Belt suspended fully detachable cloth diaper with compatible belted garments

A garment system for managing incontinence of a wearer, the system comprising:

• an absorbent article comprising:
• a liquid-impervious outer material;
• an inner-facing material joined to the outer material;
• a first absorbent unit disposed between the outer material and the inner-facing material and configured to absorb liquids from the wearer;
• a plurality of first fasteners disposed on an outward-facing surface of the absorbent article, wherein the absorbent article contains no structure configured to independently encircle the waist or hips of the wearer, and wherein the absorbent article, as a standalone component, contains no belt, no laterally-extending waistband wings, no waist-encircling structure, and no crotch panel, such that the absorbent article is incapable of being worn on a wearer without being fastened to a carrier garment;
• a first carrier garment selected from the group consisting of:
• a waist belt, crotchless pants, crotchless shorts, a crotchless bodysuit, a skirt, a dress, and a shirt, the first carrier garment comprising:
• a hip-surrounding portion configured to encircle at least a portion of the hips or waist of the wearer and having an inward-facing side configured to contact the lower torso of the wearer and an outward-facing side configured to face away from the wearer;
• a front part and a rear part;
• a plurality of second fasteners disposed on the outward-facing side of the first carrier garment and configured to releasably engage the plurality of first fasteners, wherein the first carrier garment lacks any crotch panel extending between the front part and the rear part of the first carrier garment, such that the groin and buttocks of the wearer are structurally uncovered and exposed when the first carrier garment is worn without the absorbent article, and wherein the first carrier garment contains no absorbent material;
• and
• wherein the first carrier garment and the absorbent article are configured such that, when the first and second fasteners are engaged:
• a front part of the absorbent article is connected to the front part of the first carrier garment to provide at least one front connection, and a rear part of the absorbent article is connected to the rear part of the first carrier garment to provide at least one rear connection,
• wherein the front connection is formed by a first discrete set of mating fasteners located on a front region of the absorbent article and a front region of the first carrier garment, and the rear connection is formed by a second, spatially separate discrete set of mating fasteners located on a rear region of the absorbent article and a rear region of the first carrier garment, such that either connection may be released independently of the other, and
• wherein the absorbent article is positioned outward of the first carrier garment such that at least a portion of the first carrier garment is sandwiched between the lower torso of the wearer and the absorbent article.

A kit for managing incontinence, the kit comprising:

• an absorbent article comprising:
• a liquid-impervious outer material;
• an inner-facing material joined to the outer material;
• at least one absorbent unit disposed between the outer material and the inner-facing material;
• a plurality of fasteners disposed on an outward-facing surface of the absorbent article, wherein the absorbent article, when standing alone, contains no structure configured to independently encircle the waist or hips of a wearer;
• and
• two or more carrier garments, each carrier garment comprising:
• a hip-surrounding portion configured to encircle at least a portion of the hips or waist of the wearer;
• a plurality of carrier fasteners disposed on an outward-facing surface of the carrier garment and configured to releasably engage the plurality of fasteners of the absorbent article,
• wherein each of the two or more carrier garments is a different type of garment selected from the group consisting of:
• a waist belt, crotchless pants, crotchless shorts, a crotchless bodysuit, a skirt, a dress, and a shirt,
• wherein each of the two or more carrier garments lacks any crotch panel extending between its front and rear parts, such that the groin and buttocks of the wearer are structurally uncovered and exposed when any of the two or more carrier garments is worn without the absorbent article, and wherein none of the two or more carrier garments contains any absorbent material, and
• wherein the absorbent article is configured to be removably connected to each of the two or more carrier garments interchangeably via the fasteners.