Patent ID: 7842849

Claim:
A diaper structure having a front edge, back edge and side edges, comprising: a front waist region, a back waist region, and fasteners configured to secure the diaper structure on a wearer after manual adjustment to position the diaper structure relative to the wearer; a liquid-permeable body side liner having a body-facing surface; an outer cover; an absorbent core between the body side liner and the outer cover; a first alignment indicator visible from the body-facing surface and having a visually discernible feature, wherein the first alignment indicator identifies a particular longitudinal position on the diaper structure between the front edge and the back edge of the diaper structure, the first alignment indicator disposed to be optically aligned with a reference point on a prospective wearer as the diaper structure is donned on the wearer and to remain visible after the diaper structure is at an optimal position on the wearer; wherein the first alignment indicator is a longitudinal distance “A” from the back edge, and the front edge is a longitudinal distance “D” from the back edge; and the first alignment indicator is positioned such that a ratio of D/A is about 1.75 to about 3.