Patent ID: 6402731
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A package of prefastened disposable absorbent articles comprising a container and a plurality of the prefastened disposable absorbent articles which comprise an interior surface configured to face a wearer's body in use, an outer surface opposite the interior surface, an absorbent, a front waist region, a back waist region, a crotch region which extends between and connects the waist regions and a pair of laterally opposed side edges, wherein each of the prefastened disposible absorbent articles further includes a multi-functional fastening system comprising:a) a pair of primary fasteners that are respectively located on the opposed side edges in the back waist region and that are refastenably prefastened during manufacture to the outer surface in the front waist region of the disposable absorbent article to define a waist perimeter dimension and to provide the prefastened disposable absorbent articles; and b) a secondary fastener that is located in the back waist region and that is configured to refastenably engage the outer surface in the front waist region to reduce the waist perimeter dimension and conform the waist regions to the wearer's body after the prefastened disposable absorbent article is pulled on over a wearer's hips.