least one pair of side panels connecting a first waist region to a second waist region forming a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. Each side panel includes a waist region, a hip region and a leg region wherein the waist region, the hip region and the leg region differs structurally, functionally and visually to provide an improved initial fit and sustained fit while exhibiting a garment-like appearance.

An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions. The article also includes a chassis having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet; and an ear joined to the chassis. The ear includes a laminate formed from a first nonwoven and an elastomeric material. The laminate further includes a plurality of ultrasonic bonds.

Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising an elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; wherein the elastic belt region is a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic bodies configured to stretch the elastic belt region in the transverse direction, wherein the article has a Compression Work index of at least about 70 gfcm and a Stretch Circumference Force of less than about 6.5N according to the measurements herein.

Provided are disposable diapers that are easy to manufacture. This problem is solved by a boxer-shorts-type disposable diaper including an outer member having ventral and dorsal outer members and a crotch outer member extending therebetween and to be placed through the crotch of a wearer, and an inner member containing an absorber body and joined to the interior face of at least the crotch outer member, wherein the ventral/dorsal outer members are joined in the middle of the width direction in the crotch-side end to the crotch outer member to form ventral/dorsal seams, respectively, the areas extending along the edges of the leg openings in the ventral/dorsal outer members are stretchable in the width direction, and the areas extending along the edges of the leg openings in the crotch outer member are stretchable in the front-back direction.