US 2017/0360623 A1 · SENSOR FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLE

Abstract

A sensor for monitoring wetness in a diaper or other absorbent article includes a housing that attaches to the absorbent article. The sensor may include inner and outer housing portions that capture an edge of the absorbent article between the housings. The sensor may include contacts that electrically connect with a pair of contact strips embedded in the absorbent article. The distance between the embedded strips may vary depending on the size of the absorbent article. The sensor may include multiple pairs of contacts that are spaced apart to match the distance between the contact strips for the variously sized absorbent articles. In this way, depending on the pair of contacts connected to the contact strips, the sensor may indicate the size of the absorbent article.

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Dependent claims

A sensor for connecting to absorbent articles, the sensor comprising:

a housing that is positioned adjacent to a surface of an absorbent article;
a plurality of first contacts that extend from the housing, wherein the first contacts are spaced apart a first distance and each contact electrically connects with one of a plurality of contact strips embedded in a first absorbent article and spaced apart the first distance when the sensor is connected to the first absorbent article;
a plurality of second contacts that extend from the housing, wherein the second contacts are spaced apart a second distance and each contact electrically connects with one of a plurality of contact strips embedded in a second absorbent article and spaced apart the second distance when the sensor is connected to the second absorbent article;
wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Sensor for absorbent article

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Abstract

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