Elasticized web and a method and apparatus for its manufacture

A disposable absorbent article for attachment around a waist of a wearer, said article comprising:

• an absorbent structure extending about a longitudinal axis and having a transverse axis dividing the absorbent structure into a front panel terminating in a front end region and a rear panel terminating in a rear end region, said absorbent structure having a crotch region extending between said front end region and said rear end region, the absorbent structure being delimited by opposed longitudinal edges and opposed transverse edges, wherein said absorbent structure includes at least one region comprising an elasticized web, the elasticized web comprising a first gatherable substrate, and a multi-strand elastic yarn affixed to said first gatherable substrate at a plurality of fixation locations, wherein at each fixation location a portion of said first gatherable substrate passes between strands of said multi-strand elastic yarn,
• wherein said multi-strand elastic yarn extends in a direction having a component parallel to said transverse axis, and
• wherein said multi-strand elastic yarn constitutes at least a part of a waist elastic structure in said front end region or said rear end region of said absorbent structure.

A disposable absorbent article for attachment around a waist of a wearer, said article comprising:

• an absorbent structure extending about a longitudinal axis and having a transverse axis dividing the absorbent structure into a front panel terminating in a front end region and a rear panel terminating in a rear end region, said absorbent structure having a crotch region extending between said front end region and said rear end region, the absorbent structure being delimited by opposed longitudinal edges and opposed transverse edges, wherein said absorbent structure includes at least one region comprising an elasticized web, the elasticized web comprising a first gatherable substrate, and a multi-strand elastic yarn affixed to said first gatherable substrate at a plurality of fixation locations, wherein at each fixation location a portion of said first gatherable substrate passes between strands of said multi-strand elastic yarn,
• wherein said multi-strand elastic yarn extends in a direction having a component parallel to said longitudinal axis, and
• further comprising a leg elastic structure in said crotch region, wherein said multi-strand elastic yarn is at least a part of said leg elastic structure.