Patent ID: 8328780

Claim:
An absorbent article, comprising: a chassis having a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between said front and back waist regions; an outer cover member extending longitudinally between said front and back waist regions; a bodyside liner extending longitudinally between said front and back waist regions; an absorbent body structure sandwiched between said outer cover member and said bodyside liner; said bodyside liner comprising a material having a generally non-elastic base layer of a fluid permeable material; first and second separate strips of elastomeric material attached to said base layer material in a necked condition of said base layer material with a space between said separate strips of elastomeric material to define composite regions of said elastomeric material and said necked base layer material, said space between said composite regions defining a center region of said base layer material that has returned to generally its pre-necked width, overlies said absorbent body structure, and is inherently less extensible than said composite regions in a lateral direction of said necked base layer material within said composite regions; and wherein said center region of said base layer material remains generally non-elastic and said composite regions are elastic and stretchable in at least a lateral direction in use of said absorbent article.