The present invention provides an absorbent garment subassembly for
attaching to an absorbent garment, the absorbent garment having a front
portion, a back portion and two side portions. The subassembly has a
first carrier layer and an elastic member operatively associated with the
first carrier layer. The elastic member has a center portion and two end
portions. The center portion has a greater area than either of the end
portions.