Absorbent article with partially enclosed waist containment member and method of manufacturing thereof

A method of manufacturing an absorbent article, the absorbent article including a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region, a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the method comprising:

• moving a chassis including a body facing surface in a machine direction, the chassis comprising an absorbent assembly including a bodyside liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent body disposed between the bodyside liner and the outer cover, the absorbent assembly including a body facing surface;
• moving a continuous web of waist containment member material in the machine direction;
• folding at least a first portion of the continuous web of waist containment member material upon itself to provide a folded edge;
• cutting the continuous web of waist containment member material to provide a waist containment member including a proximal portion, an intermediate portion, a distal portion, a first longitudinal side edge, a second longitudinal side edge, an upper lateral edge, and a lower lateral edge, the intermediate portion being disposed between the proximal portion and the distal portion;
• bonding the proximal portion of the waist containment member to the body facing surface of the chassis;
• bonding the distal portion of the waist containment member to the body facing surface of the chassis to provide a first lateral tack-down region near the first longitudinal side edge of the waist containment member and a second lateral tack-down region near the second longitudinal side edge of the waist containment member,
• wherein the intermediate portion comprises a number of layers of material greater than a number of layers of material of the proximal portion such that the intermediate portion is thicker than the proximal portion.