Disposable diaper with tab fastener means having an integral release surface

Claim 1

In combination with a disposable diaper of substantially quadrilateral configuration, having an inside surface for direction toward an infant when the diaper is worn by that infant and an outside surface for direction away from said infant and including a thin, flexible backing sheet of substantially moisture-impermeable material and a moisture retaining layer having a pad of absorbent material superposed on said backing sheet and attached thereto, a fastening tab means of substantially uniform width and comprising a pair of terminal portions and a flexible central segment connecting the terminal portions; one of said terminal portions being attached to said backing sheet and having an outwardly-facing release surface, the other free terminal portion bearing a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive for attachment to the outside surface of the diaper when the diaper is applied to the infant and being adapted for removable attachment to said release surface by means of the adhesive layer thereon, and said central segment being longer than said free terminal portion and forming a finger-receiving loop when said free terminal portion is removably attached to said release surface; said release surface on the attached terminal portion and said adhesive layer on the free terminal portion being situated on opposite sides of said fastening tab means.