A disposable therapy diaper for infants, comprising:
- a front portion, a rear portion and two side portions connecting said front and rear portions, said front and rear portions adapted to contact the waist of an infant and said side portions adapted to go between the legs of the infant, each of said side portions being longer than each of said front and rear portions, said front, rear and side portions providing a fluid absorbing generally rectangular-shaped diaper portion including at least two layers of hypo-allergenic, non-woven material and at least one layer of soft, absorbent material sandwiched between said layers of hypo-allergenic, non-woven material, said fluid absorbing generally rectangular-shaped diaper portion being of minimum area so that only a minimum amount of skin area of a wearer is covered during therapy, said layers of hypo-allergenic, non-woven material having heat sealed outer peripheries;
- at least one folded expansible reservoir means located in said generally rectangular-shaped diaper portion for providing a reservoir for holding urinal and fecal body waste material, each of said folded expansible reservoir means disposed substantially parallel to said side portions and substantially perpendicular to said front and rear portions and including:
- (a) a first edge portion,
- (b) a first rectangular portion which extends in a first direction perpendicular to said first edge portion to a downward first fold line, said downward first fold line being parallel to said first edge portion,
- (c) a second rectangular portion connected to said first rectangular portion and extending in a second direction to a downward second fold line, said downward second fold line being parallel to said downward first fold line and located between said downward first fold line and said first edge portion,
- (d) a third rectangular portion connected to said second rectangular portion and extending from said downward second fold line to an upward third fold line, said upward third fold line being parallel to said downward second fold line, one length of said third rectangular portion being approximately twice the corresponding length of said second rectangular portion,
- (e) a fourth rectangular portion connected to said third rectangular portion and extending from said upward third fold line to a fourth upward fold line, said fourth upward fold line being parallel to said third upward fold line, one length of said fourth rectangular portion being approximately equal to the corresponding length of said second rectangular portion, and
- (f) a fifth rectangular portion connected to said fourth rectangular portion and extending from said fourth upward fold line to a second edge portion, said second edge portion being parallel to said upward fourth fold line, and one length of said fifth rectangular portion being approximately equal to the corresponding length of said first rectangular portion;
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- two continuous thin strap means of generally equal length heat sealed to said front and rear portions, respectfully, of said generally rectangular-shaped diaper portion and extending across each of said front and rear portions of said diaper portion for attaching said diaper portion to the infant in order to partially cover the buttock and genitalia of the infant by tying end portions of one of said two continuous thin strap means to end portions of the other of said two continuous thin strap means, said two continuous thin strap means being made out of a hypo-allergenic, non-woven material, each one of said two continuous thin strap means having a portion heat sealed to one of said front and rear portions of said generally rectangular-shaped diaper portion for permanently securing end portions of each of said folded expansible reservoir means to maintain a fixed pleated configuration.