Absorbent Article Having A Fastening System

An absorbent article including a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the absorbent article comprising:

• an absorbent assembly comprising a liquid impermeable outer cover, a liquid permeable top sheet, and an absorbent body disposed between the outer cover and the top sheet, the absorbent assembly including a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region extending between the front waist region and the rear waist region;
• a pair of ears extending transversely outward from opposite sides of the absorbent assembly;
• a fastening system configured to attach the rear waist region to the front waist region to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article, the fastening system comprising a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system;
• the primary fastening system including a pair of primary first fastening components and a primary second fastening component, the pair of primary first fastening components including a left primary first fastening component and a right primary first fastening component, and
• the secondary fastening system including a pair of secondary first fastening components and a pair of secondary second fastening components, the pair of secondary first fastening components including a left secondary first fastening component and a right secondary first fastening component, the pair of secondary second fastening components including a left secondary second fastening component and a right secondary second fastening component;
• and
• a strip coupled to the outer cover, the strip including the primary second fastening component;
• wherein the left secondary first fastening component is coupled to a first carrier and the right secondary first fastening component is coupled to a second carrier, the first carrier and the second carrier being coupled to the outer cover.

An absorbent article including a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the absorbent article comprising:

• an absorbent assembly comprising a liquid impermeable outer cover, a liquid permeable top sheet, and an absorbent body disposed between the outer cover and the top sheet, the absorbent assembly including a front waist region with a front waist edge, a rear waist region with a rear waist edge, a crotch region extending between the front waist region and the rear waist region, a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge opposite from the first longitudinal side edge, the first longitudinal side edge and the second longitudinal side edge each extending from the front waist edge to the rear waist edge;
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• a fastening system configured to attach the rear waist region to the front waist region to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article, the fastening system comprising a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system;
• the primary fastening system including at least one primary first fastening component and at least one primary second fastening component, the at least one primary second fastening component included on a strip coupled to the outer cover;
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• the secondary fastening system including at least one secondary first fastening component and at least one secondary second fastening component, the at least one secondary first fastening component including an inner longitudinal side edge and an outer longitudinal side edge, the at least one second first fastening component is directly coupled to the strip or directly coupled to a first carrier that is directly coupled to the strip, the outer longitudinal side edge of the at least one secondary first fastening component is disposed outboard of the first longitudinal side edge of the absorbent assembly.