Patent ID: 7713254

Claim:
A sanitary, absorbent article comprising: a hooks and loops fastener for overlappingly attaching opposite first and second side parts of the article to each other, the article having a first position where a portion of the first side part extends over a portion of the second side part and the first and second side parts are attached to each other so that a free edge of the first side part is distanced from a free edge of the second side part of the article, when in the first position, a hooks fastener member is affixed to the first side part in an area thereof overlapping a loops section of the second side part; at least the hooks fastener member has a base portion having a bottom surface, the entire bottom surface overlaying and being affixed to the first side part of the article and the base portion having an opposite top surface containing hook elements, the base portion having a first free end edge distal from the free edge of the first side part and a second free end edge at a location proximate to the free edge of the first side part, wherein the base portion exists only between the first free end edge and the second free end edge, the base portion includes a first region extending from the first free end edge thereof toward the second free end edge and a second region extending from the second free end edge thereof toward the first region such that the second region is closer to the free edge of the first side part than the first region; the hook elements on the hooks fastener member are arranged on the base portion so that the second region is able to engage the loops fastener member with a greater strength than the first region.