Trenton T. Ottery, Delaware, OH; William W. Gaston, Greenville, NC; Richard E. Finlayson, Raleigh, NC; and Brenda Roberson-Brown, Greenville, NC.
Assigned to Attends Healthcare Products, Inc., Greenville, NC.

Filed: 9/28/16
Issued: 4/28/20

A disposable absorbent garment comprising a front panel, a rear panel, and a crotch panel, where the front and rear panels comprises right and left side edges, and where the side edges of the respective panels are joined to form side seams, leg openings and a waist opening, and at least one of the front and rear panels comprises at least one elasticized zone and at least one non-elasticized zone, with at least a portion of the at least one non-elasticized zone being positioned along at least one of the side edges of the at least one front or rear panel, where the at least one non-elasticized zone comprises two non-elasticized areas each positioned along a respective side edge, where the at least one elasticized zone is disposed laterally between the two non-elasticized areas, where the at least one elasticized zone comprises a first elasticized area defined by longitudinal lines spaced inwardly of the side edges of the respective panel, a crotch edge of the respective panel, and a first laterally-extending line extending between the side edges of the respective panel and longitudinally spaced from a waist edge of the respective panel, and where the two non-elasticized areas are each defined by a longitudinally-extending line spaced inwardly of a respective side edge of the respective panel, a second laterally-extending line extending between the side edges of the respective panel, and a third laterally-extending line extending between the side edges of the respective panel and longitudinally spaced from the second laterally-extending line toward the crotch edge of the respective panel.