Patent ID: 8162913

Claim:
A folded absorbent article defining a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction perpendicular to said lateral direction, an inner surface and an outer surface opposite said inner surface, said folded absorbent article comprising: An absorbent chassis defining a chassis back waist edge and a chassis front waist edge opposite said chassis back waist edge, a first chassis side edge extending in said longitudinal direction and a second chassis side edge extending in said longitudinal direction opposite said first chassis side edge, said absorbent chassis comprising: A liquid impermeable outercover; and An absorbent body disposed on said outercover; A first ear formed separately from and attached proximate said first chassis side edge; A first fastening member defining a first active fastening portion, said first fastening member disposed on said first ear, wherein said first active fastening portion is in an overlaid relationship with said inner surface on said first ear; A first inboard fold wherein said first fastening member is in an overlaid relationship with said inner surface on said absorbent chassis proximate said first chassis side edge, and defining a first inboard fold width in said lateral direction; and A first interior fold defining a first interior fold axis inboard of said first chassis side edge, and a first interior fold width in said lateral direction, wherein said first interior fold width is at least as wide as said first inboard fold width.