Article with elastic distribution and system and method for making same

A method of making an elastic composite web from which elastic composite bodies of an absorbent article may be separated, the method comprising:

• conveying a continuous web of material sheet in a longitudinal or machine direction;
• applying multiple continuous distributions of elastics onto the moving web to form a web of elastic composite, whereby the elastic distributions generally extend in the machine direction;
• periodically applying a core section on the moving elastic composite web;
• and
• continuously applying a top material sheet onto the web including the core sections.

An elasticized disposable absorbent article in the form of absorbent pants, the article comprising:

• an elastic composite body having a backsheet, a topsheet, an absorbent core between the backsheet and topsheet, and multiple elastic distributions between the topsheet and backsheet, wherein the elastic composite body has a front end edge, a rear end edge, and two lateral side edges each having a top segment, a bottom segment, and non-linear cut-out section therebetween;
• a waist opening defined by the end edges;
• a pair of leg openings each defined, at least partly, by the cut-out section of one of the lateral side edges;
• and
• a pair of side seams each defined by the joining of the top and bottom segments of one of the lateral side edges;
• and
• wherein the elastic distributions are joined at the side seams to form a substantially annular elastic region about each leg opening.