Personal wear absorbent article with disposal tab

摘要

An absorbent article for personal wear has first and second waist regions that are one of permanently attached and releasably attachable to define transversely opposite sides each extending a length Lp from a waist opening to a leg opening of the article. A disposal tab has an attachment region attached to one side of the article and extending a greatest length La along at least a portion of the length Lp of the side. The article includes a primary fastening system for releasably attaching the first waist region to the second waist region, and the primary fastening system includes a hook material permanently attached to the first waist region. The article further includes a disposal tab having an attachment region permanently attached to one of the sides of the article in the second waist region and which extends a greatest length La along at least a portion of the length Lp of such side. The disposal tab also includes a tab region that extends transversely outward from the attachment region and which is attachable to the article in at least the disposal configuration of the article. The disposal tab comprises a base substrate and a fastening component attached to the base substrate in the tab region. The disposal-tab base substrate is releasably attachable to the hook material of the primary fastening system.