Patent ID: 6878223

Claim:
A method of making a refastenable garment with attached side panels, comprising: a. providing a garment chassis web with a longitudinal axis in a machine direction and edges opposed in the cross machine direction; b. providing a side panel having a first fastener disposed on the side panel, the first fastener disposed between a waist end edge and a leg end edge of the side panel; c. overlaying the side panel on the garment chassis web and securing the side panel to the garment chassis web whereby the side panel lays substantially between the edges of the garment chassis web; and d. providing a cooperating fastener disposed on the chassis, the cooperating fastener spaced from the first fastener along the longitudinal axis of the chassis web; and e. folding the side panel in a position partly inboard of one chassis width edge so as to place at least a portion of the first fastener outboard of the one chassis width edge.