A disposable garment, subassemblies of the garment, and apparatus and methods for making the garment and subassemblies. The garment has elasticized leg and waist openings. The apparatus and methods of the invention facilitate assembling leg elastics and crotch elastics into the garment subassemblies, with the leg elastics extending across the width of the garment, and the crotch elastics extending along the length of the garment, while assembling a series of the garment subassemblies in a continuous web structure at a constant, or relatively constant, continuous and efficient speed. The leg elastics are installed across the crotch. The resulting garment is free from resilient tension across the crotch when the crotch portion is extended across the width of the garment.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.120 to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/548,231 filed Apr. 12, 2000, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/937,225 filed Sep. 11, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,049,916, which is a divisional of Ser. No. 08/382,108, filed Jan. 31, 1995 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,922.
