Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH; Masaharu Nishikawa, Cincinnati, OH; and Jacob Alan Barnhorst, Deerfield Township, OH.
Assigned to Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 6/17/15
Issued: 10/2/18

An absorbent article comprising a longitudinal centerline, a front region, a crotch region, a back region, main portion, a side portion, one or more seams, a main body, and a waist portion; the side portion disposed transversely outboard of the main portion; the waist portion comprising a belt portion; the belt portion comprising of a front belt portion comprising elastomeric material and a back belt portion comprising elastomeric material; wherein all of the front belt elastomeric material is located between a first belt layer and a second belt layer, the front belt elastomeric material being in the same plane; wherein the front belt portion comprises a plurality of force zones; wherein the plurality of force zones comprise a high force zone and a low force zone in at least one belt portion; wherein the force zones of the front belt portion each comprise a first plurality of elastic strands; wherein the first plurality of elastic strands in at least one of the force zones of the front belt portion has a Dtex value that is different from the plurality of elastics in one or more of the remaining force zones in the front belt portion; and wherein the front belt portion comprises a high force zone adjacent to a low force zone located adjacent to a first waist edge, the high force zone and the low force zone located between the first waist edge and the main body front end edge and wherein the high force zone does not overlap the main body.