Patent ID: 7708728

Claim:
A disposable absorbent article, the disposable absorbent article comprising: a. a first waist region; a second waist region; and a pair of outermost longitudinal edges connecting the first waist region and the second waist region; b. a pair of elongate outer elastic portions respectively disposed inwardly of said outermost longitudinal edges in the x-direction; c. a topsheet including an opening therethrough, the opening having longitudinal edges; and d. an elastic laminate portion formed by elastic material attached to the topsheet, the elastic laminate portion being positioned along at least part of the longitudinal edges of the opening, the elastic laminate portion having an absolute contracted length L c , a fully stretched absolute length L s , and a maximum elongation ε of at least about 0.6, the elastic laminate portion including a first zone having a first zone absolute contracted length L czone1 , a first zone fully stretched length L szone1 and a maximum first zone elongation ε zone1 , and a second zone having a second zone absolute contracted length L czone2 , a second zone fully stretched length L szone2 , and a maximum second zone elongation ε zone2 , wherein ε zone1 is less than or equal to about 50% of ε, ε zone2 is greater than ε, and L czone1 and L czone2 are each at least about 2 cm; wherein the topsheet and the elastic laminate portion are elastically stretchable in a first direction.