Patent ID: 6846374

Claim:
A process for making a prefastened and refastenable pant, comprising; providing a plurality of discrete articles, each article having first and second waist regions, a crotch region interconnecting the waist regions, a longitudinal centerline, first and second fastening components disposed in the first and second waist regions respectively and adapted to refastenably engage one another, the first waist region having opposed side panels; providing an activatable retractive material in at least one of the waist regions; folding each article through the crotch region; folding the opposed side panels to overlap at least portions of the first and second fastening components; engaging the first and second fastening components; and activating at least a portion of the refractive material causing the retractive material to retract subsequent to engagement of the fastening components, wherein activating the refractive material provides a waistband-to-hip circumference ratio of about 95 percent or less at a 70 gram loading and a waistband-to-hip circumference ratio of about 100 percent at a 2000 gram loading.