Disposable absorbent articles having inkjet printed wetness indicators
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorKuang Kai LIU
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Abstract
The present invention relates to disposable absorbent articles. The disposable absorbent articles include: (a) a body contacting surface; (b) a garment contacting surface opposite the body contacting surface; and (c) an inkjet printed wetness indicator which is seen through either the body contacting surface or the garment contacting surface. The wetness indicator includes a central graphic and a background graphic, the central graphic having at least one permanent ink composition and the background graphic having at least one water soluble ink composition.
Claims20
A disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a) a body-facing surface;
- b) a garment-facing surface opposite the body-facing surface;
- and
- c) a wetness indicator visible through the body-facing surface and/or the garment-facing surface;
- wherein the wetness indicator comprises a first graphic and a second graphic;
- wherein the first graphic is permanent;
- wherein the second graphic is dissolvable;
- wherein the first graphic comprises a permanent ink composition;
- wherein the second graphic comprises a water soluble ink composition;
- wherein the first graphic comprises a plurality of dots of the permanent ink composition;
- wherein the second graphic comprises a plurality of dots of the water soluble ink composition;
- and
- wherein at least a portion of the first graphic is free of overlap with the second graphic.
A disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a) a body-facing surface;
- b) a garment-facing surface opposite the body-facing surface;
- and
- c) a wetness indicator visible from the body-facing surface and/or the garment-facing surface;
- wherein the wetness indicator comprises a first graphic and a second graphic;
- wherein the first graphic comprises a permanent ink composition;
- wherein the second graphic comprises a dissolvable ink composition;
- wherein the first graphic comprises a plurality of dots of the permanent ink composition;
- wherein the second graphic comprises a plurality of dots of the water soluble ink composition;
- wherein the plurality of dots of the permanent ink composition have a first color;
- wherein the plurality of dots of the water soluble ink composition have a second color;
- wherein the first color and the second color are different shades of the same color or are different colors;
- wherein at least a portion of the first graphic is free of overlap with the second graphic;
- wherein the water soluble ink composition, when applied to the disposable absorbent article, comprises:
- i) from about 1% to about 10%, by weight of the water soluble ink composition, of a fluid dyestuff;
- ii) from about 50% to about 90%, by weight of the water soluble ink composition, of an organic solvent;
- iii) from about 1% to about 10%, by weight of the water soluble ink composition, of a water soluble resin;
- and
- iv) from about 1% to about 10%, by weight of the water soluble ink composition, of a plasticizer;
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- wherein the permanent ink composition, when applied to the disposable absorbent article, comprises:
- i) from about 30% to about 90%, by weight of the permanent ink composition, of an organic solvent;
- ii) from about 1% to about 10%, by weight of the permanent ink composition, of a fluid dyestuff;
- iii) from about 1% to about 10%, by weight of the permanent ink composition, of a resin;
- and
- iv) from about 1% to about 10%, by weight of the permanent ink composition, of a plasticizer.
An absorbent article comprising:
- a) a body-facing surface;
- b) a garment-facing surface opposite the body-facing surface;
- and
- c) a wetness indicator visible through the body-facing surface and/or the garment-facing surface;
- wherein the wetness indicator comprises a first graphic and a second graphic;
- wherein the first graphic is permanent;
- wherein the second graphic is dissolvable;
- wherein the first graphic comprises a permanent ink composition;
- wherein the second graphic comprises a water soluble ink composition;
- wherein the first graphic is formed of a plurality of dots of the permanent ink composition;
- wherein the second graphic is formed of a plurality of dots of the water soluble ink composition;
- wherein the plurality of dots of the permanent ink composition have a first color;
- wherein the plurality of dots of the water soluble ink composition have a second color;
- wherein at least a portion of the first graphic is free of overlap with the second graphic;
- wherein the water soluble ink composition comprises:
- i) a fluid dyestuff;
- ii) water soluble resin;
- and
- iii) a plasticizer;
- and
- wherein the permanent ink composition comprises:
- i) a fluid dyestuff;
- ii) a resin;
- and
- iii) a plasticizer.
The absorbent article of claim 14, further comprising a component material disposed between the body-facing surface and the garment-facing surface.
The absorbent article of claim 14, wherein the wetness indicator is printed.
The absorbent article of claim 14, wherein the second graphic has a different shape than the first graphic.
The absorbent article of claim 14, wherein the first graphic is free of overlap with the second graphic.
The absorbent article of claim 14, wherein the wetness indicator is printed via continuous inkjet printing.
The absorbent article of claim 14, wherein the first color and the second color are different shades of the same color or are different colors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.