Gabriele Sablone, Montesilvano, Italy; and Paolo Pasqualoni, San Giovanni Teatino, Italy. Assigned to Fameccanica.Data S.p.A., Sambuceto di San Giovanni Teatino, Italy.
Filed: 1/13/12
Issued: 2/2/16
A method of preparing a refastenable article comprising: providing a refastenable training pant comprising a chassis having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a first and a second lateral edges extending in a longitudinal direction between the leading edge and the trailing edge, the refastenable training pant comprising a first pair of side panels attached to the chassis proximal one of the leading edge and the trailing edge of the chassis and a second pair of side panels attached to the chassis proximal another of the leading edge and the trailing edge of the chassis, wherein the first pair of side panels each comprise a first distal edge and a first fastening component and the second pair of side panels each comprise a second distal edge and a second fastening component.

One of the first distal edges of the first pair of side panels are folded inwardly over the first lateral edge of the chassis and another of the first distal edges of the first pair of side panels are folded over the second lateral edge of the chassis such that the first distal edges and the first fastening components lie between the first and the second lateral edges of the chassis, and wherein one of the second distal edges of the second pair of side panels are folded inwardly over the first lateral edge of the chassis.

Another of the second distal edges of the second pair of side panels are folded over the second lateral edge of the chassis such that the second distal edges and the second fastening components lie between the first and the second lateral edges of the chassis; and refastenably engaging at least a portion of the first fastening components and at least a portion of the second fastening components while the first fastening components and the second fastening components lie between the first and the second lateral edges of the chassis.