Absorbent articles with indicia and/or color

US11154428B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Rodrigo Rosati · Francavilla al Mare, IT
• Aniruddha Chatterjee · Kelkheim, DE
• Matthew Steven Ritter · Monroe, US
• Jill Marlene Orr · Monroe, US
• John Brian Strube · Okeana, US
• Adrien Grenier · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• James Terry Knapmeyer · Cincinnati, US
• John Lee Hammons · Hamilton, US
• Paul Thomas Weisman · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 26, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2037

Classification

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

Abstract

An absorbent article is disclosed, including a three-dimensional material formed of a liquid permeable topsheet and an acquisition material. The acquisition material is positioned beneath the topsheet, and both may be formed of nonwoven material. The three dimensional material may have two surfaces and a plurality of protrusions extending in a z-direction from one of the surfaces, each protrusion having side walls defining an opening in the other of the surfaces. One of the topsheet and the acquisition material may include fibers spun of polymer resin pigmented with a first color that differs from a second color of fibers of the other of the topsheet and the acquisition material, and the differing colors are visible when viewing a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article.