Patent ID: 8500710

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: a chassis having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, an inner side for facing a wearer's skin and an outer side for facing away from the wearer's skin, a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region extending between said front and rear waist regions, wherein said front and rear waist regions define a waist-opening having a peripheral edge that has first and second segments, the first and second segments are opposed to each other in said longitudinal direction, said front waist region is defined by a first fibrous nonwoven fabric folded back onto itself along a first fold line defining the first segment of the peripheral edge of the waist-opening, the first fibrous nonwoven fabric including an inner sheet defining the inner side of the front waist region and an outer sheet defining the outer side of the front waist region, and said rear waist region is defined by a second single fibrous nonwoven fabric folded back onto itself along a second fold line defining the second segment of the peripheral edge of the waist-opening, the second fibrous nonwoven fabric including an inner sheet defining the inner side of the rear waist region and an outer sheet defining the outer side of the rear waist region; and see-through regions in said front and rear waist regions in which for allowing the wearer's skin to be seen through the inner and outer sheets in use, wherein said see-through regions are defined by the inner and outer sheets forming the front and rear waist regions and having a total light transmittance of about 55% or higher and respectively occupy about 40% or more of said front and rear waist regions; and a reinforcing elastic member attached to the chassis along said peripheral edge of the waist-opening and extending along the first and second fold lines in said transverse direction.