Patent ID: 8601665

Claim:
A method of making an absorbent article in the form of a refastenable pant comprising the steps of: attaching first and second fastening components to a first; creating a non-engagement zone on the first web; creating first and second separation zones in the first web; combining a backsheet, topsheet and absorbent core to form an absorbent containment assembly, wherein the absorbent core is disposed between the backsheet and topsheet; folding the absorbent containment assembly about a the lateral centerline; joining the first web and a second web; severing the first and second webs; bonding a first side edge and a second side edge of at least one of the joined and severed first and second webs to the first web such that the first and second side edges are disposed laterally inward of the first web's first and second separation zone of a discrete absorbent article.