Folded absorbent article with a fastening system

A folded absorbent article comprising:

• an absorbent assembly including longitudinally opposite ends, transversely opposite sides, a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions, a liquid permeable inner layer for facing a wearer, an outer layer for facing away from the wearer, an absorbent body disposed between the inner and outer layers, at least one of the inner layer and outer layer defining the longitudinally opposite ends and transversely opposite sides of the absorbent assembly;
• a pair of ears extending transversely outward from the opposite sides of the absorbent assembly in the back waist region, each of the ears comprising a second fastening component;
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• at least one first fastening component disposed on the outer layer in the front waist region of the absorbent assembly, the at least one first fastening component being selectively engageable with the second fastening components in a wear configuration of the article;
• wherein the absorbent article is folded such that the front waist region engages the back waist region, and
• wherein a peak force required to disengage the front waist region from the back waist region is less than 120 grams-force when measured using a Diaper Opening Force Test.

A package of folded and stacked absorbent articles, each absorbent article of the folded and stacked absorbent articles comprising:

• an absorbent assembly including longitudinally opposite ends, transversely opposite sides, a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions, a liquid permeable inner layer for facing a wearer, an outer layer for facing away from the wearer, an absorbent body disposed between the inner and outer layers, at least one of the inner layer and outer layer defining the longitudinally opposite ends and transversely opposite sides of the absorbent assembly;
• a pair of ears extending transversely outward from the opposite sides of the absorbent assembly in the back waist region, each of the ears comprising a loop fastening component;
• and
• a pair of spaced-apart hook fastening components disposed on the outer layer in the front waist region of the absorbent assembly, each of the hook fastening components being selectively engageable with a respective one of the loop fastening components in a wear configuration of the article;
• wherein the article is folded along a pair of spaced-apart longitudinally extending foldlines and a transversely extending foldline such that each of the hook fastening components engage the back waist region, and
• wherein an average peak force required to disengage each of the hook fastening components from the back waist region for each of the folded and stacked absorbent articles in the package is less than 120 grams-force when measured using a Diaper Opening Force Test.