Patent ID: 6991696

Claim:
A method of forming a disposable, refastenable absorbent article, said method comprising the steps of: a) directing a first material parallel to and spaced apart from a second material, said first material having a width; b) forming a pair of spaced apart lines of perforations across the width of said first material; c) securing a pair of attachment members to said first material, each attachment member bridging across one of said pair of lines of perforations and being removeably attached to said first material; d) securing an absorbent assembly across said first and second materials to form a subassembly having a transverse centerline; e) folding said subassembly on said transverse centerline; f) bonding said first and second materials together by first and second seam lines, each of said first and second seam lines being aligned non-parallel to and located outward from one of said pair of lines of perforations to form a waist opening and a pair of leg openings; and g) separating said first and second materials at locations outward from each of said first and second seam lines to form a disposable, refastenable absorbent article.