Method for manufacturing diapers and the like, and a diaper manufactured in accordance with this method

Claim 1

A DIAPER OR SIMILAR PROTECTIVE GARMENT COMPRISING, A PAIR OF RELATIVELY THIN SHEETS OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL JOINED TOGETHER AND SEALED AT THEIR MARGINAL EDGES TO PROVIDE A POCKET BETWEEN THEM, A CORE OF LIQUID ADSORBING MATERIAL DISPOSED IN SAID POCKET BETWEEN THE SHEETS, ONE OF SAID SHEETS BEING LIQUID IMPERMEABLE AND ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED OUTWARDLY FROM THE USER, THE OTHER OF SAID PLASTIC SHEETS AT LEAST IN THE AREA OF SAID CORE COMPRISING AN EMBOSSED NETWORK OF WATER IMPERMEABLE PLASTIC MATERIAL ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED INWARDLY TOWARD THE USER, SAID NETWORK BEING DEFINED BY A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART AREAS IN THE PLASTIC SHEET WHICH ARE LIQUID PENETRABLE, EACH OF SAID SPACED APART AREAS HAVING A PLURALITY OF MINUTE PERFORATIONS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT SAID AREA, SAID NETWORK PROVIDING STRUCTURAL STRENGTH FOR SAID INNER SHEET WHILE SAID SPACED APART AREAS PASS BODY LIQUID THERETHROUGH FOR RAPID ADSORPTION IN SAID CORE.