Disposable pant having an inward crotch seam and method of making same

A method of making a disposable pant having an inward fin crotch seam, comprising:

• providing first and second panels, each panel having an inner surface, an outer surface, a panel waist edge, a panel leg edge, and two side regions;
• positioning the panels such that their respective outer surfaces are in a facing relationship;
• bonding the panels together remote from the panel leg edges to form an inset crotch seam;
• removing sections of the panels between the inset crotch seam and the panel leg edges to define an outer crotch edge;
• repositioning the panels such that the inner surfaces are in a facing relationship;
• and
• bonding the side regions of the first panel to the side regions of the second panel to create two side seams to define a waist opening and two leg openings.

A method of making a disposable pant having an inward crotch seam, comprising:

• providing first and second panels, each panel having an inner surface, an outer surface, a panel waist edge, a panel leg edge, and two side regions;
• positioning the panels such that their respective outer surfaces are in a facing relationship;
• bonding the panels together to form a crotch seam having an crotch seam edge;
• cutting at least one slit in the crotch seam to define at least two crotch seam sections, each section having a crotch seam section edge;
• repositioning the panels such that the inner surfaces are in a facing relationship;
• and
• bonding the side regions of the first panel to the side regions of the second panel to create two side seams to define a waist opening and two leg openings.

A method of making disposable pants having inward crotch seams, comprising:

• providing first and second webs, each web having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, an inner surface, an outer surface, a web waist edge generally aligned with the longitudinal direction, and a web leg edge generally aligned with the longitudinal direction;
• positioning the webs such that their respective outer surfaces are in a facing relationship;
• bonding the webs together at a plurality of locations in the longitudinal direction to define a plurality of crotch seams, creating an inside-out composite pant web;
• repositioning the webs such that the inner surfaces are in a facing relationship, creating an outside-out composite pant web having a plurality of inward fin crotch seams spaced apart in the longitudinal direction;
• bonding the webs together at a plurality of locations in the longitudinal direction to define a plurality of web side seams, each web side seam positioned longitudinally between a pair of crotch seams;
• and
• cutting the outside-out composite pant web into a plurality of disposable pants, each pant having a waist opening, two leg openings, two pant side seams, and an inward fin crotch seam.

A disposable pant having a waist opening, two leg openings and two side regions, the pant comprising:

• front and back panels;
• two side seams joining the front and back panels;
• and
• an inward fin crotch seam joining the front and back panels.