Absorbent article having functional enhancement indicators

US10500109B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Jeanne Marie Hughes · Loveland, US
• Ronald Bosman Visscher · Cincinnati, US
• Peter Charles Mason, Jr. · Wyoming, US
• Folke Schlueter · Geneva, CH
• Emma Somma · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Giovanni Carlucci · Chieti, IT
• Paul Thomas Weisman · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 8, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/8497
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An absorbent article with a body-facing surface, a first end region a second end region, a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet is described. The absorbent article can be asymmetric about the transverse centerline, and can have a first functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface and a second functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface. The first functional enhancement indicator can provide visually-perceptible indication of the first end region, and the second functional enhancement indicator can provide visually-perceptible indication of a region of fluid entry in the absorbent article.