Fastening means for diapers

Claim 1

A disposable substantially rectangular multilayer diaper comprising a water impervious outer layer, an absorbent core layer and a water pervious inner, layer, said inner layer forming an inner surface for direction toward the body of an infant, said diaper being defined by opposed lateral and longitudinal edges, the junctures of said edges further defining four corner portions, said corner portions each having an aperture therein which is detachably engagable by mating first and second cooperative fastener means, each of said fastener means is comprised of an integral combination of an engagement member and a securement strip, said members being fabricated from a hard tooling polymeric resinous material so as to be generally T shaped and having an inward and an outward facing surface; the stem of said T shaped member being formed into a hook member which protrudes from the inward facing surface of said engagement member; said securement strip comprising a myriad of finely woven filaments which are formed into permenent hooks, and said strip is attached to the inward facing surface of said T shaped member of said first fastener means and is approximately coterminous with the cross-bar portion of said T shaped member; when said hook member of said first fastener means is engaged in said apertures, the cross-bar of said T shaped member is positionable so as to extend substantially outward from each corner portion of a lateral edge of said diaper; said strip is attached to the outward facing surface of said T shaped member of said second fastener means and is approximately coterminous with the cross-bar portion of said T shaped member; said second fastener means also being positionable so as to extend substantially outward from each corner portion of a second lateral edge, said strips on said first and second fastener means being detachably engageable so as to provide a securement of said diaper about the body of a wearer of said diaper.