Absorbent article having a functional enhancement indicator

US8388590B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Peter Charles Mason, Jr. · Wyoming, US
• Ronald Bosman Visscher · Cincinnati, 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: Sep 16, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D75/522
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A feminine hygiene article having a body-facing surface, a first end region and a second end region. The feminine hygiene article is for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings, the feminine hygiene article comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from said body-facing surface, the functional enhancement indicator corresponding to at least one functionally-enhanced portion of the feminine hygiene article. The feminine hygiene article can be a sanitary napkin, a pantiliner, or an incontinence pad.