Aspects of the present disclosure relate to absorbent articles with front and back waist panels having different stretch characteristics. A first waist panel may be connected with a chassis and positioned in a first waist region, and a second waist panel may be connected with the chassis and positioned in a second waist region. In some configurations, the first waist panel may comprise a first structural feature that is not included in the second waist panel or may comprise a first structural feature is different from a second structural feature included in the second waist panel. As such, the first structural feature provides different stretch characteristics between the first waist panel and the second waist panel.

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to absorbent articles with front and back waist panels having different stretch characteristics. A first waist panel may be connected with a chassis and positioned in a first waist region, and a second waist panel may be connected with the chassis and positioned in a second waist region. In some configurations, the first waist panel may comprise a first structural feature that is not included in the second waist panel or may comprise a first structural feature is different from a second structural feature included in the second waist panel. As such, the first structural feature provides different stretch characteristics between the first waist panel and the second waist panel.

The present disclosure relates to methods for manufacturing absorbent articles, and in particular, to methods for making elastomeric laminates that may be accumulated and subsequently refreshed to be used as components of absorbent articles. In some configurations, the elastomeric laminate may be wound onto a roll and may comprise elastic strands bonded in a stretched state with a first substrate, wherein the first substrate on the roll comprises a roll substrate strain value that is greater than zero. During the process of assembling absorbent articles, the elastomeric laminate may be unwound from the roll and first discrete contiguous connections between the strands and the first substrate may then be fractured and disrupted to form second discrete contiguous connections by applying localized tensions to the elastomeric laminate.

The disposable absorbent insert for a reusable outer shell has an extension in the longitudinal direction and the transversal direction, longitudinal and transversal side edges and having a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion located between the front and the back portions. The insert includes an absorbent core having longitudinal and transversal side edges and being sandwiched between a liquid-permeable and user facing topsheet and a liquid-impermeable and garment facing backsheet and wherein the absorbent core includes an absorbent component enclosed by a core cover including an upper and a lower side. The insert further includes a first longitudinal extending standing gather along a first longitudinal side edge of the insert and a second longitudinal extending standing gather along a second longitudinal side edge of the insert.

The disposable absorbent insert for a reusable outer shell has an extension in the longitudinal direction and the transversal direction, longitudinal and transversal side edges and having a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion located between the front and the back portions. The insert includes an absorbent core having longitudinal and transversal side edges and being sandwiched between a liquid-permeable and user-facing topsheet and a liquid-impermeable and garment-facing backsheet and wherein the absorbent core includes an absorbent component enclosed by a core cover including an upper and a lower side. The insert further includes a first longitudinal extending standing gather along a first longitudinal side edge of the insert and a second longitudinal extending standing gather along a second longitudinal side edge of the insert.