Absorbent article having flaps and zones of differential extensibility

An absorbent article made by a method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing an absorbent article having a main body portion, a central region disposed between a first end region and a second end region, a principal longitudinal centerline and a principal transverse centerline, said main body portion having two spaced apart longitudinal edges and two spaced apart transverse edges, said absorbent article comprising:
• (i) a pair of flaps being associated with said main body portion at a juncture and extending laterally outward beyond a longitudinal edge of said main body portion, said flaps being divided into a front half and a back half by a flap transverse centerline, said junctures each having a pair of ends;
• (ii) said absorbent article having two corner regions for each flap, said corner regions being located in the regions of the ends of each juncture;
• (iii) a first portion of said absorbent article complementary with each corner region, at least part of said first portion being adjacent said flap transverse centerline;
• and
• (b) providing zones of differential extensibility in said corner regions of said absorbent article, said zones of differential extensibility being capable of greater extension outward in a generally transverse direction than said first portions.