Disposable diaper pad

Claim 1

A DIAPER COMPRISING: A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR PAD FORMED OF AN ABSORBENT WOOD PULP, SAID PAD HAVING PAIRS OF OPPOSING SIDE AND END EDGES AND INCLUDING A CENTRAL PORTION EXTENDING FROM END TO END OF SAID DIAPER, SAID CENTRAL PORTION BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THICKNESS THAN FLANKING OUTER PORTIONS, AND WHEREIN SAID FLANKING OUTER PORTIONS ARE THIN AND OF APPRECIABLE WIDTH, AN ENVELOPE OF WET STRENGTH, CREPED TISSUE ENCLOSING SAID PAD, SAID TISSUE HAVING A STRENGTH IN ONE DIRECTION GREATER THAN ITS STRENGTH IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO SAID ONE DIRECTION AND BEING ARRANGED RELATIVE TO SAID PAD SUCH THAT THE LINE OF STRENGTH OF THE TISSUE EXTENDS TRANSVERSELY OF THE END EDGES OF THE PAD; AND, AT LEAST ONE REINFORCING STRIP OF WET STRENGTH, CREPED TISSUE GENERALLY TRANSVERSELY OF THE SIDE EDGES OF THE PAD ADJACENT EACH OF THE END EDGES THEREOF TO DEFINE A REINFORCING BAND CAPABLE OF ENCIRCLING A DIAPER WEARER''S WAIST, SAID BAND BEING EFFECTIVE TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH OF THE DIAPER ADJACENT ITS END EDGES, SAID STRIP HAVING A WIDTH MEASURED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE PAD SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THE PAD, AND, THE FIBERS IN SAID END AREA BEING INTERCONNECTED SO AS TO MAINTAIN SAID STRIPS IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID PAD.