Patent ID: 8123734

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent body enclosed therebetween, said article having a front portion, a rear portion and a crotch portion therebetween, and further is provided with a pair of belt members attached to one of the rear portion and the front portion of the article and which are intended to be fastened together around a waist of a wearer by fasteners and where the other one of said front portion and said rear portion is provide with fasteners adapted to be fastened to the belt members, in such a way that the article will assume a pant shape, the belt members form a part of a waist portion of the pant, the belt members comprise a flexible laminate of at least three layers of fibrous material bonded together in a bonding pattern, one of said layers having an external surface acting as an attachment surface for said fasteners, said bonding pattern having a bonding area of no more than 10%, and a density of bonding sites of between 1 and 15 bonding sites per cm 2 , and said laminate having a tear strength of at least 22 N; wherein said laminate comprises an inner layer of a soft and skin friendly fibrous material, an outer layer that is creped, and a middle layer that is more tear resistant than the inner and outer layers.