Absorbent article with indicator
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsThomas Walter Odorzynski, Brenda Nelson, Kellie Marie Goodrich
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Abstract
An absorbent article includes a liquid permeable bodyside liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent body located between the bodyside liner and the outer cover. The absorbent body comprises at least one colorant. The colorant, when wetted with a liquid, becomes visible so as to identify the presence of the liquid. The colorant may also detect substances in the liquid. The colorant can detect small volumes of liquid and volumes of liquids deposited outside the target area.
Claims19
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a liquid permeable bodyside liner;
- an outer cover;
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- an absorbent body positioned between the bodyside liner and the outer cover;
- wherein the absorbent body comprises a first colorant that becomes visible when wetted with urine so as to identify the presence of the urine.
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a liquid permeable bodyside liner;
- an outer cover;
- an absorbent body located between the bodyside liner and the outer cover;
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- a first colorant that becomes visible when wetted with urine containing a substance selected from the group consisting of blood, protein, nitrates, ketones, glucose, leukocytes, urobilinogen, bilirubin and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing substances.
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a colorant having a first state when the absorbent article is dry and a second state when the absorbent article is wetted with a volume of urine;
- and wherein the second state is visible and is indicative of the volume of the urine.
An absorbent article system, comprising:
- a liquid permeable bodyside liner;
- an outer cover;
- an absorbent body comprising a colorant, the absorbent body located between the bodyside liner and the outer cover, wherein the colorant, when wetted, becomes visible and defines a visible area;
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- a correlater useful in estimating a volume of liquid received by the absorbent body by comparing the visible area to the correlater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.