Ryo Minoguchi, Cincinnati, OH; Fred Naval Desai, Fairfield, OH; and Alexander Fedotov, Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany.
Assigned to The Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 9/25/20
Issued: 9/5/23

A low-bulk, high capacity disposable absorbent pant, comprising: front and rear panels each comprising stretch laminate material, the stretch laminate material comprising an inner layer and an outer layer, each of the inner and outer layers being formed of nonwoven web material, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced, laterally extending and laterally prestrained elastomeric panel strands disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer, wherein the front and rear panels are joined to each other along left and right side seams each having a top end and a bottom end; and an absorbent pad assembly comprising: a front portion terminating at a front end and a rear portion terminating at a rear end, the front portion being joined to the front panel at a front joined location such that the front end is disposed above the bottom ends of the side seams, and the rear portion being joined to the rear panel at a rear joined location a such that the rear end is disposed above the bottom ends of the side seams, a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core structure disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; a left edge and a right edge, at least one longitudinally extending, prestrained left pad assembly elastomeric member disposed along the left edge, and at least one longitudinally extending, prestrained right pad assembly elastomeric member disposed along the right edge, wherein the left pad assembly elastomeric member and the right pad assembly elastomeric member are each disposed at a location that is closer to a longitudinal axis of the pant than to the respective left or right side seam of the pant, wherein a sub-plurality of the prestrained elastomeric panel strands in the front panel overlie and completely traverse the front portion of the absorbent pad assembly to the outside thereof, and a sub-plurality of the prestrained elastomeric panel strands in the rear panel overlie and completely traverse the rear portion of the absorbent pad assembly to the outside thereof; and wherein the plurality of the prestrained elastomeric panel strands in the rear panel comprises a first group disposed above the bottom ends of the side seams and a second group disposed below the bottom ends of the side seams, and strands in both the first and second groups overlie and completely traverse the rear portion of the absorbent pad assembly to the outside thereof.