Claims
- 1. A garment with refastenable fastening components, comprising:a chassis defining a first waist region comprising opposed first side panels, a second waist region comprising opposed second side panels, and a crotch region disposed between and interconnecting the first and second waist regions; first fastening components disposed on the first side panels, the first fastening components bonded to the first side panels with discontinuous nonadhesive bonds; and second fastening components formed in the second side panels, each second fastening component comprising a discrete portion of a second side panel having discontinuous nonadhesive bonds formed therein; the discrete portions being refastenably engageable with the first fastening components.
- 2. The garment of claim 1, wherein the second side panels comprise an elastomeric nonwoven material.
- 3. The garment of claim 2, wherein the elastomeric nonwoven material comprises at least one elastomeric layer and at least one nonwoven layer.
- 4. The garment of claim 2, wherein the first side panels comprise an elastomeric nonwoven material.
- 5. The garment of claim 2, wherein the first fastening components comprise hook type fasteners.
- 6. The garment of claim 1, wherein the first fastening components comprise hook type fasteners.
- 7. The garment of claim 1, wherein the discontinuous nonadhesive bonds comprise ultrasonic bonds.
- 8. The garment of claim 1, wherein the discontinuous nonadhesive bonds comprise thermal bonds.
- 9. The garment of claim 1, wherein the garment comprises a disposable absorbent article.
- 10. The garment of claim 9, wherein the disposable absorbent article comprises a training pant.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional application of Ser. No. 09/855,484 filed May 15, 2001, U.S. Pat. No. 6,562,167, which claims benefit of provisional application 60/204,480 filed May 16, 2000 and which claims benefit of provisional application 60/204,407 filed May 16, 2000.
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