Diaper with resealable tape closure

A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface for direction toward an infant, a moisture-impervious backing sheet substantially coextensive with said facing sheet and defining a diaper outside surface, an absorbent panel positioned between said facing sheet and said backing sheet, and an adhesive tab fastener means which comprises:

• a backing web adhesively attached to the disposable diaper;
• said backing web is folded over to form first and second substantially juxtaposed anchoring legs each having an inner face and an outer face, which anchoring legs receive a marginal portion of the diaper there-between;
• a continuous, pressure-sensitive adhesive coating is provided on the inner faces of said anchoring legs and permanently attaches said anchoring legs to said marginal portion so that said first anchoring leg is attached to the diaper inside surface and said second anchoring leg is attached to the diaper outside surface;
• a first securing tape ribbon having a fixed end and a free working end;
• an adhesive coating on at least one face of said fixed end of said first securing tape ribbon by means of which said fixed end of said first securing tape ribbon is adhesively attached only to the outer face of said second anchoring leg, thereby securing the fixed end of said first securing tape ribbon to a marginal portion of the diaper, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating on said one face of said free working end of said first securing tape ribbon;
• a second securing tape ribbon having a fixed end and a grippable free working end, said fixed end of said second securing tape ribbon being coextensive with and adhesively but releasably attached to said adhesive-coated face of said free working end of said first securing tape ribbon and the free working end of said second securing tape ribbon extending beyond the free working end of said first securing taper ribbon, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating on said second securing ribbon on the face thereof opposite to the face attached to said free working end of said first securing tape ribbon;
• release means situated on the outer face of said first anchoring leg and facing in the same direction as the diaper inside surface;
• said second securing taper ribbon is movable from a folded-over storage position, in which said second securing tape ribbon is releasably adhered to said release region, to a working position in which said adhesive-coated second securing tape ribbon is available for use in securing the diaper about the infant;
• said free working end of said first securing tape ribbon being separable from said fixed end of said second securing tape ribbon to enable said diaper to be removed from said infant and to make said pressure-sensitive adhesive coating on said free working end of said first securing tape ribbon available for use in refastening said diaper about said infant;
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• a portion of each said free working end projects beyond the respective outermost edge of the pressure-sensitive adhesive coating on each said free working end and provides a gripping means.