The present invention relates to a pull-on disposable wearing article.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 1993-317356 (REFERENCE) discloses a pull-on/closed type diaper comprises a pair of fastening strips bonded to transversely opposite side edges of front and rear waist regions so as to extend outward and tear-apart lines provided immediately inside the bonded region in each of the fastening strips along which the front and rear waist regions are disconnected from each other. A distal end of the fastening strip is provided with an engaging region defined by a pressure-sensitive adhesive coated on this distal end or defined by a tape strip provided with a plurality of hooks bonded thereto. This disposable diaper provided with the tear-apart lines and the fastening strips allows the diaper to be used as an open-type diaper after the front and rear waist regions have been disconnected from each other along the tear-apart lines.
While the fastening strips are not actually used before the front and rear waist regions are disconnected from each other along the respective tear-apart lines, there is anxiety that the engaging region might be mischievously contaminated to unworkable condition and/or might come in contact with the wearer's skin and might uncomfortably irritate the wearer's skin.