Patent ID: 8716547

Claim:
A disposable absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer, the disposable absorbent article having a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first waist region and the second waist region, the disposable absorbent article further comprising: a chassis comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet attached to at least a portion of the topsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between at least a portion of the topsheet and the backsheet; and at least one elastically extensible ear panel having an inner edge and an outer edge, wherein the inner edge is attached to the first waist region or the second waist region, and wherein the at least one elastically extensible ear panel further comprises: an elastic film; a first substrate attached to the elastic film via an adhesive disposed between the first substrate and the elastic film; a second substrate attached to the elastic film via an adhesive disposed between the second substrate and the elastic film; a first tack down region disposed along the inner edge; a second tack down region disposed along the outer edge; and an activation region disposed between the first tack down region and the second tack down region; wherein the adhesive in a portion of the activation region includes a plurality of stripes having a distance between adjacent stripes and each stripe having a stripe width, wherein a ratio of the stripe width to the distance between adjacent stripes is about 0.75; and wherein the adhesive in another portion of the activation region includes a plurality of stripes having a distance between adjacent stripes and each stripe having a stripe width, wherein a ratio of the stripe width to the distance between adjacent stripes is about 0.5.