#$%^&*AU2014280930B120150827.pdf#####42 [ABSTRACT] An open-type disposable diaper having a longitudinal direction and a width direction intersecting with each other, having arranged a first waist-circumference part, a crotch part, 5 and a second waist-circumference part in this order from one side in the longitudinal direction, including an absorbent body core, and a pair of fastening tapes extending outward from the first waist-circumference part in both width directions, wherein the second waist-circumference part includes an engaging end of the 10 fastening tapes at a location in the longitudinal direction where longitudinal ends, of the fastening tapes, on a side of the crotch part are located when longitudinal ends of the disposable diaper are aligned, the absorbent body core includes at least a pair of notch parts on both ends in the width direction, and in the 15 longitudinal direction a portion that becomes narrowest among portions of the absorbent body core sandwiched between the pair of notch parts is located in a region, in an area between the engaging end and a product center that is a center of the disposable diaper, between a center of the area and the engaging end.
