Method for making an absorbent article with asymmetric leg elastics

A method for making an elasticized article, comprising the steps of:

• (a) supplying a substrate web having first and second side regions thereof;
• (b) attaching a first inboard elastic member to said first side region of said substrate web, and a second inboard elastic member to said second side region of said substrate web;
• (c) attaching a first outboard elastic member to said first side region of said substrate web, and a second outboard elastic member to said second side region of said substrate web, each of said outboard elastic members located laterally outboard of said inboard elastic members;
• (d) separating away a portion of said first side region of said substrate web and a portion of said first outboard elastic member to thereby provide a first set of elastic members which are arranged in a staggered overlapping relation;
• (e) separating away a portion of said second side region of said substrate web and a portion of said second outboard elastic member to thereby provide a second set of elastic members which are arranged in a staggered overlapping relation.