Patent ID: 7862549

Claim:
An absorbent article, the absorbent article comprising an elastic component the elastic component comprising: (a) a first substrate having an elastomeric composition applied either directly or indirectly via a printing method in a predetermined geometric pattern, selected from the group consisting of rectilinear stripes, curvilinear stripes, triangles, trapezoids, squares, parallelograms, polygons, ellipses, circles and combinations thereof, said pattern comprising at least two individual elastomeric members differing in a property selected from the group consisting of differing width dimensions between the elastomeric members, differing thickness dimensions between the elastomeric members, differing mechanical properties between the elastomeric members, and differing visual appearance between the elastomeric members and such that the elastomeric composition partially penetrates the first substrate, wherein the elastomeric composition comprises a phase change solvent having the general formula: Râ€²-L y -(Q-L x ) n-1 -Q-L y -R; â€ƒâ€ƒ(I) Râ€²-L y -(Q-L x ) n -R; â€ƒâ€ƒ(II) Râ€²-(Q-L x ) n -R; â€ƒâ€ƒ(III) Râ€²-(Q-L x ) n-1 -Q-L y R; â€ƒâ€ƒ(IV) Râ€²-(Q-L x ) n-1 -Q-R; or â€ƒâ€ƒ(V) a mixture thereof; wherein Q is a para-ring substituted difunctional aromatic moiety, and wherein the substitutions are in the 1,4 positions; L is CH2; R and Râ€² are the same or different and are independently selected from H, CH3, COOH, CONHR1, CONR1R2, NHR3, NR3R4, hydroxy, or C1-C30 alkoxy; wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and are independently selected from H or linear or branched alkyl from C1-C30; x is an integer from 1 to 30; y is an integer from 1 to 30; and n is an integer from 3 to 7; wherein the phase change solvent has a phase change in a temperature range from 40Â° C. to about 250Â° C.; and (b) a second substrate joined to the first substrate to form a laminate; wherein the elastomeric composition is disposed between the first and second substrates.