Elastic waist for disposable absorbent garment

摘要

An improved disposable absorbent garment includes a covering sheet member having a waistband section at each longitudinal end thereof and an intermediate section interconnecting the waistband sections. An absorbent body is superposed in facing relation on the covering sheet member, and has a notch section formed into at least one terminal, longitudinal edge thereof. An elastomeric member is attached to at least one of the covering sheet member waistband sections adjacent to the absorbent body notch section for shirring the waistband of the garment.