Patent ID: 8529725

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a disposable absorbent article having multiple components, the method comprising: providing a first material for use as an outer cover; producing a chassis including the outer cover, the outer cover including an outer cover central region having an outer cover central region appearance; providing a second material for use as an elastic panel, wherein the second material is different from the first material; producing a first elastic panel having a first elastic panel central region; printing the first elastic panel central region with a first elastic panel printed graphic; and attaching the first elastic panel to the chassis, wherein the providing and printing are performed such that the first elastic panel central region gives the appearance of being substantially similar to the outer cover central region appearance; wherein the outer cover central region appearance includes an outer cover printed graphic, wherein the outer cover printed graphic is substantially similar to the first elastic panel printed graphic; wherein the outer cover printed graphic and the elastic panel graphic each include graphical elements that are substantially similar except for being of at least two sizes when the article is not stretched, and that are substantially similar in size when the article is stretched.