Patent ID: 7766887

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an absorbent article, the absorbent article being adapted to be worn about a lower torso of a human body, the absorbent article having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis and comprising a chassis forming a waist opening and a pair of leg openings and having longitudinally opposing first and second waist end edges, longitudinally opposing first and second waist regions adjacent to respective waist end edges, and a crotch region longitudinally intermediate of the first and second waist regions, the chassis further comprising an openable chassis pocket adapted to receive a replaceable absorbent core component, the method comprising: advancing a top carrier web in a first direction of travel, wherein the first direction of travel corresponds with the longitudinal axis; cutting the top carrier web into discrete wearer facing portions, each wearer facing portion including a topsheet; advancing a process carrier web in a second direction of travel, wherein the second direction of travel corresponds with the lateral axis; combining components with the process carrier web to a define a continuous length of garment facing portions, each garment facing portion including a backsheet and a first absorbent core component; redirecting the discrete wearer facing portions from the first direction of travel to the second direction of travel; and combining the discrete wearer facing portions with the continuous length of the garment facing portions, wherein a portion of a periphery of the discrete wearer facing portions remain unattached to the continuous length of garment facing portions, thereby forming an access opening to the openable chassis pocket for receiving the replaceable absorbent core component.