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Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsNeelakandan Chandrasekaran, Robert L. W. Smithson, Leigh E. Wood, Timothy V. Stagg
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A personal hygiene article includes a chassis with a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent component between the topsheet and the backsheet. At least one portion of the personal hygiene article includes a microporous film having an opaque, microporous region and at least one see-through region of lower porosity within the opaque, microporous region. The microporous film can include a beta-nucleating agent or can have thermally induced phase separation caused by a diluent. A container includes a microporous film enclosing at least one personal hygiene article. The microporous film has an opaque, microporous region and at least one see-through region of lower porosity forming a window within the opaque, microporous region. Methods of making the personal hygiene article and container are also described.
A personal hygiene article comprising a chassis with a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent component between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein at least one portion of the personal hygiene article comprises a microporous film having an opaque, microporous region and at least one see-through region of lower porosity within the opaque, microporous region, and wherein the microporous film comprises a beta-nucleating agent.
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