DISPOSABLE HYGIENE PANTS WITH A FRONT PORTION (2), A REAR PORTION (3) AND A CROTCH PORTION (4) PROVIDED WITH TWO LEG OPENINGS (5, 6), THE LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTIONS (21, 22) OF THE FRONT PORTION BEING CONNECTED BY LONGITUDINAL WELD SEAMS (7, 8) TO THE LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTIONS (31, 32) OF THE REAR PORTION (3) IN ORDER TO FORM A WAIST OPENING (9) AND TWO LEG OPENINGS (5, 6) IN THE CROTCH PORTION, WHICH LEG OPENINGS ARE OUTWARDLY DELIMITED IN THE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION BY THE INNER END PORTIONS OF THE WELD SEAMS AS SEEN IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE HYGIENE PANTS. THE HYGIENE PANTS HAVE AN OUTER COVER (10), WHICH IS PREFERABLY ELASTIC, AND COMPRISE AN ABSORPTION UNIT (11). THE COVER IS MADE OF AN ELASTIC LAMINATE COMPRISING AN ELASTIC FILM APPLIED BETWEEN TWO NONWOVEN LAYERS. THE WELD SEAMS (7, 8) ARE EACH REINFORCED BY AT LEAST ONE STRIP OF REINFORCING MATERIAL (15, 16) CONTAINING THERMOPLASTIC FIBERS THAT IS AFFIXED TO THE COVER USING ADHESIVE PLACED 15 PROXIMATE TO BUT PREFERABLY NOT IN THE AREA OF THE WELDS. FIG. 1
