Patent ID: 7198621

Claim:
An absorbent article comprising: a chassis having a front waist region, a back waist region and a crotch region intermediate the front waist region and the back waist region; a subassembly including at least a first material layer permanently bonded to the front waist region, the first material layer extending laterally beyond opposing side edges of the front waist region to form a layer of a first front ear and a layer of a laterally opposing second front ear; an attachment panel permanently bonded to the subassembly such that the subassembly is between the chassis and the attachment panel; and at least one fastener releasably engageable with the attachment panel; and wherein the first material layer comprises a first spunbond layer and the subassembly further comprises: a first material strip attached to the first material layer and positioned longitudinally at a first end portion of the first material layer; a second material strip attached to the first material layer and positioned longitudinally at a second end portion of the first material layer; and a second spunbond layer covering at least a portion of the first material strip and at least a portion of the second material strip.