Patent ID: 7935859

Claim:
A disposable absorbent article for wearing on or about a lower torso of a wearer for receiving bodily exudates, the disposable absorbent article comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between at least a portion of the topsheet and the backsheet; an acceptance element, wherein the acceptance element comprises one or more apertures each having an effective aperture size of between about 0.2 square mm to about 25 square mm; a fecal storage element disposed between at least a portion of the acceptance element and the absorbent core, wherein the fecal storage element has a compressive resistance of at least about 70%, wherein the fecal storage element comprises a macro-particulate structure comprising a multiplicity of particles, acceptance the acceptance element is disposed between at least a portion of the topsheet and a portion of the fecal storage element; and an immobilization element configured to retain bodily exudates; wherein the topsheet, the backsheet, the absorbent core, the acceptance element, and the fecal storage element are all separate elements from each other that are joined to define the article.