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
A feminine hygiene article having a body-facing surface, a first end region and a second end region. The feminine hygiene article is for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings, the feminine hygiene article comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from said body-facing surface. The feminine hygiene article can be a sanitary napkin, a pantiliner, or an incontinence pad.
Claims20
A feminine hygiene article comprising a topsheet;
- a backsheet;
- and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core does not extend laterally outward to the same extent as the topsheet;
- the feminine hygiene article further comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface to indicate the configuration difference between the topsheet and the underlying absorbent core.
A feminine hygiene article comprising a topsheet;
- a backsheet;
- and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein topsheet and the backsheet define a feminine hygiene article shape, and wherein the absorbent core has a core shape that is different from the feminine hygiene shape;
- the feminine hygiene article further comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface to indicate the configuration difference between the feminine hygiene shape and the core shape.
A feminine hygiene article comprising first end region;
- a second end region;
- a longitudinal centerline;
- a transverse centerline;
- a topsheet;
- a backsheet;
- and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein topsheet and the backsheet define a feminine hygiene article shape that is symmetrical about the longitudinal centerline and the transverse centerline, wherein the absorbent core is asymmetrically-shaped about the longitudinal centerline and/or the transverse centerline so that the absorbent core has more absorbent capacity proximate the first end region than proximate the second end region;
- the feminine hygiene article further comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface to indicate the asymmetrical aspect of the underlying absorbent core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.