Patent ID: 8454572

Claim:
A disposable absorbent article comprising: a) a chassis having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, a front region with a front edge, a rear region with a back edge, a crotch region between the front region and the rear region, and a pair of opposing longitudinal edges, said chassis comprising an absorbent core having front and back edges wherein said absorbent core contains less than 10% by weight of the absorbent core of cellulosic fibers; b) left and right elastically elongatable ears that are discrete from said chassis, each of said left and right ears having upper and lower edges and a transverse axis, each of said upper and lower edges having proximal and distal ends, said left and right ears defining a back section of said absorbent article that is present between said back edge of said chassis and a line connecting the respective lower ends of the lower edge of said left and right elastically elongatable ears wherein said left ear is a mirror image of said right ear relative to the longitudinal axis of said chassis; and c) left and right fastening tabs respectively connected to a distal portion of said left and right elastically elongatable ears, each of said left and right fastening tabs having upper and lower edges and a transverse axis, each of said upper and lower edges of said fastening tabs having a proximal end wherein said left fastening tab is a mirror image of said right fastening tab relative to the longitudinal axis of said chassis, wherein said left and right elastically elongatable ears are connected to said chassis such that the transverse axis of said left and right fastening tabs is located between said back edge of the chassis and said back edge of said absorbent core, wherein the upper and lower edges of said fastening tabs are asymmetric relative to the transverse axis of the fastening tabs and wherein the transverse axis of the fastening tab overlaps substantially with the transverse axis of the elongatable ear.