Patent ID: 7503911

Claim:
A disposable wearing article, comprising: a holder member having a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region extending in a longitudinal direction of said holder member between said waist regions, said holder member further having an upper surface adapted to contact a wearer's body in use and a lower surface adapted to contact said wearer's clothing in use; and a bodily discharge receiving member removably retainable by said holder member; wherein said crotch region has in a transversely middle zone thereof a through-hole extending between said upper surface and said lower surface; said receiving member comprises an annular portion removably insertable from below said holder member through said through-hole so as to be located on the upper surface in the transversely middle zone of said crotch region for surrounding at least one of an anus and a urethral orifice of the wearer in use, said annular portion having inner and outer circumferential surfaces and a top surface connecting said inner and outer circumferential surfaces, said top surface being convex upward to define an upper circumferential edge that is rounded so as to facilitate the insertion of said annular portion from below said holder member through said through-hole; and a discharge containing portion joined to and in fluid communication with said annular portion for receiving bodily discharges flowing through said annular portion; when said receiving member is retained by said holder member, said annular portion is located above the upper surface whereas said discharge containing portion is positioned below the lower surface; and said discharge containing portion comprises a top wall having an aperture in fluid communication with the annular portion; a bottom wall exposed on the lower surface of said holder member to an outside of said wearing article, for allowing access to and exchange of said receiving member from the outside of said wearing article; a side wall connecting the top wall and the bottom wall; and an absorbent core containing absorbent material.