Disposable diaper

A disposable diaper comprising:

• a liquid-permeable topsheet;
• a liquid-impermeable backsheet;
• a liquid-absorbent core sandwiched between said topsheet and said backsheet;
• the topsheet, backsheet and core forming a front body and a rear body, said front and rear bodies separated longitudinally by a crotch zone;.
• the diaper having front and rear bodies seamed to each other by a series of intermittent welded zones having first and second side edges and arranged along transversely opposite side portions of said front and rear bodies, the transversely opposite side portions being defined by portions of the front and rear bodies extending outwardly from transversely opposite side edges-of said core;
• the diaper having a plurality of elastic members along peripheries of at least one of a waist-opening and a pair of leg openings, wherein a first generally rectangular weld pattern including a plurality of intermittent generally rectangular welds is provided at said transversely opposite side portions of said front and rear bodies with one of said plurality of intermittent rectangular welds disposed between pairs of adjacent elastic members with long sides of the first generally rectangular welds generally parallel to the elastic members;
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• wherein welded patterns define each of said welded zones, each welded pattern having an outer contour portion defined by outer edges, said outer edges being spaced apart at said second side edge and being connected to each other at said first side edge;
• the combination of rectangular welds and welded patterns along the intermittent welded zones permitting the diaper to be torn off a user longitudinally along the welded zones.