Patent ID: 7169137

Claim:
An absorbent article, comprising: a flexible chassis defining front and rear waist regions and a crotch region extending between said front and rear waist regions, said front and rear waist regions being joined together to form a waist-hole and a pair of leg-holes; an absorbent member more rigid than said chassis and bonded to on an inner surface of said chassis, said absorbent member having a decorative element adapted to be seen through said chassis and placed in at least one of said front and rear waist regions; said chassis having transversely opposite lateral zones and an intermediate zone between said lateral zones; and said intermediate zone having an optical transmittance higher than that of said lateral zones; wherein transversely extending elastic members are positioned in said waist regions and between said waist-hole and said leg-holes to extend across said decorative element without causing substantial contraction of said decorative element.