A PANTS-TYPE WEARING ARTICLE (1) INCLUDES FRONT AND REAR WAIST REGIONS (6,7) CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER BY FASTENER MEANS (14) IN A DETACHABLE AND REFASTENABLE MANNER. EACH OF THE FASTENER MEANS (14) COMPRISES A SHEET-LIKE SUPPORTING ELEMENT (20) ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED IN A Z-SHAPE OR AN INVERTED Z-SHAPE AS THE FRONT AND REAR WAIST REGIONS (6,7) ARE PUT FLAT TOGETHER AND A FASTENER ELEMENT (21). THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT (20) HAS A TOP SECTION (61), A BOTTOM SECTION (62) AND AN INTERMEDIATE SECTION (63) CONNECTING THE TOP AND BOTTOM SECTIONS (61,62). BETWEEN OPPOSED SURFACES OF THE BOTTOM SECTION (62) AND THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION (63), A SHEET-LIKE LINER SECTION (43) IS PROVIDED SO AS TO EXTEND FROM A BOTTOM SECTION’S OPENABLE END (69) OF THE BOTTOM SECTION (62) ALONG THESE OPPOSED SURFACES TOWARD A TOP SECTION’S JOINT END (66). THE TOP SECTION (61) IS BONDED TO THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION (63) BY A FIRST BONDING ZONE (51) WHILE THE LINER SECTION (43) IS BONDED TO THE BOTTOM SECTION (62) AND THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION (63) BY A SECOND BONDING ZONE (52). IN THE SUPPORTING ELEMENT (20), THE FIRST BONDING ZONE (51) AND THE SECOND BONDING ZONE (52) OVERLAP EACHOTHER IN A HEIGHT DIRECTION OF THE Z-SHAPE WITH INTERPOSITION OF THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION (63). FIG.4
