Patent ID: 8361046

Claim:
An absorbent article defining a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction, the absorbent article comprising: an outer cover comprising an elastic material; a bodyside liner; an absorbent structure positioned in between the outer cover and the liner; and wherein the outer cover defining six equal distant zones in the longitudinal direction, the zones including a front waist zone, a front leg zone, a front crotch zone, a back crotch zone, a back leg zone, and a back waist zone, wherein the outer cover is constructed such that the front leg zone has a tension of less than about 1200 grams-force at about 160% to about 175% stretch in the lateral direction, and wherein each of the front waist zone, the front crotch zone, the back crotch zone, the back leg zone, and the back waist zone of the outer cover has a tension of greater than about 1500 grams-force at about 160% to about 175% stretch in the lateral direction.