Patent ID: 7947358

Claim:
A fastener tab ( 31 ) configured to be fastened to one side portion of an absorbent article that includes a front part, a rear part and an intermediate crotch part, so as to join together coacting side portions of the front and rear parts of said article, said fastener tab ( 31 ) comprising: a user end and a manufacturer end spaced apart a first distance when the fastener tab ( 31 ) is unstressed; and a layer of elastic material ( 1 ) which is an elastic layer mounted on and fastened in a stretched state in which the user end and the manufacturer end are spaced apart a second distance greater than said first distance, to two layers ( 9 , 10 ) of essentially unstretchable material, the two layers ( 9 , 10 ) of essentially unstretchable material sandwiching the elastic layer, wherein the two unstretchable layers extend beyond the elastic layer to form an unstretchable end-part ( 34 ) that includes the user end, the unstretchable end part ( 34 ) extending over a whole width of the fastener tab ( 31 ), the elastic layer ( 1 ) extends in a relaxed state only partway into the unstretchable end-part ( 34 ), and fastener elements ( 27 ′) are mounted on the unstretchable end-part ( 34 ) on one of said two unstretchable layers ( 9 , 10 ), a part of the end-part ( 34 ) being without the elastic layer.