Fixed position fasteners for disposable absorbent garments

A fixed point fastener system for a disposable absorbent garment of the type having leg and waist portions, said fastener system comprising:

• an outer cover;
• an absorbent structure including a liquid impervious barrier means, a liquid pervious body side linear means and an absorbent component therebetween;
• said fixed point fastener system including first and second pairs of like fastener members respectively attached to fixed fastening locations on said outer cover and having complementary cross sections for maintaining releasably interlocking mating engagement of each of said first pair of fastener members with each of said second pair of fastener members without penetration thereof into said outer cover, each of said fastener members having an essentially flat flexible base extending between the waist and leg portions with a pair of clasps disposed thereon, said pair of clasps being separated by an apertured first portion of said base, for allowing flexion of said base thereat, said fastener members being sufficiently flexible to prevent skin irritation of the wearer and sufficiently inflexible to prevent unwanted unfastening thereof.