摘要 |
A seam joining together at least two web materials in an overlapped manner, wherein the overlapped portions are bonded together by ultrasonic welding, heat bonding, laser welding or the like, in a bonding pattern (4) extending over at least a part of the overlapped portion (3) to form said seam. The bonding pattern comprises a main bonding pattern (8) extending in longitudinal direction along at least a part of the overlapped portion (3), and at least one edge bonding pattern (9) extending in longitudinal direction along at least a part of along and adjacent at least one side edge (1 a, 2a) of the overlapped portion, the bonded area of said edge bonding pattern occupying no more than 30 % of the total bonded area of the central bonding pattern plus the bonded area of the edge bonding pattern. The seam may be present in a personal care absorbent article. |