Absorbent article having a functional enhancement indicator
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsPeter Charles Mason, Jr., Ronald Bosman Visscher, Jeanne Marie Hughes, Folke Schlueter, Emma Somma, Giovanni Carlucci, Paul Thomas Weisman
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Abstract
An absorbent article includes a topsheet, an absorbent core, and a backsheet. The absorbent article has a visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator and a functionally-distinguishable portion of the article with one or more channels. The visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator corresponds to the one or more channels, and the functional enhancement indicator is visually perceptible from a body-facing side of the absorbent article but the one or more channels are not visually perceptible.
Claims8
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a topsheet;
- a backsheet;
- an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core is substantially rectangular, and comprises:
- a functionally-distinguishable portion of the absorbent core that is different in composition, configuration, or construction to perform enhanced absorbency of the absorbent core that is different relative to absorbency of adjacent portions of the absorbent core adjacent to the functionally-distinguishable portion;
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- a functional enhancement indicator, on the topsheet, comprising a tactilely-sensed component, a periphery, and an inner area completely defined and encompassed by the periphery, and wherein the functional enhancement indicator corresponds in location to the functionally-distinguishable portion, the functionally-distinguishable portion is correspondingly located within the inner area defined by the periphery of the functional enhancement indicator, and the functional enhancement indicator does not comprise portions that correspond in location to the adjacent portions, wherein the functional enhancement indicator is positioned between a transverse centerline and an edge of an end region such that the functional enhancement indicator does not cross the transverse centerline,
- wherein the functionally-distinguishable portion of the absorbent core is not perceptible without the functional enhancement indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.