Disposable absorbent article having a folded landing member for engaging with a hook-type fastening member

A MECHANICAL CLOSURE SYSTEM IS PROVIDED IN AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE, IN WHICH THE HIGHER CLAMP ELEMENT (64) INCLUDES A LOOP TYPE MATERIAL. THE HIGHER HOOK ELEMENT IS ELASTICALLY EXTENSIBLE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE FRONT TRANSVERSE EDGE IN AT LEAST 5%, AND PREFERREDLY AT LEAST 30% IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS THE ELASTIC CONTRACTION AND AN EXPANSION OF THE FRONT REGION OF THE WAIST. THE UPPER HITCH ELEMENT (64) MAY BE OF AN EXTENSIBLE MATERIAL AND MAY BE FORMED BY THE UPPER SHEET THAT IS PROJECTED BEYOND THE FRONT TRANSVERSAL EDGE OF THE BACK SHEET, OR OF THE UPPER SHEET MATERIAL THAT IS FOLDED IN THE FRONT REGION OF THE WAIST. ALTERNATIVELY, THE BACK SHEET INCLUDES A FRONT WAIST SECTION OF A DIFFERENT MATERIAL THAN THE BACK BELT SECTION. A SEPARATE ELASTIC ELEMENT CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGHER HOOK ELEMENT, OR THE HIGHER HOOK ELEMENT CAN BE IN ITSELF OF A STRAINABLE LOOP MATERIAL. IN ANOTHER VERSION, THE SUPERIOR HITCH ELEMENT UNDERSTANDS AT LEAST A SECTION CUT IN THE BACK SHEET THROUGH WHICH THE LOOP TYPE MATERIAL OF THE UPPER HOOK ELEMENT IS EXPOSED.