Absorbent article and a method for its manufacture

An absorbent article comprising:

• a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable back sheet and an absorbent body enclosed therebetween;
• said article having a front portion, a rear portion and a crotch portion therebetween;
• a pair of belt members attached to one of the rear portion and the front portion of the article;
• said belt members intended to be fastened together around the waist of the wearer;
• one of said front portion and said rear portion being provided with fastening means intended to be fastened to the belt members, such that the article will assume a pant shape, where the belt members form a part of the waist portions of the pant;
• wherein before use, the belt members are double-folded and cut in an arcuate shape in which a tangent to the arcuate curve formed by respective longitudinal edges of the belt members in the area of the fold makes a substantially right angle to the fold;
• the belt members in their double folded position are applied to the rear portion of the article;
• and when the article is to be used, said belt members are intended to be unfolded into two portions on either sides of the fold, at which the belt members in their unfolded position form an arcuate shape where the portions on either sides of the fold are mirror images of each other.