Patent ID: 7637898

Claim:
A disposable absorbent pant comprising: a chassis including a front region and a back region, and defining a waist opening and first and second leg openings; a first refastenable seam extending from the wrist opening to the first leg opening between the front region and the back region; and a second refastenable seam extending from the waist opening to the second leg opening between the front region and the back region; wherein each of the first and second refastenable seams has a shear separation strength that is greater along a waist-end portion and along a leg-end portion of each seam compared to a mid-portion of each seam and wherein the shear separation strength of each of the first and second refastenable seams is between about 0.7 and about 1.2 kilograms on a 1-inch wide sample; the shear separation strength of each of the first and second refastenable seams is less than a tensile strength of the front and back regions, and the shear separation strength of each of the first and second refastenable seams is less than a delamination strength of two laminated layers in the front and/or back regions, the laminated layers including at least two of the group consisting of a nonwoven, a film, and an adhesively-bonded elastomeric nonwoven composite.