Stacy Elaine Evenson, Neenah, WI; Stephen Carl Baumgartner, Neenah, WI; Angela Ann Johnston, New London, WI; Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI; Kevin Leon LaBerge, Sherwood, WI; Connie May McMorrow, Menasha, WI; Brooke Ann Robaidek, Menasha, WI; and Katherine Carol Shaw, Sherwood, WI.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.

Filed: 7/12/12
Issued: 4/12/16

A permanently closed containment pant comprising, an elastically extensible chassis having a Whole Product Hip Tension of 200 g to 7,000 g over an elongation of 10% to 75%, the chassis defining a waist opening, a first leg opening, and a second leg opening, the waist opening comprising a front waist region joined with a back waist region, and a sling positioned within the chassis and being joined to the front waist region and the back waist region, wherein the sling comprises a fluid-impervious base sheet and a containment flap joined with the base sheet to create a fluid-impervious pouch and wherein the containment flap defines a proximal portion and a distal portion having a distal edge, wherein the proximal portion is joined with the base sheet and the distal portion includes a flap elastic folded over the distal edge of the flap; wherein the permanently closed containment pant is substantially devoid of an integrated absorbent core; and wherein the flap elastic defines a first tension zone, a second tension zone, and a third tension zone along a length of the containment flap, wherein the second tension zone is located between the first tension zone and the third tension zone and wherein the flap elastic has a greater tension in the second tension zone than in the first tension zone or the third tension zone.