Patent ID: 8029488

Claim:
A disposable pull-on diaper having a wearer-faceable surface; a longitudinal centerline and a lateral centerline; a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the front and back waist regions, wherein the front waist region and back waist region are joined to form a waist opening and leg openings; the pull-on diaper comprising an absorbent assembly and an elastic belt; wherein the absorbent assembly comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet; wherein the elastic belt exhibits less than about 80% of the maximum force after 15 seconds as measured by the Percent Release Test; wherein the elastic belt comprises a plurality of elastic strands that each include a slow recovery elastomer that are stretch bonded between the topsheet and the backsheet, the slow recovery elastomer comprising between about 40% and about 50% of a modifying resin; and wherein the modifying resin raises a glass transition temperature of a soft phase of an elastomeric polymer.