All The Claims

1. A method for connecting a client device to a virtual private network via a server on an Internet network via an Internet connection system, wherein said Internet connection system comprising said client device, a relay device connected to said client device in a private network, and said server connected to the Internet network, said server also connected with said client device through the Internet network and said relay device, comprising the steps of:
(a) notifying said relay device of an IP address of said server;
(b) establishing a TCPIP session through a tunneling connection between said relay device and said server using the notified IP address; and
(c) based on information received from said relay device or said client device via the Internet, grouping a plurality of relay devices in different private networks or client devices connected to said plurality of relay devices, for each of said relay devices a tunneling connection with said server is individually established, wherein said plurality of relay devices or client devices are considered to be connected to one virtual private network, said grouping being carried out by said server,
the grouping in the step (c) further comprises:
assigning by said server a specific virtual server within the server to said client device;
routing communications by said virtual server between said client device and other client devices which belong to the same virtual private network;
determining by said server a model of the client device based on an IP address assigned to the client device; and
determining by said server based on this model the virtual private network to which said client device belongs.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein:
each of said relay devices is installed in a respective client device.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein:
in said step (a), said relay device connects to a tunneling mediation server provided on the Internet, and receives the IP address of said server from said tunneling mediation server.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein:
said step (b) includes the steps of:
(b-1) connecting to said server by said relay device using the notified IP address of said server; (b-2) notifying said relay device of an IP address assigned for said relay device for establishing a TCPIP session with tunneling; and
(b-3) establishing a TCPIP session with tunneling between said server and said relay device.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein:
in said step (b-2), said server notifies said relay device of the IP address of said relay device for establishing a TCPIP session with tunneling.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein:
said step (b) further includes the step of:
(b-4) generating a MAC address for said relay device and notifying said relay device of said MAC address by said server.
7. The method of claim 4, wherein:
said step (b-1) includes the step of performing connection authentication for said relay device by said server; and
said step (b-2) includes the step of assigning an IP address for said relay device depending on a result of said connection authentication.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein:
said step (b-2) further includes the step of assigning a MAC address for said relay device depending on a result of said connection authentication.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein:
the grouping of said step (c) is performed based on the connection authentication of said step (b-1).
10. The method of claim 4, wherein:
in said step (a), said relay device connects to a tunneling mediation server provided on the Internet, and receives the IP address of said server from said tunneling mediation server; and
in said step (b-2), said tunneling mediation server notifies said relay device of the IP address of said relay device for establishing a TCPIP session with tunneling.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein:
said step (b) further includes the step of:
(b-4) generating the MAC address for said relay device and notifying said relay device of said MAC address by said tunneling mediation server.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein:
the grouping of said step (c) is performed based on an IP address of said relay device or said client device assigned by said server.
13. A server located on the Internet used by an Internet connection system,
wherein said Internet connection system comprises said server, a client device and a relay device connected to said client device within a private network, and said server connects with said client device through the Internet and said relay device,
said server comprising:
a tunneling establishing section for establishing tunneling connections with a plurality of said relay devices located in difference private networks; and
a terminal group management section configured to create a virtual private network group with the plurality of relay devices or client devices connected with this server by tunneling, based on information received from said client device or said relay device via the Internet,
wherein said server assigns a specific virtual server within the server to said client device;
wherein said virtual server routes communications between said client device and other client devices which belong to the same virtual private network;
wherein said server determines a model of the client device based on an IP address assigned to the client device; and
wherein said server determines based on this model the virtual private network to which said client device belongs.
14. The server of claim 13, further comprising:
a model identification section for determining if said client device andor said relay device areis of predetermined models,
wherein said terminal group management section manages the result from said model identification section in association with said client device.
15. The server of claim 14, further comprising:
a command conversion section for converting a command to be sent to said client device to a command in a predetermined format for controlling said client device based on a model determined by said model identification section.
16. The server of claim 13, further comprising:
a protocol identification section for determining a protocol for controlling said client device,
wherein said terminal group management section builds a network group to which client devices belong, said client devices utilizing a same protocol, based on the result from said protocol identification section.
17. The server of claim 13, wherein:
said terminal group management section manages a plurality of virtual private network group, and selects a group to which said client device or said relay device should belong based on information from said client device or said relay device.
18. The server of claim 13, wherein:
said client device includes a peripheral device, said peripheral device communicable with said relay device but unable to connect to the Internet by itself.
19. The server of claim 13, further comprising:
a state information obtaining section for obtaining at least one of, or a plurality of: an operation state, a usage state and location information of said client device andor said relay device.
20. The server of claim 13, further comprising: an address management section for assigning an IP address on a virtual private network to said client device andor said relay device.
21. The server of claim 20, wherein:
said address management section assigns a unique MAC address to said client device andor said relay device for connecting via said virtual private network.
22. An Internet connection system comprising:
a server located on the Internet and a plurality of network-enabled home appliances, each comprising a relay device adapted to receive an IP address of the server, said network-enabled home appliances, said relay device and said server connected to the Internet, said server also connected with said network-enabled home appliances through said relay device and the Internet, wherein, the server comprises:
a tunneling establishing section for establishing a tunneling connection with a network enabled home appliance;
a model identification section for determining a model of the network enabled home appliance based on an IP address assigned to the network enabled home appliance, wherein the server is adapted to determine based on this model a virtual private network group to which the network enabled home appliance belongs; and the server is adapted to assign a specific virtual server within the server to the network enabled home appliance, the virtual server routing communications between the network enabled home appliance and other network enabled home appliances, for each of which a tunneling connection with the server is established and which belong to the same virtual private network group; and
each of the plurality of network-enabled home appliances comprises:
a control section for receiving a packet, said packet including a predetermined command, and controlling said network home appliance based on said command;
a server address storage section for storing a global IP address of the server;
a tunneling establishing section for establishing a tunneling TCP session between the relay device of each network-enabled home appliance and the server based on the global IP address of the server;
a group information storage section for receiving from said server an assigned terminal group to which the network enabled home appliance belongs and information of other network home appliances belonging to the same virtual private network group, and storing the information; and
a packet processing device for capsulatingdecapsulating packets, said packets communicated with the server through said tunneling connection, and routing the packet including the predetermined command to the control section or routing packets destined to the other network home appliances to the server.
23. The Internet connection system of claim 22, wherein each of the plurality of network-enabled home appliances further comprises:
a relay device address storage section for making an authenticated connection with said server before said tunneling establishing section establishes the tunneling connection, receiving from said server an IP address on virtual private network based on the authenticated connection, and storing the IP address.
24. The Internet connection system of claim 22, wherein each of the plurality of network-enabled home appliances further comprises:
a relay device address storage section for making an authenticated connection with said server before said tunneling establishing section establishes the tunneling connection, receiving from said server an MAC address on virtual private network based on the authenticated connection, and storing the MAC address.
25. The Internet connection system of claim 22, wherein each of the plurality of network-enabled home appliances further comprises an address generation section for rewriting a MAC address of a virtual network device in an address requestresponse packet to the MAC address received from said server when receiving from said server the information of other network home appliances belonging to the same virtual private network group.
26. The Internet connection system of claim 22, wherein each of the plurality of network-enabled home appliances further comprises:
a mediation server address storage section for storing an address of a tunneling mediation server located on the Internet; and
a server address obtaining section for accessing said mediation server based on the mediation server address, and receiving said global address of said server from said mediation server.
27. A client device, comprising:
a server address storage section that stores a global address of a server located on the Internet;
a tunneling establishing section that establishes a TCPIP session through a tunneling connection between said client device and said server based on the global address of the server;
a group information storage section that receives and stores an assignment of a virtual private network group from said server and information of other client devices located in different private networks that are separated by the Internet and belonging to the same virtual private network group;
a control section that receives a packet, said packet including a command in a predetermined format, and controlling said client device based on said command,
wherein said client device communicates to said other client devices via a virtual server that is located within said server, said client device and said other client devices belonging to the same virtual private network group,
wherein said server determines a model of the client device based on an IP address assigned to said client device, and
wherein said server determines based on this model the virtual private network group to which said client device belongs; and

a packet processing device that capsulatesdecapsulates packets, said packets communicated with said server through said tunneling connection, and routing said packets to said control section or to said other client devices in said virtual private network group based on the information in the group information storage section, wherein said command routed to and received at said control section originated from one of said other client devices.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method of garbage collection during execution of code on a machine, comprising:
declaring at least one reference as pinned based on an unsafe condition;
receiving a request for a garbage collection service;
identifying references and pinned references in a process stack;
tracing a memory heap employing the references and pinned references to determine inaccessible memory objects;
removing the inaccessible memory objects from the heap; and
relocating objects in the heap except for objects referenced by pinned references.
2. The method of claim 1, the pinned references being local variables referencing managed code during an executing call of unmanaged code.
3. The method of claim 1, the execution of code comprising executing both managed and unmanaged code.
4. The method of claim 1, the references and pinned references including interior references and the memory heap being segmented into a plurality of blocks wherein the garbage collection service traces interior references by scanning through the blocks until the block with the object containing the interior reference is found.
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising adding objects found accessible during the tracing of the memory heap to a graph.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein removing the inaccessible memory objects from the heap comprises shifting non-garbage objects down in the memory heap to eliminate inaccessible segments and modifying the references to refer to the new locations of the objects in the memory heap, while holding fixed in memory non-garbage objects referenced by pinned references.
7. A system for garbage collecting during execution of code on a machine, comprising:
means for declaring references as pinned in response to an unsafe condition;
means for storing the pinned references on a process stack;
means for identifying object references and pinned references in the process stack; and
means for performing a garbage collection, such that objects referenced by pinned references remained in a fixed location in a heap.
8. The system of claim 7, further comprising means for compiling both managed and unmanaged code in real-time and means for storing object references in the process stack and means for storing objects in the memory heap.
9. A system that facilitates garbage collection during execution of a code on a machine, comprising:
a labeling component that selectively labels an object reference as pinned, the object reference references an object in a memory heap; and
a garbage collection algorithm that analyzes the object and the object reference and alters location of data within the memory heap while maintaining location of the object within the memory heap based at least in part upon the analysis.
10. The system of claim 9, the object is a managed object called by unmanaged code.
11. The system of claim 9, the object reference labeled as pinned based at least in part upon an indication written into source code.
12. The system of claim 9, the object reference selectively labeled as pinned upon a request for utilization of the garbage collection algorithm.
13. The system of claim 9, further comprising a plurality of objects, each of the plurality of objects is characterized as one of managed and unmanaged objects, wherein object references corresponding to the plurality of objects are selectively pinned based at least in part upon the characterization.
14. The system of claim 13, the garbage collection algorithm reclaims at least a portion of the memory heap based at least in part upon the characterization.
15. The system of claim 13, the garbage collection algorithm reclaims at least a portion of the memory heap based at least in part upon an analysis of the pinned object references.
16. The system of claim 9, further comprising a compiler that receives unmanaged code, the unmanaged calls the object.
17. The system of claim 16, the compiler is a just-in-time compiler that compiles the unmanaged code in real-time.
18. The system of claim 17, the unmanaged code precompiled into an intermediate language code prior to being delivered to the just-in-time compiler.
19. The system of claim 17, the just-in-time compiler comprises a compiler that compiles managed code and a compiler that compiles unmanaged code.
20. The system of claim 16, the compiler labels an object reference as pinned given an unsafe condition.
21. The system of claim 9, the labeling component labels an interior pointer as pinned, the interior pointer references a location of a data member.
22. The system of claim 21, the garbage collection algorithm analyzes the interior pointer and maintains location of the data member based at least in part upon the analysis.
23. The system of claim 9, further comprising a plurality of object references that reference a plurality of objects in the memory heap, the garbage collection algorithm automatically alters location of one of the objects in the memory heap and adjusts an object reference that corresponds to the object to enable the object reference to point to the object at its altered location within the memory heap.
24. A method for garbage collection during execution of code on a machine, comprising:
determining whether objects called by the code are managed;
pinning object references that correspond to objects that are determined to be managed, wherein an;
receiving a request for garbage collection services; and
allocating memory within a memory heap to the code based at least in part upon the garbage collection services and the pinned object references, wherein objects corresponding to pinned references are not moved in memory during the allocating.
25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:
generating a graph of objects that are called by the code; and
allocating memory within the memory heap to the code based at least in part upon the generated graph.
26. The method of claim 24, further comprising compiling the code in real time.
27. The method of claim 24, further comprising pinning local variables based upon pre-defined criteria to prevent an unsafe condition from occurring.
28. The method of claim 24, further comprising labeling an object reference as pinned within the code.

I claim:

1. A two-stroke internal combustion engine with crankcase scavenging, with an exhaust passage controlled by a piston and at least two first transfer passages and at least one second transfer passage, each with a transfer window into a cylinder chamber and a crankcase-side window for communication between the cylinder chamber and a crankcase, the transfer windows of the first transfer passages being controlled by the upper edge of the piston, and the crankcase-side window of the second transfer passage being disposed in a region of a cylinder wall that is swept by a piston skirt of the piston, wherein for control of the second transfer passage the piston skirt of the piston is provided with a control opening in the area of the crankcase-side window of the second transfer passage, wherein said cylinder wall comprises at least one recess, wherein at least one injector opens into said recess being arranged in close vicinity to said transfer window of said second transfer passage, and wherein a narrow passage is arranged between said recess and said second transfer passage.
2. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the narrow passage is shaped by at least one groove in the cylinder wall between said recess and said transfer window of said second transfer passage.
3. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the narrow passage is configured as a gap, which is shaped by a separating edge dividing the recess from said transfer window of said second transfer passage.
4. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 3, wherein the distance between separating edge and cylinder axis is larger than the distance between cylinder wall and cylinder axis.
5. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 3, wherein the separating edge is arranged at right angle to the cylinder axis.
6. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the recess is disposed above the transfer window of the second transfer passage on the side of a combustion chamber top.
7. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein at least two injectors open into one recess.
8. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the narrow passage is shaped by at least one duct being formed in a cylinder casing.
9. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein a jet axis of the fuel injector forms an angle of 20 to 140 with a cylinder axis.
10. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the directions of the jet axis and the injector axis differ.
11. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein at least two second transfer passages are disposed on the side of the exhaust passage.
12. An two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the injector opening into at least one recess faces a half of the cylinder chamber opposite of the exhaust passage.
13. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein at least one second transfer passage is disposed on the side of the cylinder opposite of the exhaust passage.
14. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the second transfer passage is positioned in a symmetry plane containing an exhaust passage axis and the cylinder axis.
15. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein at least two second transfer passages are positioned outside of the symmetry plane containing the exhaust passage axis and the cylinder axis.
16. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the jet axis of the injectorseen in the direction towards the cylinder axis’is directed onto an exhaust window of the exhaust passage.
17. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the jet axis of the injectorseen in the direction towards the cylinder axisis directed onto a diametrically opposed transfer window of a transfer passage.
18. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein an upper edge of the transfer window of the second transfer passage is at a smaller distance from a combustion chamber top than the upper edge of the transfer window of the first transfer passage.
19. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1 with several injectors per cylinder, wherein the injection axes of the injectors disposed in second transfer passages have different angles relative to each other.
20. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1 with several injectors per cylinder, wherein the injectors have different injection characteristics, at least one injector being configured as a full-load injector and at least one other injector as part-load injector.
21. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the transfer windows of the first and second transfer passages and a crankcase-side window of the at least one second transfer passage and the corresponding control opening are disposed such that the first and second transfer passages will be timed in different stroke positions of the piston.
22. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the injector is configured as a multi-jet unit.
23. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein the injector is configured as a multi-jet unit with at least two fuel jets differing as regards fuel amounts and injection times.
24. A two-stroke internal combustion engine with crankcase scavenging, with an exhaust passage controlled by a piston and at least two first transfer passages and at least one second transfer passage, each with a transfer window into a cylinder chamber and a crankcase-side window for communication between the cylinder chamber and a crankcase, the transfer windows of the first transfer passages being controlled by the upper edge of the piston, and the crankcase-side window of the second transfer passage being disposed in a region of a cylinder wall that is swept by a piston skirt of the piston, wherein for control of the second transfer passage the piston skirt of the piston is provided with a control opening in the area of the crankcase-side window of the second transfer passage, wherein a separating edge is located in at least one second transfer passage between an upper and a lower edge of said second transfer window, said separating edge dividing the second transfer window into an upper and a lower region, the distance between separating edge and cylinder axis being larger than the distance between upper edge and the cylinder axis, and wherein at least one injector opens into the upper region of at least one second transfer passage, wherein the separating edge is shaped by a cross rib, and wherein the separating edge is arranged at right angle to the cylinder axis.
25. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein a jet axis of the fuel injector forms an angle of 20 to 140 with a cylinder axis.
26. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein the directions of the jet axis and the injector axis differ.
27. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein at least two second transfer passages are disposed on the side of the exhaust passage.
28. An two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein the injector opening into at least one second transfer passage faces a half of the cylinder chamber opposite of the exhaust passage.
29. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein at least one second transfer passage is disposed on the side of the cylinder opposite of the exhaust passage.
30. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein the second transfer passage is positioned in a symmetry plane containing an exhaust passage axis and the cylinder axis.
31. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein at least two second transfer passages are positioned outside of the symmetry plane containing the exhaust passage axis and the cylinder axis.
32. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein the jet axis of the injectorseen in the direction towards the cylinder axisis directed onto an exhaust window of the exhaust passage.
33. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein the jet axis of the injectorseen in the direction towards the cylinder axisis directed onto a diametrically opposed transfer window of a transfer passage.
34. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein an upper edge of the transfer window of the second transfer passage is at a smaller distance from a combustion chamber top than the upper edge of the transfer window of the first transfer passage.
35. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24 with several injectors per cylinder, wherein the injection axes of the injectors disposed in second transfer passages have different angles relative to each other.
36. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24 with several injectors per cylinder, wherein the injectors have different injection characteristics, at least one injector being configured as a full-load injector and at least one other injector as part-load injector.
37. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein the transfer windows of the first and second transfer passages and a crankcase-side window of the at least one second transfer passage and the corresponding control opening are disposed such that the first and second transfer passages will be timed in different stroke positions of the piston.
38. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein the injector is configured as a multi-jet unit.
39. The two-stroke internal combustion engine according to claim 24, wherein the injector is configured as a multi-jet unit with at least two fuel jets differing as regards fuel amounts and injection times.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

We claim:

1. A prefastened disposable absorbent article comprising an absorbent chassis which defines a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region which extends between and connects said waist regions, a pair of longitudinally opposed end edges, and a pair of laterally opposed side edges, said absorbent article further comprising:
a) at least one stretch panel which is located in one of said waist regions of said absorbent chassis and which defines a waist edge, a pair of laterally opposed outboard edges which are located laterally beyond said side edges of said absorbent chassis, and an inward edge which is located longitudinally inward from said waist edge; and
b) a pair of primary fasteners which are located on said laterally opposed outboard edges of said stretch panel and which are releasably prefastened to an opposite waist region of said absorbent chassis to releasably engage said front waist region to said rear waist region to provide said prefastened disposable absorbent article.
2. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said absorbent article includes one of said stretch panels in each of said waist regions of said absorbent chassis.
3. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel comprises a latent elastic material.
4. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel comprises at least one elastic member which is applied to said stretch panel in a pretensioned configuration.
5. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel is designed to elongate in a lateral direction at least about 30 percent to assist in positioning said prefastened disposable absorbent article about a wearer’s waist.
6. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel is designed to elongate in a lateral direction at least about 50 percent to assist in positioning said prefastened disposable absorbent article about a wearer’s waist.
7. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said primary fasteners are hook and loop type fasteners.
8. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 and further comprising at least one attachment panel which is located on said opposite waist region wherein said primary fasteners are releasably engaged to said attachment panel.
9. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said inward edge of said stretch panel is linear.
10. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said inward edge of said stretch panel is curvilinear.
11. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said absorbent chassis includes an outer cover which comprises a necked nonwoven material.
12. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel is attached to a bodyfacing surface of said absorbent article.
13. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said absorbent chassis includes an outer cover and a bodyside liner and wherein said stretch panel is incorporated between said outer cover and said bodyside liner.
14. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel is attached to a garment facing surface of said absorbent article.
15. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel is perforated along a pair of laterally directed lines on at least one of two laterally opposed sides of said stretch panel to provide at least one secondary fastener tab, said secondary fastener tab being configured to releasably engage said opposite waist region to further conform said waist regions to a wearer’s body after said prefastened disposable absorbent article is pulled on over a wearer’s hips.
16. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 15 wherein said secondary fastener tab defines a length in a lateral direction which is at least about 5 percent of a total lateral width of said stretch panel.
17. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 15 wherein both said primary fasteners and said at least one secondary fastener tab are hook and loop type fasteners.
18. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said inward edge of said stretch panel is substantially fully attached to said absorbent chassis.
19. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 1 wherein said stretch panel is located in said rear waist region of said absorbent chassis, and wherein said primary fasteners are configured to releasably engage said front waist region of said absorbent chassis.
20. A prefastened disposable absorbent article comprising an absorbent chassis which defines a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region which extends between and connects said waist regions, a pair of longitudinally opposed end edges, and a pair of laterally opposed side edges, said absorbent article further comprising:
a) at least one stretch panel which is located in one of said waist regions of said absorbent chassis and which defines a waist edge, a pair of laterally opposed outboard edges which are located laterally beyond said side edges of said absorbent chassis, and an inward edge which is located longitudinally inward from said waist edge;
b) a pair of primary fasteners which are located on said laterally opposed outboard edges of said stretch panel and which are releasably prefastened to an opposite waist region of said absorbent chassis to releasably engage said front waist region to said rear waist region to provide said prefastened disposable absorbent article; and
c) a pair of passive side bonds which are located laterally inward of said primary fasteners on said one waist region and which releasably connect an overlapped portion of said one waist region to said opposite waist region to assist in maintaining said prefastened absorbent article in a prefastened condition.
21. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said passive side bonds releasably connect said overlapped portion of said one waist region to said side edges in said opposite waist region to assist in maintaining said prefastened absorbent article in said prefastened condition.
22. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said passive side bonds are located on said one waist region laterally inward from said primary fasteners a distance of at least about 1.0 centimeter.
23. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said overlapped portion of said one waist region defines an overlap distance of at least about 2.0 centimeters.
24. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said passive side bonds include at least one point bond.
25. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 24 wherein said point bond is an ultrasonic point bond.
26. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said passive side bonds define a peel strength of no more than about 1500 grams.
27. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said passive side bonds connect a body facing surface of said absorbent article in said one waist region to a garment facing surface of said absorbent article in said opposite waist region.
28. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said passive side bonds connect a body facing surface of said absorbent article in said one waist region to a body facing surface of said absorbent article in said opposite waist region.
29. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said stretch panel comprises a latent elastic material.
30. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said stretch panel is designed to elongate in a lateral direction at least about 30 percent to assist in positioning said prefastened disposable absorbent article about a wearer’s waist.
31. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said stretch panel is designed to elongate in a lateral direction at least about 50 percent to assist in positioning said prefastened disposable absorbent article about a wearer’s waist.
32. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said primary fasteners are hook and loop type fasteners.
33. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said stretch panel is attached to a body facing surface of said absorbent article.
34. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said absorbent chassis includes an outer cover and a bodyside liner and wherein said stretch panel is incorporated between said outer cover and said bodyside liner.
35. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said stretch panel is attached to a garment facing surface of said absorbent article.
36. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said stretch panel is perforated along a pair of laterally directed lines on at least one of two laterally opposed sides of said stretch panel to provide at least one secondary fastener tab, said secondary fastener tab being configured to releasably engage said opposite waist region to further conform said waist region to a wearer’s body after said prefastened disposable absorbent article is pulled on over a wearer’s hips.
37. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 36 wherein said at least one secondary fasteners tab defines a length in a lateral direction which is at least about 10 percent of a total lateral width of said stretch panel.
38. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 36 wherein both said primary fasteners and said at least one secondary fastener tab are hook and loop type fasteners.
39. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 20 wherein said inward edge of said stretch panel is substantially fully attached to said absorbent chassis.
40. A prefastened disposable absorbent article comprising an absorbent chassis which defines a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region which extends between and connects said waist regions, a pair of longitudinally opposed end edges, and a pair of laterally opposed side edges, and at least one stretch panel which defines a waist edge which is superposed adjacent said end edge of said absorbent chassis in one of said waist regions, a pair of laterally opposed outboard edges which are located laterally beyond said side edges of said absorbent chassis, and an inward edge which is located longitudinally inward from said waist edge, said stretch panel comprising
a) a center bridge panel;
b) a pair of laterally opposed side panels which are connected to opposed lateral edges of said bridge panel and which extend laterally beyond said side edges of said absorbent chassis;
c) a pair of primary fasteners which are located on said laterally opposed outboard edges of said stretch panel and which are releasably prefastened to an opposite waist region of said absorbent chassis to releasably engage said front waist region to said rear waist region to provide said prefastened disposable absorbent article; and
d) a pair of passive side bonds which are located laterally inward of said primary fasteners on said one waist region and which releasably connect an overlapped portion of said one waist region to said opposite waist region to assist in maintaining said prefastened absorbent article in a prefastened condition.
41. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 40 wherein said side panels of said stretch panel are substantially non-elastomeric.
42. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 40 wherein said bridge panel defines a bridge panel width in a lateral direction which is at least about 10 percent of a width of said absorbent chassis.
43. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 41 wherein said bridge panel defines a bridge panel width in a lateral direction which is about equal to a width of said absorbent chassis, such that said bridge panel provides stretch in said one waist region and said side panels remain substantially non-elastomeric beyond said laterally opposed side edges of said absorbent chassis.
44. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 43 wherein said bridge panel is designed to elongate in a lateral direction at least about 30 percent to assist in positioning said prefastened disposable absorbent article about a wearer’s waist.
45. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 40 wherein said primary fasteners are hook and loop type fasteners.
46. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 40 wherein said stretch panel is attached to a body facing surface of said absorbent article.
47. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 40 wherein said absorbent chassis includes an outer cover and a bodyside liner and wherein said stretch panel is incorporated between said outer cover and said bodyside liner.
48. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 40 wherein said stretch panel is attached to a garment facing surface of said absorbent article.
49. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 40 wherein said stretch panel is perforated along a pair of laterally directed lines on at least one of two laterally opposed sides of said stretch panel to provide at least one secondary fastener tab, said secondary fastener tab being configured to releasably engage said opposite waist region to further conform said waist regions to a wearer’s body after said prefastened disposable absorbent article is pulled on over a wearer’s hips.
50. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 49 wherein said at least one secondary fastener tab defines a length in a lateral direction which is at least about 10 percent of a total lateral width of said stretch panel.
51. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 49 wherein both said primary fasteners and said at least one secondary fastener tab are hook and loop type fasteners.
52. The prefastened absorbent article of claim 40 wherein said inward edge of said stretch panel is substantially fully attached to said absorbent chassis.
53. A package of prefastened disposable absorbent articles comprising a container and a plurality of said prefastened disposable absorbent articles, each of which comprise an absorbent chassis which defines a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region which extends between and connects said waist regions, a pair of longitudinally opposed end edges, and a pair of laterally opposed side edges, each of said absorbent articles further comprising:
a) at least one stretch panel which is located on one of said waist regions of said absorbent chassis and which defines a waist edge, a pair of laterally opposed outboard edges which are located laterally beyond said side edges of said absorbent chassis, and an inward edge which is located longitudinally inward from said waist edge; and
b) a pair of primary fasteners which are located on said laterally opposed outboard edges of said stretch panel and which are releasably prefastened to an opposite waist region of said absorbent chassis to releasably engage said front waist region to said rear waist region to provide said prefastened disposable absorbent article.
54. The package of prefastened absorbent articles of claim 53 wherein said absorbent articles further comprise a pair of passive side bonds which are located inward of said primary fasteners on said one waist region and which releasably connect an overlapped portion of said one waist region to said opposite waist region to assist in maintaining said prefastened absorbent article in a prefastened condition.
55. The package of prefastened absorbent articles of claim 53 wherein said stretch panel of said absorbent articles comprises:
a) a center bridge panel; and
b) a pair of laterally opposed side panels which are connected to opposed lateral edges of said bridge panel and which extend laterally beyond said side edges of said absorbent chassis.
56. The package of refastened absorbent articles of claim 53 wherein said stretch panel of said absorbent articles is perforated along a pair of laterally directed lines on at least one of two laterally opposed sides of said stretch panel to provide at least one secondary fastener tab, said secondary fastener tab being configured to releasably engage said opposite waist region to further conform said waist regions to a wearer’s body after said prefastened disposable absorbent article is pulled on over a wearer’s hips.