Patent ID: 7087046

Claim:
An absorbent garment comprising: a body panel comprising a liquid permeable, non-woven material, wherein said non-woven material is elastically gathered at least in a fastener engaging region and is elongatable between a non-elongated condition and an elongated condition in response to an application of a tensile force, wherein said body panel comprises a laminate of non-woven substrates with a plurality of elastic elements disposed therebetween in said fastener engaging region, wherein said body panel is elongatable at least 50% between said non-elongated condition and said elongated condition upon said application of said tensile force; and a fastener comprising an adhesive directly, releasably engaging said elastically gathered non-woven material at said fastener engaging region, wherein said fastener is releasably disengageable from said elastically gathered non-woven material of said body panel at said fastener engaging region in response to an application of a disengaging shear force, wherein said disengaging shear force is greater than said tensile force.