DISPOSABLE DIAPER WITH IMPROVED HOOK AND LOOP FASTENER SYSTEM

A disposable garment or diaper (10) including a laminate and a hook and loop fastener for fastening together portions of the laminate (11) to secure the diaper to an individual. The fastener includes a loop fastener (15) portion adjacent a first end of the laminate comprising a multiplicity of loops, a pair of flexible elongate polymeric tab assemblies (20) having first end portions (21) attached at opposite sides to the laminate adjacent a second end (22) of the laminate (11) and having distal end portions (23) unattached to the laminate, and hook fastener portions (24) at the distal end portions of the tab assemblies comprising a plurality of projecting hook members adapted to make releasable engagement with the loops. The tab assemblies (20) include a layer (27) of pressure sensitive adhesive on the distal end portions adjacent the hook fastener portion providing, after the diaper has been soiled and removed from the individual, means (30) for securing the soiled diaper in a rolled or folded condition surrounding the soiled portion of the diaper to facilitate its disposal by engagement of the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive with the laminate.