Patent ID: 8486038

Claim:
A disposable pull-on garment contained in a package, the pull-on garment having a waist opening and leg openings, and having a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline, the pull-on garment comprising a main portion and side portions extending transversely outwardly from the main portion wherein said main portion and said side portions are formed with separate elements and said side portions are joined to said main portion, said main portion comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, a leg elastic material and a barrier leg cuff, said side portions comprising an elasticized front side panel comprising a side elastic material extending in a transverse direction of said main portion, a longitudinally extending distal side edge having a longitudinal length and a back side panel comprising a longitudinally extending distal side edge having a longitudinal length that is greater than the longitudinal length of said longitudinally extending distal side edge of said front side panel, wherein the front side panel and the back side panel are joined at a seam to form said waist and leg openings, the pull-on garment having longitudinal side contour lines to define a transverse width of the pull-on garment, the pull-on garment having a first transverse width between the longitudinal side contour lines at the waist opening and a second transverse width between the longitudinal side contour lines at the seam of the front and back side panels, the second transverse width being greater than the first transverse width and being the greatest transverse width at the side portions in a flat contracted and unfolded condition of the pull-on garment, wherein the side portions are folded along a folding line toward the longitudinal centerline when the pull-on garment is contained in a package such that the second transverse width decreases and the difference between the first transverse width and the second transverse width decreases when the side portions are folded compared with when the side portions are unfolded.