Disposable training pant or incontinence garment

A disposable pant-like garment for absorbing human discharge, comprising:

• an absorbent assembly comprising a liquid impervious outer cover, a liquid pervious liner, and an absorbent medium therebetween, said absorbent assembly further comprising generally opposite side edges and generally opposite end edges, and
• stretchable side panels being joined to said side edges of said absorbent assembly to form with said absorbent assembly end edges a waist opening,
• stretchable side panels forming a pair of leg openings, whereby said stretchable side panels provide generally inwardly directed force vectors against a wearer to maintain said garment snugly against the wearer's body and said absorbent assembly snugly in place against the crotch area both before and after a discharge, and said stretchable side panels provide elasticity about said leg openings to prevent leakage thereat.

A disposable plant-like garment for absorbing human discharge, comprising:

• an absorbent assembly comprising a liquid impervious outer cover, a liquid pervious liner, and an absorbent medium therebetween, said absorbent assembly further comprising generally opposite side edges and generally opposite end edges,
• stretchable side panels being joined to said side edges to form with said absorbent assembly a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, and
• a narrow intermediate portion of said stretchable side panels being arranged generally adjacent a portion of a respective one of said leg openings.

A disposable pant-like garment for absorbing human discharge, comprising:

• an absorbent assembly comprising an outer cover and an absorbent medium, said absorbent assembly further comprising generally opposite side edges and generally opposite end edges,
• stretchable side panels being joined to said side edges to form with said absorbent assembly a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, and
• a narrow intermediate portion of said stretchable side panels being arranged generally adjacent a crotch portion of a respective one of said leg openings.

A disposable child's training pant comprising:

• an absorbent assembly comprising an outer cover and an absorbent medium, said absorbent assembly further comprising generally opposite side edges and generally opposite end edges.
• stretchable side panels being joined to said side edges to form with said absorbent assembly a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, and
• a narrow intermediate portion of said stretchable side panels being arranged generally adjacent a portion of a respective one of said leg openings

The garment of claim 1 or 55 wherein each said side panel is stretch-bonded laminate comprising a stretchable layer stretch-bonded to a gatherable layer, whereby upon relaxing said stretch-bonded layers, said gatherable layer is gathered.