Patent ID: 7491196

Claim:
An absorbent garment for personal wear about the wearer's waist, said absorbent garment comprising: a garment shell configured for encircling the wearer's 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; and 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 an inner surface adapted for contiguous relationship with the wearer's body, an outer surface, a front waist region in opposed relationship 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 of the absorbent assembly and the back waist region of the absorbent assembly, a front waist end and a back waist end, the absorbent assembly being releasably and refastenably attached generally at its front waist end to the garment shell generally at the front waist end of the garment shell, said absorbent assembly also being releasably and refastenably attached generally at its back waist end to the garment shell generally at the back waist end of the garment shell such that the absorbent assembly is selectively detachable from and reattachable to the garment shell.