Patent ID: 8506544

Claim:
An absorbent pant, comprising: a chassis section having a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region between the front waist region and the rear waist region, a longitudinal center line, a lateral center line, a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the backsheet comprising an inner layer of liquid-impermeable polymer film and an outer backsheet nonwoven layer, the layer of liquid-impermeable polymer film and outer backsheet nonwoven layer each having a pair of lateral waist edges and a pair of longitudinal edges; and a pair of side panels joining the front waist region to the rear waist region, each of the side panels being formed of a stretch laminate material comprising an elastic member laminated between first and second layers of side panel nonwoven, each side panel comprising a single section of the stretch laminate material joining the front waist region at a front seam and joining the rear waist region at a rear seam; wherein one of the front seam or the rear seam is of overlapping configuration wherein each of the first and second layers of side panel nonwoven overlies the outer backsheet nonwoven layer on the outside thereof, and the one of the front seam or the rear seam of overlapping configuration comprises a plurality of mechanical bond sites bonding the stretch laminate material to at least the backsheet; wherein the other of the front seam or the rear seam is of sandwiched configuration wherein the side panel is directly bonded to the inner layer of liquid-impermeable polymer film at a direct bond location; and wherein the side panel at the front seam or the rear seam of sandwiched configuration has an Active Width, and the direct bond location is laterally inset from a longitudinal edge of the outer backsheet nonwoven layer by a distance that is at least 10% to 50% of the Active Width.