Disposable absorbent article having article retention zones

A disposable garment adapted to be worn about a lower torso of a body of a wearer and comprising:

• a chassis including a topsheet, a backsheet joined with the topsheet, and an absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the chassis having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region positioned between the front region and the back region, the chassis including side edges and end edges and having a body-facing surface and a surface that faces away from the body of the wearer;
• a pair of fastener elements for attaching portions of the side edges of the chassis at the front region to other portions of the respective side edges of the chassis at the back region such that each of a pair of side panels overlies a hip area of the wearer and thereby form a pair of laterally spaced leg openings and a waistband defining a waist opening spaced from each of the leg openings and including a body-facing waistband inner surface, wherein the waistband and the side panels are elastically extensible;
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• at least one garment retention zone positioned interiorly of the garment at the body-facing waistband inner surface, the garment retention zone having a surface slip resistance of at least about 1000 gm and having a coefficient of static friction that is at least about 200% greater than that of other portions of the body-facing waistband inner surface, to assist in retention of the garment in a desired wearing position on the body of the wearer,
• wherein the body-facing waistband inner surface includes at least one pivotable flap that covers the retention zone so that pivoting of the flap exposes the retention zone.

A disposable garment adapted to be worn about a lower torso of a body of a wearer and comprising:

• a chassis including a topsheet, a backsheet joined with the topsheet, and an absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the chassis having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region positioned between the front region and the back region, the chassis including side edges and end edges and having a body-facing surface and a surface that faces away from the body of the wearer;
• a pair of fastener elements for attaching portions of the side edges of the chassis at the front region to other portions of the respective side edges of the chassis at the back region such that each of a pair of side panels overlies a hip area of the wearer and thereby form a pair of laterally spaced leg openings and a waistband defining a waist opening spaced from each of the leg openings and including a body-facing waistband inner surface, wherein the waistband and the side panels are elastically extensible;
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• at least one garment retention zone positioned interiorly of the garment at the body-facing waistband inner surface, the garment retention zone having a surface slip resistance of at least about 1000 gm and having a coefficient of static friction that is at least about 200% greater than that of other portions of the body-facing waistband inner surface, to assist in retention of the garment in a desired wearing position on the body of the wearer,
• an extensible outer waistband layer of nonwoven material that has a soft, cloth-like feel and appearance;
• an extensible inner waistband layer of nonwoven material that has a soft, cloth-like feel and appearance and forms the body-facing waistband inner surface;
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• an extensible intermediate waistband layer including a material having a higher coefficient of static friction than the inner layer, the intermediate layer being positioned between the inner layer and the outer layer to define the waistband and being bonded to at least portions of the inner layer to provide bonded areas and at least one unbonded area, the higher coefficient of static friction material being elastically extensible in a circumferential direction of the waistband,
• wherein the inner layer includes a plurality of spaced slits extending through the inner layer and extending transversely relative to a circumferential dimension of the waistband, so that spreading open of the slits exposes the higher coefficient of static friction material when the waistband is extended circumferentially, and the higher coefficient of static friction material forms more than one retention zone when the slits are spread open to expose the higher coefficient of static friction material.