	US 7,601,145 B2
	Disposable absorbent articles having multiple absorbent core components including replaceable components
Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, Ohio (US); Gerald Alfred Young, Miller Township, Ind. (US); and Theodora Beck, Colerain Township, Ohio (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinanti, Ohio (US)
Filed on Apr. 09, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/410,783.
Application 10/410783 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/911108, filed on Jul. 23, 2001, granted, now 6,932,800.
Application 09/911108 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/431322, filed on Nov. 02, 1999, abandoned.
Application 09/431322 is a continuation of application No. 08/825071, filed on Mar. 27, 1997, granted, now 6,015,935.
Application 08/825071 is a continuation in part of application No. 08/828005, filed on Mar. 27, 1997, granted, now 6,989,005.
Prior Publication US 2004/0030314 A1, Feb. 12, 2004
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 604—385.14 [604/385.01; 604/385.11; 604/385.13; 604/385.19]

8 Claims

1. A disposable absorbent article adapted to be worn about a lower torso of a human body, comprising:

a chassis forming a waist opening and a pair of leg openings and having longitudinally opposing first and second waist end edges, longitudinally opposing first and second waist regions adjacent to the respective waist end edges, and a crotch region longitudinally intermediate of the waist regions;

a non-removable absorbent core component disposed in the crotch region; and

a replaceable absorbent core component disposed in capillary liquid communication with the non-removable absorbent core component and having a first major surface and an opposing second major surface, the replaceable absorbent core component further comprising an openable insertion pocket;

wherein at least one of the first major surface and the second major surface has a liquid impermeable region and a liquid permeable region.