Patent ID: 8162912

Claim:
An absorbent article for personal wear about a wearer's waist, said article comprising: a liquid permeable inner surface for facing the wearer; an outer surface for facing away from the wearer; an absorbent body disposed therebetween; a first waist region, a second waist region and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the first and second waist regions, said first and second waist regions being one of permanently attached and releasably attachable to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article having a waist opening, a pair of leg openings spaced from the waist opening, and transversely opposite sides each extending a length Lp from the waist opening to one of the leg openings, the article being configurable from said wear configuration to a disposal configuration in which the article is generally compacted for disposal; a primary fastening system for releasably attaching the first waist region to the second waist region generally at the sides of the article, the primary fastening system comprising a hook material permanently attached to the first waist region; and a disposal tab having: an attachment region permanently attached to one of said sides of the article in the second waist region and extending a greatest length La along at least a portion of the length Lp of said side; and a tab region extending transversely outward from the attachment region and being attachable to the article in at least the disposal configuration of the article, the disposal tab comprising a base substrate and a fastening component attached to the base substrate in the tab region, wherein the base substrate of the disposal tab defines a portion of the primary fastening system and is releasably attachable to the hook material of the primary fastening system.