An absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline, a front region, a crotch region, and a back region, the absorbent article comprising:
- a main chassis portion comprising an absorbent main body, and a waist portion;
- the waist portion comprising a belt portion;
- the belt portion comprising a front belt portion and a back belt portion;
- the main absorbent body comprising an absorbent core;
- wherein the front belt and the back belt portions are joined at side edges to form a first seam comprising a first end and a second end and a second seam comprising a first end and a second end;
- wherein the first ends of the first and second seams are disposed immediately adjacent to the waist opening, and wherein the second ends of the first and second seams are disposed immediately adjacent to the leg openings;
- wherein a transverse seam axis intersects each of the second ends of the first and second seams, and runs substantially parallel to the transverse centerline;
- wherein the front belt portion comprises a first elastic section comprising a first force profile and a second elastic section comprising a second force profile;
- wherein the first elastic section comprises a first plurality of elastics comprising elastic strands having a first average spacing;
- wherein the second elastic section comprises a second plurality of elastics comprising elastic strands having a second average spacing;
- wherein the back belt portion comprises a third elastic section comprising a third force profile and a fourth elastic section comprising a fourth force profile;
- wherein the third elastic section comprises a third plurality of elastics comprising elastic strands having a third average spacing;
- wherein the fourth elastic section comprises a fourth plurality of elastics comprising elastic strands having a fourth average spacing;
- wherein the front belt comprises a spacer;
- wherein a surface of the front belt portion and a surface of the back belt portion is formed from a first belt layer extending from a first waist edge in a first waist region through the crotch region to a longitudinally opposing second waist edge in a second waist region and forms at least a portion of an outer surface of the absorbent article;
- wherein the surface extending from a first waist edge to a longitudinally opposing second waist edge folds at the front waist edge forming a portion of the of an inner surface of the front waist belt;
- wherein the distance between the absorbent main body and at least one of the back waist edge or the front waist edge is greater than the distance between the absorbent main body and the back waist edge or the front waist edge;
- wherein the at least a portion of the third plurality of elastics of the back belt overlap the at least a portion of the absorbent core;
- wherein each of the first plurality of elastics in the first elastic section are parallel to the transverse centerline;
- wherein each of the plurality of second elastics in the second elastic section are parallel to the transverse centerline;
- wherein at least a portion of the second plurality of elastics of the second elastic section or a portion of the third plurality of elastics of the third elastic section are disposed between the transverse seam axis and the transverse centerline;
- wherein the spacer is at least 1.5 times greater than an average spacing of the first average spacing of the first plurality of elastics;
- wherein the absorbent article comprises a leg elastic material extending along a side edge of the absorbent main chassis;
- and
- wherein a portion of the second plurality of elastics in the second section are along a leg cutout.