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

Filed: 11/14/17
Issued: 12/1/20

An absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline, a front region, a crotch region, and a back region, the absorbent article comprising: a main chassis portion comprising an absorbent main body, and a waist portion; the waist portion comprising a belt portion; the belt portion comprising a front belt portion and a back belt portion; the absorbent main body comprising an absorbent core; wherein the front belt and the back belt portions are joined at side edges to form a first seam comprising a first end and a second end and a second seam comprising a first end and a second end; wherein the first ends of the first and second seams are disposed immediately adjacent to a waist opening, and wherein the second ends of the first and second seams are disposed immediately adjacent to a first leg opening and a second leg opening; wherein a transverse seam axis intersects each of the second ends of the first and second seams, and runs substantially parallel to the transverse centerline; wherein th›e front belt portion comprises a first elastic section comprising a first force profile and a second elastic section comprising a second force profile; wherein the first elastic section comprises a first plurality of elastics comprising elastic strands having a first average spacing; wherein the second elastic section comprises a second plurality of elastics comprising elastic strands having a second average spacing; wherein the back belt portion comprises a third elastic section comprising a third force profile and a fourth elastic section comprising a fourth force profile; wherein the third elastic section comprises a third plurality of elastics comprising elastic strands having a third average spacing; wherein the fourth elastic section comprises a fourth plurality of elastics comprising elastic strands having a fourth average spacing; wherein a surface of the front belt portion and a surface of the back belt portion is formed from a first belt layer extending from a first waist edge in a first waist region through the crotch region to a longitudinally opposing second waist edge in a second waist region and forms at least a portion of an outer surface of the absorbent article; wherein the surface extending from a first waist edge to a longitudinally opposing second waist edge folds at the first waist edge forming a portion of the of an inner surface of the front waist belt; wherein the at least a portion of the third plurality of elastics of the back belt overlap the at least a portion of the absorbent core; wherein at least a portion of the second plurality of elastics of the second elastic section or a portion of the third plurality of elastics of the third elastic section are disposed between the transverse seam axis and the transverse centerline; wherein the absorbent article comprises a leg elastic material extending along a side edge of the absorbent main chassis; wherein a portion of the second plurality of elastics in the second section are along a leg cutout; and wherein at least one of the elastic strands of the second plurality of elastics is aligned in a curved fashion forming an acute angle with the longitudinal centerline of the absorbent article; and wherein the first elastic section of the front belt portion comprises a first force zone, a second force zone, and a third force zone; wherein the second elastic section of the front belt portion comprises a fourth force zone, fifth force zone, and a sixth force zone; wherein the individual force zones each comprise an individual force profile; and wherein the force profile of the first zone, second zone, or third zone does not equal the force profile of the fourth zone, fifth zone, or sixth zone.