Patent ID: 8128609

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an absorbent article comprising the steps of: i. providing a single elastic member, an upper sheet, a lower sheet and an adhesive; ii. applying said adhesive to at least one side of said single elastic member; iii. assembling a laminate structure wherein said single elastic member is disposed between said upper sheet and said lower sheet; iv. making internal cuts in said single elastic member so as to form at least one continuous elastic member and at least one discontinuous elastic member within said single elastic member; v. assembling the absorbent article wherein said laminate structure is disposed between a body-facing surface and a garment-facing surface which are joined to form a side seam, the absorbent article comprises a front region and a back region, the at least one continuous elastic member extends continuously and without interruption across an entire width of one of the front region and the back region, and wherein said internal cuts are adjacent said side seam.