Patent ID: 6336922
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article having an absorbent chassis which defines a front waist section, a rear waist section, an intermediate section which interconnects said front and rear waist sections, a pair of longitudinally opposed end edges, and a pair of laterally opposed side edges, said absorbent article further comprising a fit panel attached to said absorbent chassis which defines a waist edge which is superposed adjacent one of said pair of longitudinally opposed end edges of said absorbent chassis, a pair of laterally opposed outboard edges which are located laterally beyond said side edges of said absorbent chassis, respectively, and a second edge which is located longitudinally inward from said one end edge of said absorbent chassis and which remains at least partially unattached to said absorbent chassis wherein at least a portion of a total panel width and length of said fit panel remains unattached to said absorbent chassis between said side edges of said absorbent chassis thereby defining an unattached zone that defines an unattached width which is at least about 10 percent of an entire width of said-absorbent chassis.