Patent ID: 8206366

Claim:
A prefastened, refastenable absorbent article, comprising: a chassis having a front waist region, a back waist region and a crotch region intermediate the front waist region and the back waist region, and defining an elasticized waist opening having a relaxed waist opening diameter; a first side seam including passive bonds connecting a first edge portion of the front waist region to a first edge portion of the back waist region; a second side seam including passive bonds connecting a second edge portion of the front waist region to a second edge portion of the back waist region; a first leg elastic member positioned along a first side edge of the chassis at the crotch region; and a second leg elastic member positioned along a second side edge of the chassis at the crotch region, the first leg elastic member and the second leg elastic member defining a crotch elastic spacing between an outside edge of the first leg elastic member and an outside edge of the second leg elastic member at a narrowest spacing of the leg elastic members in the crotch region, wherein the crotch elastic spacing is less than the relaxed waist opening diameter.