Patent ID: 7875014

Claim:
A disposable absorbent garment for wear about a wearer's waist, said disposable absorbent garment comprising: a garment shell configured for encircling the wearers waist and having a front waist region, a front waist end at said front waist region, a back waist region, and a back waist end at said back waist region, the garment shell comprising a front panel assembly having laterally opposite side margins, and a back panel assembly having laterally opposite side margins, the garment shell further having a shell waist band located at the front and back waist end thereof; an absorbent assembly disposed within the garment shell and constructed to take in and retain body exudates released by the wearer, the absorbent assembly having a front waist region in juxtaposed relation with the front waist region of the garment shell, a back waist region in opposed relationship with the back waist region of the garment shell, a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front waist region and the back waist region, a front waist end with a front attachment zone and a back waist end with a rear attachment zone, the front attachment zone of the absorbent assembly being permanently attached to the front waist region of the garment shell, and the rear attachment zone of the absorbent assembly being permanently attached to the back waist region of the garment shell; a first belt and a second belt member, each said first and second belt member extending between each of the laterally opposite outer edges of the absorbent assembly to form an inner waist band; wherein the absorbent assembly has laterally opposite outer edges defining a width thereof, and the front attachment zone and the rear attachment zone have a width that is about 1 percent to about 70 percent of the width of the absorbent assembly.