Patent ID: 6596107
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A process for forming an article, the process comprising:a providing of a first panel layer having a first inboard portion and a first outboard portion; a positioning of a second panel layer onto the first panel layer, the second panel layer having a second inboard portion and a second outboard portion; an attaching of the first inboard portion to the second inboard portion; an attaching of a side region of a tab web to the inboard portion of at least one of the first and second panel layers to provide a first assembly web; a providing of a fastening mechanism attached to an appointed securement surface of the tab web; a folding of the outboard portion of at least one of the first and second panel layers, thereby providing a folded layer and a protruding layer; a severing of the first assembly web to provide a plurality of individual panel assemblies; wherein each individual panel assembly includes a tab web portion, a folded layer portion and a protruding layer portion; a providing of an article segment having a first waistband portion, a second waistband portion and an intermediate portion that interconnects the first and second waistband portions; an attaching of the protruding layer portion of at least one individual panel assembly to a side section of the first waistband portion of the article segment; a transverse folding of the article segment along a transversely extending fold line to provide a folded article segment; and an attaching of the folded layer portion of the at least one individual panel assembly to a side section of the second waistband portion of the folded article segment.