Patent ID: 7494483

Claim:
A disposable absorbent insert adapted for use in a disposable absorbent article adapted to be worn about a lower torso of a human body, comprising a first absorbent layer having an outer end, an opposing inner end, and an overall length measured from said inner end to said outer end, and respective first, second, third and fourth portions having equal lengths each comprising a quarter of said overall length, with said first portion comprising said inner end, said fourth portion comprising said outer end, and said second and third portions situated between said first and fourth portions, a substantially rectangular portion comprising at least part of said second, third or fourth portions, and a convergingly tapered portion having two non-intersecting sides, said tapered portion comprising at least part of said first portion and being its narrowest toward said inner end; and wherein the disposable absorbent insert has a major surface across said first, second, third and fourth portions, said major surface having a liquid permeable portion in at least said first portion, and a liquid impermeable portion in at least said fourth portion.