Patent ID: 7686796

Claim:
An absorbent garment for personal wear about the wearer's waist, said absorbent garment comprising: an absorbent assembly constructed to take in and retain body exudates released by the wearer, the absorbent assembly having an inner surface adapted for contiguous relationship with the wearer's body, an outer surface, a front waist region, a back waist region, a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front waist region and the back waist region, a front waist end and a back waist end; a garment shell configured for encircling the wearer's waist, said garment shell 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 absorbent assembly being disposed generally within the garment shell, and a waist belt configured for wear about the wearer's waist, the absorbent assembly being releasably and refastenably attached generally at the front and back waist regions thereof to the waist belt, the garment shell being releasably and refastenably attached generally at the front and back waist regions of said garment shell to the waist belt whereby the front waist region of the garment shell is in opposed relationship with the front waist region of the absorbent assembly and the back waist region of the garment shell is in opposed relationship with the back waist region of the absorbent assembly.