Patent ID: 8556877

Claim:
A method for constructing an absorbent pant garment, comprising: providing an absorbent chassis defining a waist opening and first and second leg openings; providing at least one front side panel and at least one back side panel wherein the at least one front side panel and the at least one back side panel form at least one refastenable seam there between; forming the at least one refastenable seam so that the at least one refastenable seam is refastenable from the waist opening to one of the leg openings; providing at least one fastening component on a first surface of an elastomeric layer of the at least one front side panel adjacent to a distal edge of the at least one front side panel refastenably connected to at least one mating fastening component on a second surface of the at least one back side panel adjacent to a distal edge of the at least one back side panel, wherein the second surface is opposite the first surface, one of the at least one fastening component and the at least one mating fastening component being a smaller fastening component of the at least one refastenable seam; forming the at least one front side panel to include a waist end edge, a distal edge, and a leg end edge, with a portion of the waist end edge and a portion of the leg end edge substantially parallel to one another adjacent the distal edge for a distance greater than a transverse width of the smaller fastening component of the corresponding refastenable seam; forming the at least one back side panel to include a waist end edge, a distal edge, and a leg end edge, with a portion of the waist end edge and a portion of the leg end edge substantially parallel to one another adjacent the distal edge for a distance greater than a transverse width of the smaller fastening component of the corresponding refastenable seam; and forming the at least one refastenable seam to include a transverse overlap wider than a transverse width of the smaller fastening component of the at least one refastenable seam.