Patent ID: 8882648

Claim:
A method for assembling disposable diaper pants, each diaper pant comprising a chassis, a first side panel, and a second side panel, each chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, each chassis having a first waist region longitudinally opposed to a second waist region, and a crotch region located between the first and second waist regions, and having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the first and second side panels joining the first waist region and the second waist region to form a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, the method comprising the steps of: connecting first end regions of the first and second side panels with the first waist region of the chassis; conveying the chassis in a first direction, wherein the backsheet is in direct contact with a moving surface of a first chassis conveyor, and wherein the first and second side panels extend laterally outward from the first waist region with the first side panel positioned on a moving surface of a first panel conveyor and the second side panel positioned on a moving surface of a second panel conveyor; advancing the second waist region of the chassis past a nip defined between the first chassis conveyor and a second chassis conveyor; folding the chassis to position the second waist region into a facing relationship with the first waist region by redirecting the crotch region of the chassis into the nip; conveying the folded chassis in a second direction between the first chassis conveyor and the second chassis conveyor, wherein the first and second side panels extend laterally outward from the first waist region with the first side panel positioned on the moving surface of the first panel conveyor and the second side panel positioned on the moving surface of the second panel conveyor; twisting the first and second panel conveyors to position second end regions of the first and second side panels in contact with the second waist region of the chassis; connecting the second end regions of the first and second side panels with the second waist region of the chassis.