Disposable absorbent article designed to facilitate an easy intuitive change

US7632257B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Luke Robinson Magee · Cincinnati, US
• George B. Glackin, III · Wyoming, US
• Christopher J. Hosmer · Watertown, US
• Naomi S. Korn · Cambridge, US
• James Wilson · Norwood, US
• Mark C. Bates · Watauga, US
• Mattias Schmidt · Idstein, DE
• Eva Susanne Dominique Thurnay · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Joerg Mueller · Karben, DE
• John C. Costello · Wellesley, US
• Ann Sullivan · Waltham, US
• Gregg Flender · Bedford, US
• Donald Carroll Roe · Sharonville, US
• Mark James Kline · Okeana, US
• Kenneth Edwin Jewell · Chelsea, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 15, 2009
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2027

Classification

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

Abstract

A disposable absorbent article to be worn about the lower torso of a wearer that facilitates an easy, intuitive change is provided. The disposable absorbent article includes at least one serviceable indicium that facilitates an easy, intuitive change by aligning the article relative to an anatomical feature of the wearer or relative to a component of the article thereby enhancing the fit and corresponding performance of the article.