Patent ID: 7195622

Claim:
An absorbent article with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and with two end edges extending in the transverse direction and two side edges extending in the longitudinal direction, the article further comprising a fastening arrangement for fastening the absorbent article, said fastening arrangement comprising a material strip with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and with a first end and a second end, said first end of the material strip being firmly anchored to the absorbent article, and the material strip comprising a fastening device, the fastening arrangement is an extendable fastening arrangement formed by the material strip being folded in a Z along two fold lines extending transversely across the material strip and which divide the material strip into a first end portion at the first end, a second end portion at the second end, and a middle portion between the end portions, and the first end portion of the material strip is secured to the middle portion by a first breakable attachment, and the second end portion of the material strip is secured to the middle portion by a second breakable attachment, and the fastening device is arranged on the second end portion on a surface directed away from the middle portion when the material strip is in the folded state, wherein the article further comprises an elongate absorption part, said absorption part having a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the extendable fastening arrangement is firmly anchored on one end portion of the absorption part and the extendable fastening arrangement is extendable in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article the article further comprising a belt, wherein the extendable fastening arrangement is adapted to be secured to the belt, wherein the first end portion of the absorption part is firmly anchored to the belt, and the extendable fastening arrangement is firmly anchored to the second end portion, wherein the article further comprises a second extendable fastening arrangement which is firmly anchored to the second end portion of the absorption part and is adapted to be secured to the belt.