Stretchable absorbent garment with non-stretchable liner

An absorbent garment defining a major plane surface with a transverse or X axis laying in the plane of the article and a longitudinal or Y axis laying in the plane of the article and generally perpendicular to the X axis when the garment is laid flat, comprising:

• a) a stretchable outer cover material having a major plane surface area dimension and transversely opposed side edges;
• b) an absorbent core having a major plane surface area dimension of lesser dimension than the stretchable outer cover material surface area dimension and having a first surface and a second surface laying generally parallel to the major plane surface of the garment, the absorbent core second surface facing the stretchable outer cover material;
• c) a non-stretchable bodyside liner having transversely opposed side edges and a major plane surface area dimension of lesser dimension than the stretchable outer cover material major plane surface area dimension, and a greater dimension than absorbent core major plane surface area dimension, the absorbent core first surface facing the non-stretchable bodyside liner;
• d) the non-stretchable bodyside liner bonded to the stretchable outer cover material so as to contain the absorbent core between the stretchable outer cover material and the non-strechable bodyside liner;
• e) a first stretchable side panel attached to the bodyside liner along the length of a first transversely opposed side edge of the bodyside liner and further bonded to an area of the stretchable outer cover material outside of the surface dimensions of the non-stretchable bodyside liner;
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• f) a second stretchable side panel attached to the bodyside liner along the length of a second transversely opposed side edge of the bodyside liner and further bonded to an area of the stretchable outer cover material outside of the non-stretchable bodyside liner;
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• wherein the outer cover has a percentage transverse stretch and the first and second side panels have a percentage transverse stretch equal to at least one-half the percentage-transverse stretch of the outer cover times a width of the outer cover divided by a total width of the first and second side panels.