Patent ID: 7507224

Claim:
A folded, open, absorbent garment, comprising: an absorbent chassis including an absorbent core positioned between an outer cover and a body side liner, the absorbent chassis defining a waist opening and first and second leg openings when in a fastened position; the absorbent chassis having a longitudinal length extending from a front waist region to a back waist region, with each of two transversely opposed distal edges of the back waist region folded onto a surface of the absorbent chassis along respective longitudinal fold lines, and each of two transversely opposed distal edges of the front waist region folded onto a surface of the absorbent chassis along respective longitudinal fold lines, and the absorbent chassis folded along at least one transverse fold line; wherein a width between the longitudinal fold lines in the back waist region is less than the combined widths between each of the transversely opposed distal edges of the back waist region and the respective longitudinal fold line; and the width between the longitudinal fold lines in the back waist region is greater than a width between transversely opposed leg elastics in a crotch region of the absorbent chassis, such that the transversely opposed leg elastics are positioned between the longitudinal fold lines in at least a portion of the garment.