Process for making a training pant having a unitary waist elastic system

A process having a machine direction and a cross direction for making disposable absorbent articles, comprising:

• moving a base layer generally in a machine direction, the base layer comprising opposite edge portions generally extending in the machine direction,
• positioning a plurality of absorbent structures between the opposite edge portions of the base layer,
• applying an adhesive to each edge portion of said base layer in a first adhesive pattern and in a second adhesive pattern, said second adhesive pattern comprising a plurality of distinct zones of adhesive spaced apart in the machine direction,
• delivering an elastic member generally in the machine direction onto each edge portion,
• folding each edge portion, generally in a cross direction, over the respective elastic member,
• joining together each said folded edge portion and the base layer using said first adhesive pattern,
• joining together each folded edge portion and its respective elastic member using said second adhesive pattern,
• folding the moving base layer along a fold line generally parallel to the machine direction, and
• cutting the folded, moving base layer along a plurality of cut lines that are generally transverse to the machine direction to form a plurality of disposable absorbent articles.