Patent ID: 8057457

Claim:
An absorbent garment, said garment having a longitudinal and a transverse direction and comprises a first body panel, a second body panel and a crotch portion there between, each of said first and second body panels having a waist portion, said garment further being provided with opposed laterally extending first and second belt members attached to the waist portion of first body panel and being adapted to be wrapped around the waist of the wearer of the garment and fastened together by a first fastener, the second body panel at its waist portion being provided with second fasteners adapted to be fastened to the belt members, in such a way that the garment will assume a pant-like shape, wherein an elastic member extends continuously in transverse direction across the entire waist portion of the first body panel and extends laterally beyond said first body panel into each belt member and over no more than 50% of the length of each belt member, so as to form elastic proximal end regions of each belt member, the first belt member comprising the elastic member, a first inelastic member, and the first fastener, the first inelastic member having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being closer to the first body panel than the distal end, wherein the elastic member overlaps the proximal end of the first inelastic member and wherein the first fastener is attached to the distal end of the first inelastic member, the second belt member comprising the elastic member and a second inelastic member, the second inelastic member having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being closer to the first body panel than the distal end, wherein the elastic member overlaps the proximal end of the second inelastic member.