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US 2024/0358558 A1Published application
Durable absorbent pant having a visual signal
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJill Marlene ORR, Jodi Lee BROWN, John Lee HAMMONS, Grant Edward Anders STRIEMER, J Michael BILLS, Paul Thomas WEISMAN, Scott Kendyl STANLEY, Cassandra Ann SEPELLO
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Abstract
A durable absorbent pant (for example, underwear brief) to be worn for containing and absorbing discharges resulting from menstruation, where the pants include a visual signal to indicate the presence of a discharge or bodily exudate in one or more portions of the pant.
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A durable absorbent pant, comprising:
- a front waist portion with a front waist edge and left and right front leg opening edges;
- a rear waist portion with a rear waist edge and left and right rear leg opening edges;
- a crotch portion joining the front waist portion and the rear waist portion;
- a crotch gusset bridging the front waist portion and the rear waist portion and comprising a barrier layer, an absorbent layer overlying the barrier layer, and a wearer-facing layer overlying the absorbent layer;
- left and right hip side portions joining the front waist portion to the rear waist portion and thereby forming a waist opening with a waist opening edge comprising the front waist edge and the rear waist edge, and left and right leg openings;
- wherein, when the pant is in an opened configuration in which the front waist portion and rear waist portion are separated at the hip side portions, the pant has a longitudinal axis and a crotch portion lateral axis, with an intersection thereof, the intersection occurring in the crotch portion;
- wherein the wearer-facing layer comprises a visual fullness indicator in functional association with the absorbent layer wherein the fullness indicator is configured to visibly change appearance from an initial visual state to a subsequent visual state corresponding, respectively, with absence and presence of a liquid bodily exudate in the absorbent layer or a portion thereof;
- wherein the visual fullness indicator is distinct and located such that it has a circumscribing perimeter edge having a point location therealong, that is disposed at a distance longitudinally away from the crotch portion lateral axis by greater than 10%, of a length of the absorbent layer.
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A durable absorbent pant, comprising:
- a front waist portion with a front waist edge and left and right front leg opening edges;
- a rear waist portion with a rear waist edge and left and right rear leg opening edges;
- a crotch portion joining the front waist portion and the rear waist portion;
- a crotch gusset bridging the front waist portion and the rear waist portion and comprising a barrier layer, an absorbent layer overlying the barrier layer, and a wearer-facing layer overlying the absorbent layer;
- left and right hip side portions joining the front waist portion to the rear waist portion and thereby forming a waist opening with a waist opening edge comprising the front waist edge and the rear waist edge, and left and right leg openings;
- wherein, when the pant is in an opened configuration in which the front waist portion and rear waist portion are separated at the hip side portions, the pant has a longitudinal axis and a crotch portion lateral axis, with an intersection thereof, the intersection occurring in the crotch portion;
- wherein the wearer-facing layer comprises a visual fullness indicator in functional association with the absorbent layer wherein the fullness indicator is configured to visibly change appearance from an initial visual state to a subsequent visual state corresponding, respectively, with absence and presence of a liquid bodily exudate in the absorbent layer or a portion thereof;
- wherein the visual fullness indicator comprises a colorant adapted to change its appearance upon contact with menstrual fluid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.