JP2006204697A - Underpants type disposable diaper - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an underpants type disposable diaper which can be easily worn even by an aged person with slightly disabled fingertips, a weak grip, etc. <P>SOLUTION: In this underpants type disposable diaper 1A, a waist opening and a pair of right and left leg openings are formed by having a front body F and a back body B joined together via side parts in a product state; a plurality of waist elastic members 25, 25, etc. , which are each arranged along a horizontal direction at vertical intervals, are provided in the front and back bodies F and B; and a horizontally elongated slit hole 27 is formed almost in the center of the front body F or on at least one of both the side parts of the front body, and between the elastic members 25 and 25. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a pants-type disposable diaper that can be easily worn even by an elderly person who has some inconvenience in fingertips or weak grip strength.

  Conventionally, underwear disposable diapers are marketed together with tape-type disposable paper diapers for the purpose of facilitating diaper separation or freeing adults from wearing work with fastening tape each time and simplifying wearing. Has been provided to.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 17, the pants-type paper diaper has elastic stretch members 51 and 52 disposed on the front and rear waist portions on a liquid-impermeable back sheet 50 made of polyethylene or the like. The first elastic elastic member 53 that continues from the front body F end of one leg around the lower part of the product paper diaper to the front body F end of the other leg, and the product paper diaper from the rear body B end of one leg A second elastic elastic member 54 that is continuous with the rear body B end of the other leg is disposed around the crotch part of the other leg, and an absorbent body 55 is disposed on the liquid-impermeable back sheet 50, and further thereon. By stacking the liquid-permeable top sheet 56, folding the one previously formed in an hourglass shape in the front-rear direction, and joining the folded side edge portions by seal welding or ultrasonic welding as shown in FIG. Hue It is obtained by a preparative opening and a pair of left and right leg-opening as pants-type disposable diaper is formed.

  Such a pants-type disposable diaper is worn by gripping the edge of the waist opening with a hand and passing the foot through the leg opening, and then pulling it up to the waist.

  However, in the case of an elderly person whose fingertips are somewhat inconvenient or whose grip strength is weak, the waist opening edge cannot be gripped well, and it has been difficult to pull up the disposable diaper to the waist.

In view of such a problem, the following Patent Document 1 has a top sheet, a back sheet, and an absorbent body disposed between the two sheets, and joins the opposite edges of the front and back bodies. A pants-type disposable diaper, which is molded in a pants shape, and a belt-like sheet having an upper part fixed to the lower side and a free edge on the back sheet surface in at least one waist part of the front body is arranged in the width direction of the diaper Is disclosed. In the case of such a disposable diaper, the diaper can be easily pulled up to the waist even if the fingertip is inconvenient by hooking the fingertip onto the belt-like sheet.
JP 2001-177872 A

  However, in the case of the pants-type disposable diaper described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, even if a finger can be hooked on the belt-like sheet, the belt-like sheet may be turned up when it is pulled upward. If the edge was not grasped, it could not be lifted well, and it was still difficult for one person to wear it.

  Therefore, a main problem of the present invention is to provide a pants-type disposable diaper that can be easily worn even by an elderly person who has some difficulty in fingertips or weak grip.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, as the present invention according to claim 1, in the product state, the front body and the back body are joined at the side portions, thereby forming a waist opening and a pair of left and right leg openings. In pants-type disposable diapers,
A pants-type disposable diaper is provided in which a slit hole extending in the horizontal direction is formed at substantially the center of the front body or at least one side of both sides of the front body.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, a slit hole extending in the horizontal direction is formed at substantially the center of the front body, or at least one side of both sides of the front body. Therefore, if a wearer inserts a fingertip into the slit hole without gripping the waist opening, the wearer can easily wear the diaper by pulling it up as it is. In addition, especially when the formation position of the slit hole is the front body side, it will be close to the seal joint edge between the front body and the back body, so that the tear from the end of the slit hole is effectively prevented. Can be prevented.

As the present invention according to claim 2, in the product state, the front body and the back body are joined at the side portions, so that a waist opening and a pair of left and right leg openings are formed, and the front body and the back In a pants-type disposable diaper having a plurality of waist elastic elastic members arranged along the horizontal direction with an interval in the vertical direction on the body,
A pants-type disposable diaper is provided, characterized in that a slit hole extending in the horizontal direction is formed between the waist elastic elastic members at approximately one center of the front body or at both sides of the front body. .

  In the present invention described in the second aspect, a slit hole extending in the horizontal direction is formed between the waist elastic elastic members approximately at the center of the front body or at least one side of both sides of the front body. Is. Therefore, the slit hole can be formed without impairing the shearing function of the waist elastic elastic member group.

The present invention according to claim 3 includes an absorbent main body including an absorbent body and an exterior sheet integrally provided on the outer surface side of the absorbent main body, and the front body and the rear body of the exterior sheet in a product state. In a pants-type disposable diaper in which a waist opening and a pair of left and right leg openings are formed by joining at both sides,
The exterior sheet includes a waist elastic elastic member disposed around the waist opening, and a plurality of waist elastic elastic members arranged along the horizontal direction with an interval in the vertical direction between the front body and the back body. And on at least one side of the front body and the back body, a plurality of pieces extending from the one side joint edge joining the front body and the back body to the crotch side and reaching the other side joint edge so as to bypass the crotch part The curved elastic elastic member group, and the curved elastic elastic member group is an entire region of the outer sheet surrounded by the edge of the outer sheet, the absorbent main body, and the waist elastic elastic member group. Is formed so as to almost cover
In addition, at least one side of the both sides of the front body and between the waist elastic elastic members, a slit hole extending in the horizontal direction is formed between the curved elastic elastic members. A pants-type disposable diaper is provided.

  In the present invention according to claim 3, the slit extending at least one side of the front body both sides and between the waist elastic elastic members and extending horizontally between the curved elastic elastic members A hole is formed. Therefore, the slit hole can be formed without impairing the shearing function by the waist elastic elastic member group and the shearing function by the curved elastic elastic member group.

  By the way, the wearer of a pants-type disposable diaper is an elderly person or has weak physical strength due to illness, injury, etc., and his arm strength is weak or his arm is not sufficiently close to the back side or the buttock side. Sometimes. And when such a wearer uses a paper diaper, it may have to be worn around the waist by grasping and pulling up the front body side and side part side of the paper diaper. As shown in FIG. 12, the waist part of the back part of the diaper was caught by the swelling of the buttocks, and it was not pulled up enough, and the diaper might be worn in an incomplete state. And since the wearing of the diaper is incomplete, and it does not fit around the waist, the body fluid such as urine may be leaked.

  Therefore, in the pants-type disposable diaper according to claim 3, the exterior sheet extends from one side joining edge joining the front body and the back body to the inseam side on at least one side of the front body and the back body, Since it is provided with a plurality of curved elastic elastic member groups that are arranged around the portion to reach the other side joining edge and spaced apart from each other, the diaper is prevented from slipping down and the shorts It can be adhered along the body line like a brief or a brief.

  In addition, in particular, the curved elastic elastic member group is formed so as to substantially cover the entire region of the outer sheet surrounded by the side edge of the outer sheet, the absorbent main body, and the waist elastic elastic member group. Therefore, the entire area of the exterior sheet is substantially uniformly contracted by the curved elastic elastic member group, and the inside of the area swells as in the conventional case, and a pocket-like space is formed. There is no. Thus, if there is no pocket-like space inside the pant-type disposable diaper (exterior sheet) that hinders wearing, when the wearer takes off the pant-type disposable diaper, there are toes and heels on the inside. Since it becomes difficult to catch, it becomes easy to wear the exterior sheet of a pants-type disposable diaper.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the pant-type disposable diaper according to the third aspect, wherein the curved elastic elastic member group is provided in the back body.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the same effect as that of the third aspect of the invention can be obtained, and in particular, the curved elastic elastic member group is provided in the back body. Even when the diaper is pulled up, the acting force acting on the front body is transmitted to the curved elastic elastic member of the back body through the joint end, and the back body can be pulled up so as to suitably cover the buttocks. It can be worn well around the waist.

  That is, since the curved elastic elastic member is curved so as to bypass the crotch part side, the acting force transmitted to the curved elastic elastic member of the back body acts to pull up the back body of the diaper from below. Even if the wearer of the diaper is in a state where his arm strength is weak or his arm does not sufficiently lie on the back side or the buttock side, the back body can be raised by inserting his finger into the slit hole and pulling it up. The diaper can be suitably worn.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the pant-type disposable diaper according to the third aspect, wherein the curved elastic stretchable member group is provided in the front body and the back body, respectively.

  According to the fifth aspect of the invention, while having the same effect as that of the third aspect of the invention, in particular, the curved elastic elastic member group is provided in the front body and the back body. The pocket-like space inside the diaper (exterior sheet) that hinders wearing is eliminated from both the front and back bodies. Therefore, when a wearer takes off a pants-type disposable diaper and wears it, it becomes difficult to wear a toe or a heel on the inside, so it becomes easier to wear the pants-type disposable diaper.

  In addition, since the curved elastic elastic member group is curved so as to bypass the crotch part, when the acting force for pulling up the diaper is transmitted to the curved elastic elastic member, it acts to lift the diaper from the lower side. Even if the wearer is weak in arm strength or the arm is not fully covered on the back side or the buttock side, the diaper can be pulled up to fit around the waist, and the diaper should be worn appropriately Can do.

As the present invention according to claim 6, a liquid-impervious backsheet having a rectangular shape, an absorbent body disposed substantially at the center of the backsheet, and a liquid-permeable top disposed on the upper surface of the absorbent body With seats,
A folded portion formed by folding the center portion in the longitudinal direction of the backsheet into the top sheet side along the width direction, a joined portion in which the longitudinal side ends of the backsheet are joined, and Formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the backsheet, the waist opening that is located around the waist of the human body at the time of wearing, and the absorber that is sandwiched by the folded portion, and that is located around the legs of the human body at the time of wearing There is provided a pant-type disposable diaper comprising a leg-hole opening and having a slit hole extending in the horizontal direction at substantially the center of the front body or at least one side of both sides of the front body.

  According to the sixth aspect of the invention, the same effect as that of the first aspect of the invention can be obtained. Moreover, while a diaper can form a leg periphery opening part just under a waist periphery opening part, the junction location required for shaping | molding of an absorbent article can be made into only two junction parts.

  As a result, the leg opening is positioned directly below the waist opening, which makes it easy to pass the leg and not only easy to wear but also easy to wear. . In addition, it is possible to form an absorbent article simply by joining the longitudinal side ends of the backsheet at two locations, and adhere the curved region, or separately mold and bond multiple parts. A diaper can be easily manufactured without going through complicated manufacturing processes such as the above.

  The present invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that an elastic member capable of expanding and contracting in the width direction of the backsheet is disposed in the vicinity of the center in the longitudinal direction of the backsheet. Is provided.

  In the invention according to the seventh aspect, it is natural that the effect of the invention according to the sixth aspect can be obtained by arranging an elastic member on the leg periphery, and the leg periphery closely contacts the leg of the wearer. As a result, not only can the fit be improved, but also leakage from the leg opening can be prevented.

  The present invention according to claim 8 is characterized in that an elastic member capable of expanding and contracting in the width direction of the backsheet is disposed in the vicinity of both longitudinal ends of the backsheet. A disposable diaper is provided.

  In the invention described in claim 8 above, it is natural that the elastic member is disposed on the waistline portion to obtain the effect of the invention described in claim 6 or 7, and the waistline portion is the waistline of the wearer. In addition to improving the fit, leakage from the waist opening can be prevented.

  The present invention according to claim 9 provides the pants-type disposable diaper according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the periphery of the slit hole is colored.

  In the present invention according to the ninth aspect, the periphery of the slit hole is colored so that the position of the slit hole can be grasped at a glance. Therefore, even if there is some obstacle in visual acuity, the position of the slit hole can be easily confirmed, and the fingertip can be easily inserted into the slit hole.

  As the present invention according to claim 10, there is provided a pants-type disposable diaper according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the slit hole has a longitudinal dimension of 30 to 100 mm.

  In the present invention according to claim 10, the longitudinal dimension of the slit hole is 30 to 100 mm. When the longitudinal dimension of the slit hole is less than 30 mm, it is difficult to insert the thumb easily. Also, if the dimension is 100 mm, it is enough to insert four fingers excluding the thumb, and if the length is longer than necessary, the fit property is impaired. Therefore, the slit hole has a longitudinal dimension of 30-100 mm. It is desirable to do.

  As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily wear a pants-type disposable diaper even for an elderly person who has some difficulty in fingertips or weak grip.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<< First embodiment >>
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a product state of a pants-type disposable diaper 1A according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a partially broken development view.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, this pant-type paper diaper 1 </ b> A includes an absorbent body 13 made of cotton-like pulp or the like by a liquid-permeable top sheet 11 made of a nonwoven fabric and a waterproof film 12 made of polyethylene or the like. Is a paper diaper having a structure in which an exterior sheet 20 is integrally provided on the outer surface side of the absorbent main body 10 having a structure including

  The absorbent body 13 has a substantially hourglass shape in the illustrated example, is surrounded by crepe paper, and has a semi-rigid property that can be deformed as a whole, and contains a powdery polymer absorbent polymer inside. Has been.

  The liquid-permeable top sheet 11 is fixed to the upper surface of the absorbent body 13 by a hot melt adhesive on almost the entire surface, and the waterproof film 12 is also fixed to the lower surface of the absorbent body 13 by the hot melt adhesive. The absorptive main body 10 is configured. Three-dimensional gathers B and B are provided on both sides of the surface of the absorbent main body 10 by gather sheets.

  An exterior sheet 20 is integrally provided on the outer surface side of the absorbent main body 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the exterior sheet 20 is a two-layer nonwoven fabric sheet composed of an upper nonwoven fabric 20A and a lower nonwoven fabric 20B, and various elastic stretch members are provided between the upper nonwoven fabric 20A and the lower nonwoven fabric 20B. Arranged and stretchable. The planar shape forms a pseudo hourglass shape as a whole by the concave leg-around cut lines 29 formed to form leg openings on both sides of the middle.

  Specifically, in the developed shape shown in FIG. 1, the opening of the front body F and the opening of the back body B are made of, for example, rubber bands. , 24... Are provided.

  In the front body F, a plurality of waist elastic elastic members 25, 25... Made of, for example, rubber thread are provided along the horizontal direction in the illustrated example, and also in the back body B. In the illustrated example, five waist elastic elastic members 25, 25,... Made of, for example, rubber thread are provided along the horizontal direction.

  On the other hand, at the leg portion, one or a plurality of elastic members 30... 31 in the illustrated example are provided along the leg openings. Although various forms can be considered as arrangement modes of these leg-hole elastic members, the illustrated arrangement mode is an arrangement in which the leg-hole elastic members are arranged across the absorber 13 in the crotch portion. It is an aspect. Specifically, one or a plurality of three in the illustrated example, which are continuously arranged from the front end F end side of one leg around the crotch portion to the front end F end side of the other leg periphery. The first elastic elastic members 30, 30... Of the leg and one or a plurality of continuously arranged around the crotch part from the rear body B end side of one leg and the rear body B end of the other leg. In the illustrated example, it is composed of three leg elastic second elastic members 31, 31.

  The elastic elastic members 24, 25, 30, and 31 are made of commonly used materials such as styrene rubber, olefin rubber, urethane rubber, ester rubber, polyurethane, polyethylene, polystyrene, styrene butadiene, silicon, and polyester. Can be used.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the front diaper F and the rear body B are overlapped with each other at a folding line L at the center, and both side edges thereof are joined by a welding method such as heat sealing or ultrasonic welding. By doing so, it is formed into a pant mold in which a waist opening and a pair of left and right leg openings are formed in a product state.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the present invention can be easily worn even by an elderly person such as a pants-type disposable diaper 1 </ b> A that is slightly inconvenient or has a weak grip. In this manner, a slit hole 27 extending in the horizontal direction is formed between the waist elastic elastic members 25 and 25 at the substantially central portion of the front body F. The slit hole 27 is formed so as to penetrate the exterior sheet 20, and is formed in the front body F so that when the paper diaper 1 </ b> A is worn, the left and right feet are inserted through the leg opening, Is inserted into the slit hole 27 and hooked, the diaper 1A can be pulled up as it is. In addition, when the slit hole 27 is formed in the back body B, problems such as difficulty in visual recognition and difficulty in reaching the hand occur, resulting in a loss of convenience when worn.

  The slit hole 27 is formed along the direction of the waist elastic elastic members 25, 25, so that the elastic force by the waist elastic elastic members 25, 25 acts in the horizontal direction and is large in the mounted state. Since the opening is not formed, it is in a closed state or slightly opened in the vertical direction, so that the skin is not greatly exposed to the outside, and secondary troubles such as cooling are not caused.

  The longitudinal dimension B of the slit hole 27 is 30 to 100 mm, preferably 30 to 40 mm or 80 to 100 mm. For example, when trying to insert a thumb into the slit hole 27, it is desirable to make it easy to insert a thumb of about 30 to 40 mm, and when four fingers other than the thumb are inserted. 80 to 100 mm is desirable.

  In addition, if the periphery of the slit hole 27 is colored so that the position of the slit hole 27 can be easily confirmed at a glance, even an elderly person with a visual impairment such as amblyopia easily The position can be confirmed.

  The slit hole 27 may be formed on both sides of the front body F as shown in FIG. 3 in addition to being formed in the approximate center of the front body F, and as shown in FIG. A piece of the front body F may be formed on the lateral side. By forming the slit hole 27 in the vicinity of the side portion, it comes close to the seal joint edge between the front body F and the back body B, so that it is possible to effectively prevent tearing from the end of the slit hole 27. .

<< Second Embodiment >>
Next, an example in which the present invention is applied to a pants-type disposable diaper 1B having a different diaper structure will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 5 is a product state external view of the pants-type disposable paper diaper 1B according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 6 is an assembly view in an unfolded state.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the pants-type disposable paper diaper 1 </ b> B (hereinafter simply referred to as “paper diaper”) is provided between a liquid-permeable surface sheet 11 made of nonwoven fabric or the like and a leak-proof sheet 12 made of polyethylene or the like. The absorbent main body 10 interspersed with an absorbent body 13 such as cotton pulp, and the exterior sheet 20 provided integrally on the outer surface side of the absorbent main body 10, and the predecessor of the exterior sheet 20 in a product state This is a pants-type disposable diaper having a structure in which a waist opening and a pair of left and right leg openings are formed by joining the back F and the back body B on both sides.

  Hereinafter, the absorbent main body 10, the exterior sheet 20, and the assembly structure thereof will be described in this order.

(Structure of the absorbent main body 10)
First, an example of the structure of the absorbent main body 10 will be described in detail based on FIG. 7 and FIG.

  As described above, the absorbent main body 10 has a structure in which an absorbent body 13 such as cotton-like pulp is interposed between a liquid-permeable surface sheet 11 made of a nonwoven fabric or the like and a leak-proof sheet 12 made of polyethylene or the like. And absorbs and retains body fluids.

  In the illustrated example, the absorbent body 13 is formed in a substantially hourglass shape in the illustrated example, and by narrowing the width of the absorbent body in the crotch, the contact with the crotch portion is weakened and the wearer feels irritated. Not to give. The absorbent body 13 is surrounded by the crepe paper 14 in order to maintain the shape and improve the diffusibility of the body fluid that has passed through the liquid-permeable surface sheet 11. As the absorber 13, it is desirable to use an airlaid absorber that can reduce the bulk.

  As the liquid-permeable surface sheet 11 covering the surface side (skin contact surface side) of the absorbent body 13, a porous or non-porous nonwoven fabric or a porous plastic sheet is preferably used. The material fibers that make up the nonwoven fabric can be synthetic fibers such as olefins such as polyethylene or polypropylene, polyesters and polyamides, recycled fibers such as rayon and cupra, and natural fibers such as cotton. A nonwoven fabric obtained by an appropriate processing method such as a spun bond method, a thermal bond method, a melt blown method, or a needle punch method can be used. Among these processing methods, the spunlace method is excellent in terms of flexibility and drapeability, and the thermal bond method is excellent in terms of being bulky and soft. When a large number of through holes are formed in the liquid-permeable surface sheet 11, urine and the like are quickly absorbed, and the dry touch property is excellent. The liquid-permeable surface sheet 11 is wound around the side edge of the absorbent body 13 and extends to the back surface side of the absorbent body 13.

  The leak-proof sheet 12 that covers the back surface side (non-skin contact surface side) of the absorbent body 13 is made of a liquid-impervious plastic sheet such as polyethylene or polypropylene. Those are preferably used. This water-impervious / breathable sheet is a microporous sheet obtained by, for example, melt-kneading an inorganic filler in an olefin resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene to form a sheet, and then stretching in a uniaxial or biaxial direction. If the sheet thickness is the same, the rigidity is lower than that of the non-porous sheet, which is superior in terms of flexibility.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, the gathered nonwoven fabric 15 that forms the three-dimensional gathered BS is a nonwoven fabric made into a double sheet by folding, and the side edge of the absorbent body 13 that is rolled up by the liquid-permeable surface sheet 11. The part is further wound up from the upper side and extends to the back surface side of the absorbent body 13 to be bonded. More specifically, the gathered nonwoven fabric 15 has a three-dimensional gather BS forming portion at the middle portion in the longitudinal direction of the paper diaper, and a range from the middle portion in the width direction to the back side of the absorbent body 13 is bonded by a hot melt adhesive or the like. Further, at the front and rear end portions in the longitudinal direction, the section from the intermediate portion in the width direction to the one side end edge is bonded in a range extending to the back surface side of the absorber 13, and the portion forming the three-dimensional gather BS is the absorber. While being folded at the upper surface portion of 13, it is bonded by a hot melt adhesive or the like.

  In the gathered nonwoven fabric 15 formed of the double sheet nonwoven fabric, a plurality of thread-like elastic elastic members 16, 16,... As shown in FIG. 8 (B), the thread-like elastic stretch members 16, 16... Are used to form a three-dimensional gather BS by raising the nonwoven fabric portion protruding from the absorber side edge by elastic stretch force. Is.

  The leak-proof sheet 12 enters into the double sheet-like gathered nonwoven fabric 15 and constitutes a leak-proof wall on the lower end side of the three-dimensional gather BS as shown in FIG. As the leak-proof sheet 12, it is desirable to use an opaque sheet so as not to cause browning such as defecation and urine. As the opacification, a plastic film and a pigment and filler such as calcium carbonate, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, white carbon, clay, talc and barium sulfate are preferably used.

  As the thread-like elastic stretchable member 16, materials such as styrene rubber, olefin rubber, urethane rubber, ester rubber, polyurethane, polyethylene, polystyrene, styrene butadiene, silicon, polyester, and the like that are usually used can be used. Further, in order to make it difficult to see from the outside, it is preferable that the thickness is 925 dtex or less, the tension is 150 to 350%, and the interval is 7.0 mm or less. Instead of the thread-like elastic elastic member, a tape-like elastic elastic member having a certain width may be used.

  In the same manner as the liquid-permeable surface sheet 11, the material fiber constituting the gathered nonwoven fabric 15 is not limited to synthetic fibers such as polyethylene or polypropylene, such as olefins, polyesters, and polyamides, but also regenerated fibers such as rayon and cupra, Non-woven fabric obtained by an appropriate processing method such as a spunbond method, a thermal bond method, a melt blown method, a needle punch method, etc. can be used. It is preferable to use a non-woven fabric with a low basis weight and excellent air permeability. Further, with respect to the gathered nonwoven fabric 15, in order to prevent the transmission of urine and the like, to prevent fogging and to improve the feel to the skin (dry feeling), a silicon-based, paraffin-metal-based, alkylchromic chromoid-based water repellent It is desirable to use a water-repellent non-woven fabric coated with such as.

(Structure of exterior sheet 20)
As shown in FIG. 9, the exterior sheet 20 is a two-layer nonwoven fabric sheet composed of an upper nonwoven fabric 20A and a lower nonwoven fabric 20B, and various elastic elastic members are disposed between the upper nonwoven fabric 20A and the lower nonwoven fabric 20B. In addition, elasticity is given. The planar shape forms a pseudo hourglass shape as a whole by the concave leg-around cut lines 29 formed to form leg openings on both sides of the middle.

  In the exterior sheet 20 according to the present invention, as the elastic elastic member, in the developed shape shown in FIG. 9, waist elastic elastic members 24, 24... Arranged around the waist opening 23, and the front body F And the back body B has a plurality of waist elastic elastic member groups 25, 25,... Arranged in the horizontal direction at intervals in the vertical direction, and in each of the front body F and the back body B, In addition to the waist elastic elastic members 25, 25..., The front body F and the back body B extend from the one side joint edge joining the front body F and the back body B to the crotch side, cross the absorbent main body 10 on the crotch side, and the rear body. It is provided with a plurality of curved elastic elastic member groups 26, 28, etc., which reach the other side joining edge with the body and are arranged at intervals without crossing each other. In addition, in this exterior sheet | seat 20, the leg periphery elastic expansion-contraction member which was substantially continuous along the said leg periphery cut line 29 as shown in the 1st form example is not provided.

  Hereinafter, each of the various elastic elastic members will be described in detail.

  The waist elastic elastic members 24, 24... Are arranged in the vertical direction in the vicinity of the waist opening edge in the range of the side joint edges 21 and 22 where the front body F and the back body B are joined. A plurality of thread rubber-like elastic elastic members that are attached to the body by applying an elastic force to tighten around the waist of the body. As the waist elastic elastic member 24, thread rubber is used in the illustrated example. However, for example, a tape-like elastic member may be used.

  The waist elastic elastic member groups 25, 25... Are arranged in the horizontal direction at intervals in the vertical direction over the range from the upper part to the lower part of the side joint edges 21, 22. It is a rubber-like elastic expansion / contraction member, which applies a horizontal expansion / contraction force to the waist portions of the front body F and the back body B, respectively, to bring the paper diaper into close contact with the body. The boundary between the waist elastic elastic members 24, 24 ... and the waist elastic elastic members 25, 25 ... is not necessarily clear. For example, even if the number of elastic elastic members arranged in the horizontal direction with an interval in the vertical direction on the front body F and the back body B cannot be specified, some on the upper side are elastic waist elastic members. It suffices that the remaining elastic elastic members function as waist elastic elastic members.

  In the back body B, the dorsal curved elastic elastic member groups 26, 26... Arranged separately from the waist elastic elastic member groups 25, 25. A plurality of parts extending to the crotch portion along the line 29 and arranged so as to reach the other side side joint edge 22 while crossing the absorbent main body 10 and substantially along the opposite leg circumference cut line 29. In the illustrated example, there are nine elastic rubber elastic elastic members, and the back-side curved elastic elastic member groups 26, 26... Are arranged at intervals without crossing each other.

  The back-side curved elastic elastic member groups 26, 26... Are different from the conventional leg-hole elastic elastic members (refer to the first embodiment) in arrangement. That is, about two or three elastic expansion and contraction members are not arranged substantially as a bundle with a close interval, but at a predetermined interval so as to form a predetermined expansion and contraction zone, five or more, Preferably, seven or more are disposed, and the entire substantially triangular region Trb of the exterior sheet 20 surrounded by the side edge of the exterior sheet 20, the absorbent main body 10, and the waist elastic elastic member groups 25, 25,. It is formed to cover almost. Therefore, in the substantially triangular region Trb, the dorsal elastic elastic members 26, 26,... Are contracted almost uniformly, so that the inside of the substantially triangular region Trb swells to form a pocket-like space. There is no end. If there is no pocket-like space on the inside of the diaper (exterior sheet) that hinders wearing, when the wearer takes off the pants-type disposable diaper, the toes and heels are less likely to get caught inside the pants. It becomes easy to wear the exterior sheet of a disposable diaper. Further, the substantially triangular region Trb in the exterior sheet 20 is covered and contracted by the curved elastic elastic members 26, 26..., So that the exterior sheet 20 is fitted in accordance with the shape of the body unevenness or bulge. Can be expanded and contracted. That is, on the rear body B side of the diaper 1, the exterior sheet 20 can be brought into close contact with the buttocks of the body.

  In addition, the start and end of the dorsal curved elastic elastic member groups 26, 26... Are connected at a predetermined interval from the upper part to the lower part of the joining edge of the front body F and the rear body B, and the absorbent main body. 10 at the intersection with the side edge, the acute angle intersection angle α between the dorsal curved elastic elastic member group 26, 26... And the side edge of the absorbent main body 10 is 35 ° or more, preferably 40 ° or more, more preferably They are arranged in an arrangement pattern of 45 ° or more. Incidentally, in the example of illustration, it arrange | positions so that the crossing angle (alpha) may be around 47 degrees. The crossing angle α is preferably 60 ° or less at most from the balance between the horizontal component force and the vertical component force.

  In the back diaper 1B, in the back body B, in order to fit the exterior sheet 20 corresponding to the bulge shape of the buttock, in order to apply a stretching force in a direction along the bulge of the buttock as much as possible, at a relatively gentle inclination angle. The elastic elastic member groups 26, 26,... Are arranged. As shown in the illustrated example, if the elastic members 26, 26,... 73% can be applied as a horizontal component force, and the exterior sheet 20 can be brought into close contact with the body so as to wrap the buttocks. As a result, the absorptive main body 10 is not contracted to the center side, and the leak prevention effect is enhanced by securely contacting the absorbent body 10 with the body.

  On the other hand, in the front body of the exterior sheet 20, the abdomen curved elastic elastic member groups 28, 28... Arranged separately from the waist elastic elastic member groups 25, 25. It extends to the crotch part along the leg circumference cut line 29, crosses over the absorbent main body 10 and reaches the other side side joint edge 21 along the opposite leg circumference cut line 29 and intersects. A plurality of, in the illustrated example, eight thread-like elastic elastic members arranged at intervals without any gap.

  The ventral curved elastic elastic member groups 28, 28... Are also different in arrangement from the conventional leg-hole elastic elastic members. That is, about two or three elastic expansion and contraction members are not arranged substantially as a bundle with a close interval, but at a predetermined interval so as to form a predetermined expansion and contraction zone, five or more, Preferably, seven or more are arranged, and the entire substantially triangular region Trf of the exterior sheet 20 surrounded by the side edge of the exterior sheet 20, the absorbent main body 10, and the waist elastic elastic member groups 25, 25,. It is formed to cover almost. The effect of this is as described above.

  The start and end of the abdomen elastic elastic members 28, 28... Are connected at a predetermined interval over the range from the upper part to the lower part of the side joint edges 21 and 21 of the front body F and the back body B. At the intersection with the side edge of the absorbent main body 10, the acute angle crossing angle θ between the ventral curved elastic elastic member group 28, 28 ... and the side edge of the absorbent main body 10 is 30 ° or less, preferably 28 ° or less. Are arranged in an arrangement pattern. Incidentally, in the example of illustration, it arrange | positions so that crossing angle (theta) may be around 26 degrees. The crossing angle θ is preferably at least 20 ° or more from the balance of the horizontal component force and the vertical component force.

  In the present paper diaper 1, since the front part of the body does not have a bulge that becomes a catch like the back buttock of the body, it is found that the slippage of the paper diaper tends to occur mainly on the front body side F In view of the above, the elastic expansion / contraction member groups 28, 28,... Are arranged with a relatively tight inclination angle, and the expansion members 28, 28,. As a result, 90% of the applied expansion / contraction force can be applied as an upward component force, and slipping of the paper diaper can be effectively prevented.

  As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 9, in the present invention, the pants-type disposable diaper 1 </ b> B can be easily worn even by an elderly person such as a finger who is somewhat inconvenient or has a weak grip. As described above, the slits that extend on both sides of the front body F and between the waist elastic elastic members 25 and 25 and horizontally extend between the ventral curved elastic elastic members 28 and 28. Holes 27 are formed. The effect of the slit hole 27 is the same as that of the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the shearing effect (fit effect) by the waist elastic elastic members 25, 25 and the ventral curved elastic members 28, 28 are used. The slit hole 27 is formed between the elastic elastic members 25, 28, so as not to impair the shearing effect (fit effect).

  In the second embodiment, the slit holes 27 and 27 are formed on both sides of the front body F, respectively, but may be formed on either one. Alternatively, similarly to the embodiment of FIG. 2 in the first embodiment, a slit hole 27 extending in the horizontal direction is formed between the waist elastic elastic members 25 and 25 at the substantially central portion of the front body F. You may make it do.

  By the way, in the disposable diaper 1B according to the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, in order to prevent the absorber 13 from being contracted, the abdominal curve elastic elastic members 28, 28. The elastic member groups 26, 26... May be cut off on the absorbent main body 10 to be discontinuous.

  In the diaper 1B according to the second embodiment, the curved elastic elastic members 26, 28, ... are further arranged, so that even a wearer with weak arm strength such as an elderly person can wear the diaper suitably. It becomes like this. That is, the start and end portions of the curved elastic elastic members 26... And the curved elastic elastic members 28 are the side joint edges 21 of the front body F and the side of the rear body B where the waist elastic elastic members 25. Since the wearer wears the diaper 1 when the wearer wears the diaper 1, the acting force when pulling up the front body F and the back body B is curved elastic expansion and contraction. The crotch part can be easily pulled up by being transmitted to the members 26, 28, and the crotch part of the diaper 1B can be suitably worn around the crotch of the body. In particular, the curved elastic stretch members 26, 28, ... form a band-like region in which a wide range of elastic members are arranged, so that the acting force when pulling up the front body F and the back body B is curved elastic stretch. Since it is easily transmitted to the members 26 ... and the curved elastic elastic members 28 ..., the diaper 1B can be pulled up with a lighter force. Therefore, even a wearer with weak arm strength, such as an elderly person, can suitably wear a diaper.

  Further, since the front body F and the back body B are joined by the joining edge portions 21 and 22, the acting force acting on the front body F is transmitted to the curved elastic elastic member 26. The acting force acting on the body B is transmitted to the curved elastic members 28 through the front body F. And, for example, even when the wearer hooks a fingertip into the slit hole formed in the front body F with one hand and pulls up the diaper 1B, the acting force acting on the front body F as shown in FIG. It is transmitted to the curved elastic elastic member 26 of the back body B through the parts 21 and 22 so that the back body B can be suitably pulled up so as to cover the buttocks, and the diaper 1B can be worn well around the waist. It has become. In particular, since the elastic elastic members 26 are curved on the crotch side, the absorbent main body 10 on the crotch side is more closely attached to the buttocks so as to lift the absorbent main body 10 to the buttocks side, thereby leaking body fluid such as urine. Can be prevented.

  Moreover, since the diaper 1B is easy to pull up so as to fit around the waist, it is possible to reduce the wearing of the diaper 1B in an incomplete state, thereby leaking bodily fluids, poor feeling of wearing, and appearance at the time of wearing. Problems such as poor blood flow, disturbance of blood flow due to pressure on the body, and skin troubles such as rough skin due to rubbing of the body can be reduced. Thus, the diaper 1B can be suitably worn. Note that the present invention is not limited to the diaper 1B having the curved elastic elastic members 28 arranged in the front body F and the curved elastic elastic members 26 arranged in the back body B, at least. Any one of the curved elastic elastic members 26, 28, etc. may be provided.

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FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a pants-type disposable diaper 1C according to the third embodiment. FIG. 14 is an explanatory view for explaining the assembly configuration of the pant-type disposable diaper 1C according to the third embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, a pants-type disposable diaper (hereinafter referred to as a diaper) 1 </ b> C is located on the surface side that contacts the outside when the paper diaper 1 </ b> C is mounted, and constitutes a liquid-impermeable back sheet 32. The second outer sheet 32b, which is the same as the outer sheet 32a and the back sheet 32, is located on the opposite side of the first outer sheet 32a and comes into contact with the human body when the disposable diaper 1C is mounted. The center of the longitudinal direction of the rectangular back sheet 32 is composed of a liquid-permeable top sheet 33 provided at a position in contact with the surface from which the body fluid is discharged and an absorbent body 34 wrapped by the top sheet 33. The folded portion 35, one waist opening 36, and two leg portions formed by folding the portion along the width direction so that the absorber 34 is located inside Having a mouth portion 37 and the joint 38.

  The first outer sheet 32a and the second outer sheet 32b constituting the back sheet 32 are sheets for preventing the body fluid absorbed by the absorbent body 34 and the like from being brought into the underwear, and a material having liquid impermeability is used.

  For example, the liquid-impervious sheet is a sheet material having at least water shielding properties such as polyethylene, and is preferably a sheet material having moisture permeability from the viewpoint of preventing stuffiness. As a sheet material having this water barrier property and moisture permeability, for example, a sheet is formed by melting and kneading an inorganic filler in an olefin resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, and then stretched in a uniaxial or biaxial direction. The microporous sheet material obtained by is preferably used.

  Elastic members 39 and 40 are sandwiched between the first outer sheet 32a and the second outer sheet 32b. For example, thread rubber can be used as the elastic members 39 and 40. A plurality of thread rubbers 39 are arranged on the waist part 41 forming the waist opening 36, and a plurality of thread rubbers 40, 40 are formed on the leg part 42 forming the leg openings 37, 37. Is arranged. By providing these thread rubbers 39, 40, the disposable diaper 1C is preferably in close contact with the waist and legs of the wearer at the waist part 41 and the leg parts 42, 42. In addition, it is possible to improve the feeling of use by preventing leakage from the waist opening 36 and the leg openings 37, 37.

  The top sheet 33 is a liquid-permeable sheet that is provided on the surface that comes into contact with the human body when the disposable diaper 1 </ b> C is worn, and plays a role of receiving body fluid and transporting it to the absorber 34. Examples of the liquid-permeable sheet include those formed of a porous or non-porous nonwoven fabric, a porous plastic sheet, and the like. Non-woven fabric is a material fiber that constitutes a non-woven fabric, and is a “structure in which fibers are bonded or entangled by a chemical method, a mechanical method, or a combination thereof without knitting or knitting the fibers”. In addition to synthetic fibers such as polyethylene or polypropylene, olefins such as polyethylene or polypropylene, polyesters, and polyamides, recycled fibers such as rayon and cupra, and natural fibers such as cotton can be used. In addition, as a method for producing a nonwoven fabric, a known method can be appropriately used. For example, a dry method, a wet method, a spunlace method, a spunbond method, a thermal bond method, a melt blown method, a needle punch method, or these can be used. A nonwoven fabric can be manufactured by a combined method or the like.

  When a large number of through holes are formed in the liquid-permeable top sheet 33, body fluid such as urine is absorbed more quickly, and the dry touch property is excellent.

  The absorbent body 34 functions to absorb water-like components such as urine as body fluid when the disposable diaper 1C is used. The absorbent body 34 is made of an absorbent material such as cotton and pulp, or a sheet-like base material such as fiber or film. An absorbent core (not shown) formed in combination with a highly water-absorbing resin such as an absorbent polymer is covered with a liquid-permeable crepe paper (not shown). A single-layer structure or a structure divided into a plurality of layers may be used. The absorber 34 is mounted at a position extending from the abdominal side of the human body to the back side through both legs.

  Below, the folding | returning part 35, the waist periphery opening part 36, the leg periphery opening parts 37 and 37, and the junction parts 38 and 38 are demonstrated collectively.

  The folded portion 35 is formed by folding the longitudinal center portion of the rectangular backsheet 32 along the width direction so that the absorbent body 34 is located inside. By folding, the diaper 1C of the present invention is It can be easily molded.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 14, two slits 43, 43 are formed along the width direction in the center portion in the longitudinal direction of the rectangular back sheet 32, and the top sheet 33 is interposed between the slits 43, 43. After the packaged absorbent body 34 is placed (FIG. 14A), the back sheet 32 is folded back in the longitudinal direction so that the absorbent body 34 is positioned inside (FIG. 14B). A folded portion 35 is formed. Then, both side edges in the longitudinal direction of the back sheet 32 are overlapped (FIG. 14C), and the both side edges of the overlapped back sheet 32 are joined by, for example, hot melt, heat sealing, ultrasonic sealing or the like. By doing so (FIG. 14D), the joint portions 38 are formed, and simultaneously, the waist opening 36 and the leg openings 37 are formed.

  That is, for example, a plurality of parts such as a crotch part, an abdominal part, and a dorsal part are collected and joined to each part, or the folded portion 35 and two places are joined without forming each opening individually. By forming the portions 38 and 38, the waist opening 36 and the two leg openings 37 and 37 are formed. In other words, it is possible to easily form a shape as a pants-type paper diaper by forming the joint portions 38 and 38 by turning back once.

  In addition, the slits 43 and 43 that form the leg openings 37 and 37 are formed along the width direction in the longitudinal center of the back sheet 32, that is, the length of the back sheet 32 that forms the waist opening 36. The waist opening edge 44 and the leg opening edges 45, 45 are substantially parallel to each other because they are provided so as to be parallel to both side edges in the direction. Further, since the paper diaper 1C is formed by folding the rectangular back sheet 32, the diaper 1C having its central portion in the longitudinal direction folded along the width direction is naturally formed in a rectangular shape. The leg openings 37 and 37 can be formed directly below the opening 36.

  By adopting such a structure for the diaper 1C, when the wearer wears the diaper 1C, the leg can be inserted through the waist opening 36 and passed straight through the leg openings 37, 37. It is easy to wear and easy to wear because there is no need to change the direction of the legs.

  As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, in the present invention, the diaper 1 </ b> C can be easily worn even by an elderly person who has some difficulty in fingertips or weak grip. The slit holes 27, 27 extending in the horizontal direction are formed on both sides of the front body F, respectively. The slit holes 27, 27 are formed so as to penetrate the back sheet 32. By forming the slit holes 27, 27 in the front body F, the left and right feet are formed in the leg openings 37, 37 when the paper diaper 1C is worn. After inserting the diaper, the diaper 1C can be pulled up as it is after the fingertip is inserted into the slit holes 27 and 27 and hooked.

  In the third embodiment, the slit holes 27 and 27 are formed on both sides of the front body F, respectively, but may be formed on either one. Or you may make it form in the substantially center part of the front body F similarly to the aspect of the said 1st form example of FIG.

  As described above, the first embodiment is directed to the disposable diaper 1A having the waist elastic elastic members 25, 25..., And the waist elastic elastic members 25, 25. The paper diaper 1B having the elastic members 28, 28... Is used, however, as in the third embodiment, the paper diaper does not have the waist elastic elastic members 25, 25 and the ventral curved elastic elastic members 28, 28. It can also be applied to.

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(1) In the above embodiment, the slit hole 27 is formed on the upper side of the front body F. However, as shown in FIG. However, it may be formed on the side part near the upper edge of the absorbent main body 10, or as shown in FIG. You may make it form in the side part of the sex main body 10 middle.
(2) As the shape of the slit hole 27, various shape patterns other than the linear shape or the rectangular shape shown in FIG. For example, as shown in FIG. 16 (B), the upper and lower sides are bulged outward so that the finger can be easily inserted, and as shown in FIG. 16 (C), only the lower side is bulged downward. As shown in FIG. 16 (D), a double rosary shape in which a wide portion and a narrow portion are connected, and as shown in FIG. 16 (E), a wide portion and a narrow portion are connected. In addition, as shown in FIG. 16 (F), various shape patterns can be used, such as a triple bead shape.

It is a perspective view which shows the product state of 1 A of underpants type disposable diapers which concern on this 1st form example. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram (No. 1) showing another formation mode of the slit hole 27; FIG. 11 is a diagram (No. 2) showing another formation mode of the slit hole 27; It is a product state external view of the underpants type disposable paper diaper 1 which concerns on this 2nd form example. It is an assembly drawing in the unfolded state. 2 is a plan view of the absorbent main body 10. FIG. (A) is a half cross-sectional view of the absorbent main body 10 in a developed state, and (B) is a diagram showing the product state. FIG. 3 is a development view of the exterior sheet 20. FIG. 6 is a development view showing a modified example of the exterior 20. It is explanatory drawing which shows the wearing condition of the diaper 1B which concerns on a 2nd form example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the wearing condition of the conventional diaper. It is a product state perspective view of diaper 1C concerning the 3rd form example. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the structure of 1 C of diapers. It is a figure which shows the modification of the formation position of the slit hole. FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of the shape of a slit hole 27. It is an expanded view of the conventional underpants type disposable diaper. It is a perspective view which shows the product state.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Paper diaper, 10 ... Absorbent main body, 11 ... Liquid-permeable surface sheet, 12 ... Leak-proof sheet, 13 ... Absorber, 14 ... Crepe paper, 15 ... Gathered nonwoven fabric, 16 ... String-like elastic elastic member, 20 ... Exterior sheet , 21... 22 side edge joint edge, 24 waist elastic elastic member, 25 waist elastic elastic member, 26 dorsal curved elastic elastic member, 27 slit hole, 28 ventral elastic elastic member, 29 ... leg leg cut line, F ... front body, B ... back body

Claims (10)

In the product state, in the pants-type disposable diaper in which the waist opening and the pair of left and right leg openings are formed by joining the front body and the back body at the sides,
A pants-type disposable diaper, wherein a slit hole extending in a horizontal direction is formed at substantially the center of the front body or at least one side of both sides of the front body. In the product state, the front body and the back body are joined at the sides to form a waist opening and a pair of left and right leg openings, and the front body and the back body are spaced apart vertically. In a pants-type disposable diaper having a plurality of waist elastic elastic members arranged along the horizontal direction,
A pants-type disposable diaper, characterized in that a slit hole extending in a horizontal direction is formed between the waist elastic elastic members at approximately the center of the front body or at least one side of both sides of the front body. It consists of an absorbent main body including an absorbent body and an exterior sheet integrally provided on the outer surface side of the absorbent main body, and the front body and the rear body of the exterior sheet are joined on both sides in the product state. In a pants-type disposable diaper in which a waist opening and a pair of left and right leg openings are formed,
The exterior sheet includes a waist elastic elastic member disposed around the waist opening, and a plurality of waist elastic elastic members arranged along the horizontal direction with an interval in the vertical direction between the front body and the back body. And on at least one side of the front body and the back body, a plurality of pieces extending from the one side joint edge joining the front body and the back body to the crotch side and reaching the other side joint edge so as to bypass the crotch part The curved elastic elastic member group, and the curved elastic elastic member group is an entire region of the outer sheet surrounded by the edge of the outer sheet, the absorbent main body, and the waist elastic elastic member group. Is formed so as to almost cover
In addition, at least one side of the both sides of the front body and between the waist elastic elastic members, a slit hole extending in the horizontal direction is formed between the curved elastic elastic members. Pants-type disposable diaper.   The pants-type disposable diaper according to claim 3, wherein the curved elastic stretchable member group is provided in a back body.   The pants-type disposable diaper according to claim 3, wherein the curved elastic elastic member group is provided on a front body and a back body, respectively. A liquid-impervious back sheet having a rectangular shape, an absorbent body disposed substantially at the center of the back sheet, and a liquid-permeable top sheet disposed on an upper surface of the absorbent body,
A folded portion formed by folding the center portion in the longitudinal direction of the backsheet into the top sheet side along the width direction, a joined portion in which the longitudinal side ends of the backsheet are joined, and Formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the backsheet, the waist opening that is located around the waist of the human body at the time of wearing, and the absorber that is sandwiched by the folded portion, and that is located around the legs of the human body at the time of wearing A pants-type disposable diaper comprising a leg opening and having a slit hole extending in a horizontal direction at substantially the center of the front body or at least one side of both sides of the front body.   The pants-type disposable diaper according to claim 6, wherein an elastic member capable of expanding and contracting in the width direction of the backsheet is disposed in the vicinity of the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the backsheet.   The pants-type disposable diaper according to claim 6 or 7, wherein an elastic member capable of expanding and contracting in the width direction of the back sheet is disposed in the vicinity of both ends in the longitudinal direction of the back sheet.   The pants-type disposable diaper according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the slit hole is colored. The pants-type disposable diaper according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a longitudinal dimension of the slit hole is 30 to 100 mm.

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