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US 2019/0336343 A1Published application
Liquid detecting article and method of making same
AssigneeGui Global Products, Ltd.
InventorsMarc D. Etchells, Walter G. Mayfield
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Abstract
A liquid indicating article is disclosed. It can have a single layer, but generally will have at least two layers bonded together, wherein a visible layer masks a second colored layer wherein the visible layer is a wicking material that becomes semitransparent when wet, wherein the colored layer is a permeable adhesive that bonds to the mask layer.
Claims25
A liquid indicating article comprising:
- a first visible layer that transitions from a first opaque state to a less opaque second state, and
- a second layer having a color different from the less opaque state;
- wherein the visible layer is interlocked to the second layer and the transition of the first layer occurs while in contact with a liquid.
A process for manufacturing a liquid indicating article comprising applying:
- a first visible layer that transitions from a first opaque state to a less opaque second state, to
- a second layer having a color different from the less opaque state;
- wherein the visible layer is interlocked to the second layer and the transition of the first layer occurs while in contact with a liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.