Patent ID: 8734417

Claim:
A disposable absorbent article comprising: a front waist region, a back waist region, a crotch region between the waist regions, a front waist edge, and a back waist edge; a longitudinal axis extending from a midpoint of the front waist edge through the crotch region to a midpoint of the longitudinally opposed back waist edge; a water impermeable web; an interior surface and an exterior surface; an absorbent assembly; wherein the web is folded over at a first fold line and attached to itself forming a first hem; wherein the web is folded over at a second fold line and attached to itself forming a second hem; wherein the web is folded over at a third fold line and attached in the front and back waist regions forming a first side flap, the third fold line forming a first side edge of the absorbent article; wherein the web is folded over at a fourth fold line and attached in the front and back waist regions forming a second side flap, the fourth fold line forming a second side edge of the absorbent article; wherein the first side flap comprises the first hem and wherein the second side flap comprises the second hem; wherein each of the first and second hems comprise a longitudinally extending gathering member; wherein the first and second side flaps are inwardly biased toward the longitudinal axis; closure members disposed in the back waist region; wherein the closure members are refastenably joined with the front waist region to maintain waist and leg openings of the absorbent article in a closed configuration to form a pant within a package, such that the pant is pre-closed within the package prior to being used; and wherein the closure members have a longitudinal dimension greater than a lateral dimension.