# US 2010/0168697 A1 · Disposable Wearable Absorbent Articles With Gender Specific Indicia > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0168697 A1 - Document ID: US20100168697A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/646,334 - Filed: 2009-12-23 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-30 - Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company - Inventors: Miguel Alvaro Robles; Donald Carroll Roe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100168697A1 ## CPC - A61F 13/42: with wetness indicator or alarm - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) ## Abstract A disposable wearable absorbent article including a visual wetness indicator and gender specific indicia. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A disposable wearable absorbent article, comprising: a visual wetness indicating area configured to change to a subsequent visual state when indicating the presence of a bodily exudate; a male indicium configured to visually indicate male gender; and a female indicium configured to visually indicate female gender. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the visual wetness indicating area is configured to change to a subsequent color when indicating the presence of a bodily exudate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the male indicium is disposed proximate to the visual wetness indicating area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the female indicium is disposed proximate to the visual wetness indicating area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the male indicium is disposed on one longitudinal side of the visual wetness indicating area and the female indicium is disposed on another longitudinal side of the visual wetness indicating area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the male indicium is selected from the group including: the color blue, a variation of the color blue, the color green, a variation of the color green, a Mars symbol, an image of a person of male gender, the letter B, the letter M, the word BOY, the word MAN, the word MALE, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the female indicium is selected from the group including: the color pink, a variation of the color pink, the color purple, a variation of the color purple, a Venus symbol, an image of a person of female gender, the letter G, the letter F, the word GIRL, the word WOMAN, the word FEMALE, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the visual wetness indicating area is a visual fullness indicating area. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 8, wherein the visual fullness indicating area has an overall shape that is substantially elongated. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 8, wherein the visual fullness indicating area has an overall shape with a substantially uniform width. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein: the male indicium correlates with a first degree of fullness for a male wearer; and the female indicium correlates with a second degree of fullness for a female wearer that is about the same as the first degree of fullness. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein: the article includes a front waist edge; the male indicium is disposed at a first longitudinal distance from the front waist edge; and the female indicium is disposed at a second longitudinal distance from the front waist edge, wherein the second longitudinal distance is greater than the first longitudinal distance. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein: the visual wetness indicating area is disposed in a front of the article; the visual wetness indicating area includes an outboard end; the male indicium is disposed at a first longitudinal distance from the outboard end; and the female indicium is disposed at a second longitudinal distance from the outboard end, wherein the second longitudinal distance is greater than the first longitudinal distance. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein: the visual wetness indicating area is disposed in a front of the article; the visual wetness indicating area includes an inboard end; the male indicium is disposed at a first longitudinal distance from the inboard end; and the female indicium is disposed at a second longitudinal distance from the inboard end, wherein the second longitudinal distance is less than the first longitudinal distance. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein: the visual wetness indicating area is disposed in a back of the article; the visual wetness indicating area includes an outboard end; the male indicium is disposed at a first longitudinal distance from the outboard end; and the female indicium is disposed at a second longitudinal distance from the outboard end, wherein the second longitudinal distance is less than the first longitudinal distance. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, wherein: the visual wetness indicating area is disposed in a back of the article; the visual wetness indicating area includes an inboard end; the male indicium is disposed at a first longitudinal distance from the inboard end; and the female indicium is disposed at a second longitudinal distance from the inboard end, wherein the second longitudinal distance is greater than the first longitudinal distance. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1, including: a group of male indicia, including the male indicium, configured to visually indicate male gender; and a group of female indicia, including the female indicium, configured to visually indicate female gender. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 17, wherein: the visual wetness indicating area is disposed in a front of the article; the article includes a front waist edge; the group of male indicia includes a farthest longitudinally outboard male indicium, disposed at a first longitudinal distance from the front waist edge; and the group of female indicia includes a farthest longitudinally outboard female indicium, disposed at a second longitudinal distance from the front waist edge, wherein the second longitudinal distance is greater than the first longitudinal distance. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 16, wherein: the visual wetness indicating area is disposed in a back of the article; the article includes a front waist edge; the group of male indicia includes a nearest longitudinally inboard male indicium, disposed at a first longitudinal distance from the front waist edge; and the group of female indicia includes a nearest longitudinally inboard female indicium, disposed at a second longitudinal distance from the front waist edge, wherein the second longitudinal distance is greater than the first longitudinal distance. ### Claim 20 An array of disposable wearable absorbent articles, comprising: a first disposable wearable absorbent article including a first visual wetness indicating area and a male indicium configured to visually indicate male gender; and a second disposable wearable absorbent article including a second visual wetness indicating area and a female indicium configured to visually indicate female gender.