Patent ID: 6843786

Claim:
An absorbent garment comprising first and second waist portions at opposed ends thereof, the waist portions each having side edges, wherein the waist portions are joined by an intermediate region suitable for the inclusion of an absorbent body for absorbing bodily exudate, and wherein a first attachment device is provided on the first waist portion, and a second attachment device is provided on the second waist portion, the first and second attachment devices cooperating with each other for releasable attachment, wherein the first attachment device comprises at least two elongate first attachment strip elements extending between the side edges of the first waist portion and the second attachment device comprises a second attachment strip element at each side edge of the second waist portion, each of the second attachment strip elements having a major and a minor length, the major length greater than the minor length and the major length extending generally transverse to the first attachment strip elements, wherein the first attachment strip elements are separated, over at least a part of their length, by a distance which is at least as large as a major proportion of the width of any one of the first attachment strip elements as measured at the at least a part of their length, and in that the major length of each of the second attachment strip elements is greater than the distance separating the first attachment strip elements.