Patent ID: 8858523

Claim:
A disposable wearable fastenable absorbent article having a lateral centerline, that when in an unfastened state comprises: an absorbent core area; a side, comprising a front portion and a back portion; and an anchoring subsystem contained within a particular, defined area of the disposable wearable absorbent article, said defined area being the side; where said anchoring subsystem includes exactly one side anchoring member, wherein the entire side anchoring member is embedded, partly in the front portion of the side and partly in the back portion of the side; wherein when the article is in an unfastened state, no part of the side anchoring member crosses the lateral centerline; and wherein the side anchoring member includes: a pathway; a front end of the pathway disposed at a front end location at a front end longitudinally outboard distance; a back end of the pathway disposed at a back end location at a back end longitudinally outboard distance; and a middle disposed along the pathway between the front end and the back end, including a middle location disposed at a middle longitudinally outboard distance; wherein: at least one of the front end location and the back end location is outside of the absorbent core area; the front end longitudinally outboard distance is less than the back end longitudinally outboard distance; and the back end longitudinally outboard distance is about equal to the middle longitudinally outboard distance; and wherein the side anchoring member does not substantially encircle a leg of a wearer when the article is worn by the wearer.