Abstract: A disposable diaper having an absorbent layer and a moisture-impervious backing sheet. The diaper has an adhesive tab system comprising an adhesive tab and a release liner. The adhesive tab has an anchoring end portion which is permanently attached to the backing sheet, an intermediate portion, and a free end portion. The release liner has an end portion which is permanently secured to an outermost portion of the free end portion of the tab in covering relation in the free end portion of the adhesive tab. The intermediate portion of the adhesive tab may be folded back under the backing sheet with the tacky surface thereof facing outward of the backing sheet and the free end portion of the adhesive tab and the release liner may be further folded back such that the other surface of the release liner is in covering relation to the intermediate portion of the adhesive tab.

Abstract: An adhesive resealable tab fastener means suitable for use on a disposable diaper is provided which minimizes tearing of the tab fastener means itself or tearing it from the diaper when opening and closing repeatedly. The tab fastener means is provided with a grippable holding means and a grippable carrying tape segment. By being able to grip both parts of the tab fastener means, accidental tearing or rupturing of the fastener or diaper is minimized.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface for direction toward the wearer and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tape tabs comprising first and second anchoring portions and an attachment portion. The anchoring portions are attached to the inside surface and the outside surface of the diaper at a marginal portion thereof. One of the anchoring portions is made from elastic web material, and the other anchoring portion is made from inelastic web material. The attachment portion is temporarily attached to the inelastic anchoring portion and adhesively secured to the elastic anchoring portion. In use, the temporary attachment is detached leaving only the adhesive securement of the attachment portion to the elastic anchoring portion to provide an elastic tape tab fastener.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having a resealable tape tab fastener in which a first securing tape ribbon has a free end and a fixed end which is attached to the diaper. A second securing tape ribbon has a free working end, and a fixed end which is adhesively but releasably attached to the free end of the first securing tape ribbon. One face of the second securing tape ribbon is provided with an adhesive coating. The free end of the first securing tape ribbon is adapted to secure the diaper about an infant by adhesive attachment via the adhesive-coated face of the second securing tape ribbon. The free end of the first securing tape ribbon is separable from the fixed end of the second securing tape ribbon to permit the opening of an applied diaper for inspection, and to make the adhesive coating on the free end of the first securing tape ribbon available for use in refastening the diaper about the infant.

Abstract: A disposable diaper is provided with adhesive tabs permanently adhered to a backing sheet of a diaper at marginal locations. Each tab is folded back on itself so that a tacky surface on the free end of each tab is exposed. A release coated surface is provided on the backing sheet of the diaper inwardly of the folded over free end of each tab so that when each side margin of the diaper is folded along the length of the diaper prior to packaging, the exposed tacky surface of the free end of the tab is lightly adhered to the release coated surface to hold the diaper in a folded attitude and to retain the tacky surface in a protected position within the confines of the fold, thereby eliminating the need for a separate release sheet. For use, the tacky surfaces adhered to the respective release surfaces are exposed for applying the diaper to the baby by merely unfolding the diaper.

Abstract: A disposable diaper is provided with adhesive tab fasteners having a fixed end secured to the diaper and an extendible free end. A pressure-sensitive adhesive coating is provided on one face of the free end and a partible protective cover means is permanently attached to the adhesive coating. The protective cover is substantially coextensive with the adhesive coating when the free end is in a non-extended storage position, but is parted when the free end and adhesive coating are extended to a working position, thereby making portions of the adhesive coating available for use in securing the diaper about an infant. The size and spacing of the exposed adhesive portions on the free end can be controlled to provide adequate adhesive contact for securing the diaper about the infant, while at the same time providing a free end that can be separated from the diaper after affixation for inspecting or repositioning the diaper, and thereafter refastening the diaper.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tabs having an adhesive-coated face and a non-tacky opposite face. A fixed end of each tab is attached to a side marginal location of the diaper outside surface, and the opposite free end of each tab is adapted for folding back to a position wherein the non-tacky face of the free end is juxtaposed to the non-tacky face of the fixed end. A release means is provided on the diaper outside surface adjacent to the adhesive-coated face of the free end when folded back, and a portion of the diaper bearing the release means is adapted for folding thereover.

Abstract: A disposable diaper has an improved tape tab fastening means in which a first securing tape ribbon has a free end and a fixed end which is attached to the diaper. A second securing tape ribbon has a free working end, and a fixed end which is adhesively but releasably attached to the free end of the first securing tape ribbon. One face of the second securing tape ribbon is provided with an adhesive coating. The free end of the first securing tape ribbon is adapted to secure the diaper about an infant by adhesive attachment via the adhesive-coated face of the second securing tape ribbon. The free end of the first securing tape ribbon is separable from the fixed end of the second securing tape ribbon to permit the opening of an applied diaper for inspection, and to make the adhesive coating on the free end of the first securing tape ribbon available for use in refastening the diaper about the infant.

Abstract: A disposable diaper has an improved tape tab fastening means comprising a securing tape segment and a backing web associated therewith. The backing web has a first leg attached to the diaper backing sheet and a second leg attached to the diaper facing sheet. The securing tape segment has a fixed end attached directly to the diaper backing sheet inwardly of the first leg, an intermediate portion attached to the first leg, and an adhesive-coated free end releasably attached to the second leg. The free end is separable from the second leg to make the free end available for securing the diaper about an infant. Stresses imposed on the securing tape segment when in use are distributed to both the diaper facing sheet and the diaper backing sheet via the intermediate portion and fixed end of the tape segment. In another embodiment, a transferable tape ribbon is releasably attached to the free end to enable an applied diaper to be opened or removed from the infant and thereafter to be refastened about the infant.

Abstract: A disposable diaper is provided with a release region on the diaper outside surface spaced inwardly from the longitudinal margins of the diaper. At least one tape segment having an adhesive-coated face is releasably parked on the release region, and is completely removable therefrom for securing the diaper about an infant. A plurality of tape segments may be releasably parked on the release region so that after securement the diaper can be removed from the infant and thereafter refastened thereon by means of subsequent tape segments. One or more release regions may be provided. Preferably, two release regions are provided spaced inwardly from opposite longitudinal margins of the diaper, with at least two tape segmens being releasably parked on each release region.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface for direction toward an infant and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tabs comprising an integral elongated tape ribbon which is folded to form a plurality of articulated segments. The tab forms a loop having inner and outer faces with a backing-anchoring segment and facing-anchoring segment at opposite ends of the tab. The anchoring segments are attached to the backing sheet and facing sheet, respectively, to distribute stresses which are imposed on the tab. A securing segment having pressure-sensitive adhesive means on the outer face thereof, and a release-bearing segment having release means on the outer face thereof, are positioned intermediate the anchoring segments.

Abstract: A disposable diaper is provided with adhesive tab fasteners having an adhesive coating on substantially all of one face thereof. The tabs have side edges, a fixed end secured to the diaper, and a free working end which includes a distal end portion and an adjacent central portion. A plurality of elongated spacer means are adhered to the adhesive-coated surface and define expoded adhesive regions therebetween. The distal end portion is folded over onto the central portion, with the spacer means being positioned so that the spacer means on the distal end portion bridge the spacer means on the central portion and vice versa, and are in limited adhesive contact with a juxtaposed region of the adhesive coated surface at a plurality of attachment points between the points of bridging by juxtaposed spacer means.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface for direction toward an infant and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tabs comprising an integral elongated tape segment having a fixed end attached to the backing sheet at a location spaced inwardly from the edge of the backing sheet, an adhesive-coated free working end, and a pleated central segment. Release means is carried by the backing sheet between the edge thereof and the fixed end of the tab. The free end of the tab is movable from a storage position in which the central segment is pleated and extensibly folded and the free end is releasably adhered to the release means, to an extended working position in which the central segment is in an extended position and the free end is released from the release means and is available to secure the diaper about an infant.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tabs comprising a backing web, a first tape segment and a second tape segment. The backing web is folded over to form a pair of anchoring legs which are permanently attached to a marginal portion of the diaper received therebetween. First and second tape segments each have a fixed end attached to the same anchoring leg, and a free end which is folded about the edge of the diaper and releasably attached to an underlying release means. The free end of the first tape segment is separable from a first release means carried on the free end of the second tape segment to make the first tape segment available for use in securing the diaper about an infant.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface for direction toward an infant and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tabs comprising an elongated tape segment folded over to form a loop having an inner face and an outer face, the tabs including first and second terminal portions and a central portion integral with the terminal portions. The tape segment receives a marginal portion of the diaper backing sheet between the terminal portions and is permanently attached to the facing and backing sheets by means of adhesive coatings on both faces of the first terminal portion and the inner face of the second terminal portion.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface for direction toward an infant and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tabs comprising an elongated tape segment folded over to form a loop having an inner face and an outer face, the tabs including first and second terminal portions and a central portion integral with the terminal portions. The tape segment receives a marginal portion of the diaper between the terminal portions and is permanently attached to the facing and backing sheets by means of adhesive coatings on opposing inner faces of the terminal portions.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having a moisture-impermeable backing sheet and a moisture-retaining layer superposed on the backing sheet and including a facing sheet substantially coextensive with the backing sheet is provided with an adhesive closure system which comprises a composite made up of a plurality of superposed adhesive layers having different physical properties. An anchoring adhesive layer is adhesively attached to the backing sheet and to the facing sheet, and a securing adhesive layer is provided on the facing sheet, preferably adhesively attached to the anchoring layer through the facing sheet, and presents a tacky surface facing in the same direction as the exterior surface of the diaper facing sheet. Transfer tape is used to deposit individual layers of adhesive so as to form the composite.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having a moisture-impermeable backing sheet and an absorbent pad superposed on the backing sheet is provided with adhesive tap-type fasteners which do not require a separate release sheet for protecting the adhesive surfaces thereof. Each fastener is secured to the backing sheet and comprises a fixed end attached to the outer surface of the backing sheet and a free working end removably attached to an outwardly-facing release region provided on the backing sheet.

Abstract: A disposable diaper adhesive closure means is provided in which an adhesive tab used to apply the diaper about an infant is permanently attached to the diaper at one end, and the opposite free tacky end of the tab is folded over and releasably adhered to a central portion of the tab which is provided with a release coated surface. A string separator attached to the adhesive tab is interposed between the folded over free tacky end of the tab and the central portion leaving an exposed string end so that the exposed string end can be pulled to release the free end of the tab for use in fastening the diaper about a baby. The string remains attached to the tacky free end of the tab. This eliminates the need for disposal by the consumer of a cover strip or of any other part of the adhesive closure means when the diaper is applied.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having a moisture-impermeable backing sheet and an absorbent pad superposed on the backing sheet is provided with tab-type fasteners which do not require a release sheet for protecting adhesive surfaces thereof. Each fastener is secured to the backing sheet and comprises a pair of terminal portions and a flexible central segment which connects the terminal portions. One of the terminal portions is attached to the backing sheet and the other, free terminal portion is releasably attached to a release surface provided on the terminal portion which is attached to the backing sheet. The flexible central segment is longer than the free terminal portion and forms a finger-receiving loop when the free terminal portion is removably attached to the release surface.