Absorbent articles with channels and signals

US9532910B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Rodrigo Rosati · Francavilla al Mare, IT
• Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer · Hofheim, DE
• Hans Adolf Jackels · Mechernich, DE
• Blanca Arizti · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi · Oberursel, DE
• Donald Carroll Roe · Sharonville, US
• Darrell Ian Brown · Mason, US
• Sarah Ann Sanborn · Cincinnati, US
• Theodore Cory Fites · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 12, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 3, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

Absorbent articles herein may provide a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a printed adhesive layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core. The absorbent core may comprise channels, and the adhesive print layer may be visible through the topsheet.