Patent ID: 8262636

Claim:
An absorbent article for personal wear about a wearer's waist, the 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 front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions; an elastomeric front side panel attached to the front waist region and an elastomeric back side panel attached to the back waist region, wherein each side panel has an attachment edge and a free edge; a first article fastening component coupled to one of the front and back side panels; a second article fastening component coupled to the other of the front and back side panels, wherein the front and back side panels are releasably fastenable to each other to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article having a waist opening and a leg opening spaced from the waist opening, wherein the front and back side panels each extend from the waist opening to the leg opening; and a finger tab system including a finger tab having first and second ends, a tab fastening component, and a distal point, the first end of the finger tab being attached to the free edge of one of the front and back side panels, and a tab line where the finger tab intersects the free edge of the one of the front and back side panels, wherein the finger tab system includes an aperture disposed between the distal point of the finger tab and the tab line and wherein the aperture is a slit through the finger tab, and wherein the tab fastening component is disposed on the finger tab between the slit and the tab line.