Absorbent article with dynamic elastic waist feature comprising an expansive tummy panel

A unitary disposable absorbent article having a first waist region, a second waist region, end edges, and longitudinal edges, the absorbent article comprising:

• a containment assembly comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet joined with said top sheet, and an absorbent core positioned between said topsheet and said backsheet, said absorbent core having side edges and waist edges;
• an elastic waist feature at least extending longitudinally outwardly from one of said waist edge of said absorbent core said elastic waist feature comprising an elasticized waistband, said elasticized waistband comprising (i) a shaping panel zone being elastically extensible in at least the lateral direction, (ii) a waistline panel zone resiliently flexurally joined with said shaped panel zone, said waistline panel zone being elastically extensible in at least the lateral direction, and (iii) a predisposed, resilient, waistband flexural hinge zone joining said shaping panel zone and said waistline panel zone for allowing relatively flexural bending between said shaping panel zone and said waistline panel zone when forces are applied and for providing a restoring force/moment to resiliently return said shaping panel zone and said waistline panel zone to essentially their preceding in-use configuration when the forces are removed, said waistband flexural hinge zone having a bending flexure restoring force greater than about 20 grams.sub.f, and the extension forces of said elasticized waistband being less than or equal about 400 grams.sub.f at extensions of between about 25 mm and about 50 mm;
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• a closure system disposed on the absorbent article for creating/maintaining lateral tension through at least a portion of said elasticized waistband.