Array of absorbent articles having functional enhancement indicators

US8378165B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2004
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2013
• Expiry date: May 9, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

An array of feminine hygiene articles for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings. Each feminine hygiene article of the array has a body-facing surface, a first end region and a second end region, the array of feminine hygiene articles comprising at least first and second the feminine hygiene articles differing in at least one functional characteristic. The first and second feminine hygiene articles each comprise a functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface, the functional enhancement indicator of the first and second feminine hygiene articles being visibly different to distinguish the first feminine hygiene article from the second feminine hygiene article.