Patent ID: 6893426
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An absorbent garment, comprising: a chassis comprising a front panel and a back panel, and defining a waist opening and first and second leg openings; a first refastenable lap seam extending from the waist opening to the first leg opening between the front panel and the back panel; and a second refastenable lap seam extending from the waist opening to the second leg opening between the front panel and the back panel; wherein each of the first and second refastenable lap seams comprises a fastening component having a first longitudinal edge area bonded to a surface of the back panel adjacent a distal edge of the back panel thereby forming a standing butt seam between the fastening component and the back panel, and a second longitudinal edge area opposite the first longitudinal edge area of the fastening component adapted to refastenably connect to a mating fastening component on a surface of the front panel.