Diaper for pets

A diaper for pets comprising:

• a main body configured to be wrapped around a body of a pet with an inner surface kept in contact with the body of the pet and that has a rectangular outer shape, wherein the main body has a first end portion provided at one end in a lengthwise direction of the rectangular outer shape and a second end portion provided at another end in the lengthwise direction of the rectangular outer shape;
• a rectangularly shaped absorbent material that is positioned between the first end portion of the main body and the second end portion of the main body, the absorbent material being configured to absorb liquid entering inside from a side of the inner surface;
• stretching portions that are provided in the lengthwise direction with the absorbent material in between and are stretchable in the lengthwise direction;
• and
• flap portions that include fixed end portions fixed to the main body on outer sides of the absorbent material in a width direction and free end portions provided on sides closer to the absorbent material than the fixed end portions, the flap portions being provided in the lengthwise direction,
• wherein:
• the main body has an outer, liquid impermeable sheet and an inner sheet made of a non-woven fabric,
• the absorbent material is disposed in a sandwiched manner between the outer sheet and the inner sheet,
• a rectangularly shaped joint tape is attached to the outer sheet at the second end portion of the main body, the joint tape being configured to join to the inner sheet at the first end portion of the main body, the joint tape being a hook-and-loop fastener that is configured to join to a non-woven fabric,
• the stretching portions consist of gathered portions provided at the free end portions of the flap portions,
• the main body has a first edge at an end of the first end portion and a second edge at an end of the second end portion,
• the absorbent material has a first edge located on a side closer to the first end portion of the main body and a second edge located on a side closer to the second end portion of the main body,
• the main body has a first side and a second side, each of the first side and the second side extending along the lengthwise direction of the main body on each side of a width direction of the main body,
• the gathered portions comprise a first stretching portion and a second stretching portion, and the first stretching portion is provided on the first side of the main body and the second stretching portion is provided on the second side of the main body,
• each of the first stretching portion and the second stretching portion has a first termination portion located on a side closer to the first edge of the main body and a second termination portion located on a side closer to the second edge of the main body,
• an overlapping portion is defined by an entire area where the absorbent material and the joint tape overlap in an open configuration of the diaper,
• in the lengthwise direction of the joint tape, the joint tape consists of a portion forming the overlapping portion and a portion forming a non-overlapping portion that does not overlap with the absorbent material, wherein the non-overlapping portion extends from the second edge of the absorbent material toward the second edge of the main body in the lengthwise direction, and
• the second termination portions of the first stretching portion and the second stretching portion each end in the lengthwise direction short of the overlapping portion.