Disposable absorbent article designed to facilitate an easy change

US7863497B2 · 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: Oct 10, 2006
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2026

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 change by providing alignment of the article relative to an anatomical feature of the wearer or by externally highlighting one or more components of the article thereby indicating alignment and fit about the wearer's lower torso.