Patent ID: 8172821

Claim:
An absorbent article for personal wear about a wearer's waist, said article comprising: a central absorbent assembly comprising a liquid permeable inner layer for facing the wearer, an outer layer for facing away from the wearer, an absorbent body disposed therebetween, a front waist region, a back waist region and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions; an article fastening system attaching the back waist region to the front waist region to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings spaced from the waist opening, the waist opening having a size in the wear configuration of the article; and a waist adjustment system comprising a tab having an attachment region which attaches the tab to one of said front waist region and said back waist region and a tab region extending transversely outward from the attachment region, the tab region having a fastener region releasably attachable to multiple locations on said one of said front waist region and said back waist region to selectively alter the size of the waist opening in said wear configuration of the article, wherein the fastener region of the tab is attached to said one of said front waist region and said back waist region when said front waist region and said back waist region are detached at said article fastening system.