Patent ID: 7591810

Claim:
An absorbent garment comprising: a front body panel comprising a terminal waist edge and a terminal crotch edge; a rear body panel comprising a terminal waist edge and a terminal crotch edge, wherein said terminal crotch edge of said rear body panel is longitudinally spaced from and forms a gap with said terminal crotch edge of said front body panel; and an absorbent composite comprising a top sheet, a back sheet, a retention element, first and second longitudinally spaced terminal edges and opposite laterally spaced side edges, wherein said retention element is disposed between said top sheet and said back sheet and comprises an absorbent material, wherein said absorbent composite bridges said gap between said front and rear body panels with said first and second terminal edges overlying and non-releasably connected to said front and rear body panels respectively and with at least a portion of said retention element overlying said front body panel, wherein said terminal edges of said absorbent composite are the only portion of said absorbent composite connected to said front and rear body panels, wherein said first and second terminal edges of said absorbent composite are directly connected to a bodyside surface of said front and rear body panels respectively.