THE PRESENT INVENTION AIMS TO PROVIDE AN IMPROVED WEARING ARTICLE ALLOWING T HE DIMENSION OF THE LEG-OPENINGS TO BE ADEQUATELY LARGE WITHOUT CAUSING LEAKAGE OF URINE. A CHASSIS (2) IS FORMED IN A CROTCH REGION (6) WITH AN OPENING (15) EXTENDING THROUGH INNER AND OUTER SHEETS (12, 13) IN THE THICKNESS DIRECTIQN. THE OPENING (15) EXTENDS ACROSS THE CROTCH REGION (6) IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION (Y) PARTIALLY INTO FRONT AND REAR WAIST REGIONS (4, 5) AND ALSO EXTENDS THROUGH PARTS OF RESPECTIVE WAIST REGION ELASTIC SHEETS (14) IN THE THICKNESS DIRECTION. AN ABSORBENT PANEL (16) FUNCTIONING AS A LIQUID-ABSORBENT STRUCTURE (3) IS ATTACHED TO THE SKIN-FACING SURFACE OF THE CHASSIS (2) TO COVER THE OPENING (15). THE LIQUID-ABSORBENT PANEL (16) IS JOINED ALONG BOTH SIDE EDGES (17, 18) THEREOF TO THE INNER SHEET (12) AND THE WAIST REGION ELASTIC SHEETS (14) BY BONDING OR SEALING TECHNIQUE AND ALONG FRONT AND REAR ENDS (19, 20) THEREOF TO THE WAIST REGION ELASTIC SHEETS (14) BY BONDING OR SEALING TECHNIQUE.
