Patent ID: 8333748

Claim:
An outer cover for a disposable absorbent article, the outer cover comprising: a. a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction, a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge opposed thereto, a garment facing side and an opposing wearer facing side, a first waist region and a second waist region opposed thereto, wherein a portion of at least one of the first and second waist regions is activated in the lateral direction, a crotch region disposed between the first and second opposing waist regions, and a leg band portion disposed adjacent to at least one of the first and second longitudinal side edges in at least the crotch region, the leg band portion being activated in a direction other than the lateral direction; b. an extensible base layer, the base layer being coextensive with the outer cover in at least the longitudinal direction; c. an extensible reinforcing member, comprised of only nonwoven material, not activated, and joined to the base layer as an additional layer, the reinforcing member being disposed at least in the leg band portion of the crotch region of the outer cover; d. a leg band joined to at least one of the base layer and the reinforcing member in the leg band portion of the outer cover; and e. at least one elastic layer joined to the base layer in at least the first and second waist regions, the elastic layer(s) being absent in at least a portion of the crotch region.