Patent ID: 9480611
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of manufacturing an absorbent article including a fastening system configured to attach a rear waist region of the absorbent article to a front waist region of the absorbent article to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article, the fastening system including a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system, the primary fastening system including at least one primary first fastening component and a primary second fastening component, the secondary fastening system including at least one secondary first fastening component and at least one secondary second fastening component, the method comprising: coupling a carrier web to a web of primary second fastening component material to form a composite web, the carrier web including secondary first fastening component material; cutting the composite web to form a discrete composite web component comprising primary second fastening component material and discrete portions of secondary first fastening component material; and coupling the discrete composite web component to an outer cover of an absorbent assembly, the absorbent assembly comprising: wherein the discrete composite web component forms the primary second fastening component of the primary fastening system and the at least one secondary first fastening component of the secondary fastening system; wherein an inboard-most longitudinal edge of a first discrete portion of secondary first fastening component material proximate the first side portion is disposed outboard of the first longitudinally extending fold-line, and wherein an inboard-most longitudinal edge of a second discrete portion of secondary first fastening component material proximate the second side portion is disposed outboard of the second longitudinally extending fold-line.