Absorbent article with clean appearance and capacity signal means

A sanitary napkin for absorbing bodily fluids having a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline, and a garment surface, said sanitary napkin comprising:

• a main body portion having longitudinally oriented sides, transversely oriented ends, a pair of longitudinally oriented side regions, a longitudinally oriented middle region therebetween, first and second end regions adjacent said transversely oriented ends, and a central region therebetween, said main body portion comprising:
• a liquid permeable topsheet;
• a liquid impermeable backsheet;
• an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet, said absorbent core comprising:
• a pair of indicator members, one of said indicator members being disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet adjacent each of said sides and defining said side regions, said indicator members comprising an air laid fibrous assembly,
• a storage/distribution member having an absorbent capacity and disposed on said backsheet in said middle region, said storage/distribution member comprising a wet laid tri-component member, and
• an acquisition member disposed between said storage/distribution member and said topsheet, said acquisition member being in contact with said storage/distribution member and comprising an air laid fibrous assembly, wherein said acquisition member has sufficient hiding power so that said acquisition member at least partially minimizes the visual impact of absorbed bodily fluids,
• wherein the ratio of the vertical wicking height of said storage/distribution member to the vertical wicking height of said acquisition member is equal to or greater than about 1.5:1;
• and
• a pair of flaps joined to said main body portion in said central region wherein one of said flaps extends laterally outwardly from each of said sides.

A sanitary napkin for absorbing bodily fluids having a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline, and a garment surface, said sanitary napkin comprising:

• a main body portion having longitudinally oriented sides, transversely oriented ends, a pair of longitudinally oriented side regions, and a longitudinally oriented middle region therebetween, said main body portion comprising:
• a liquid permeable topsheet;
• a liquid impermeable backsheet;
• an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet, said absorbent core comprising:
• a pair of indicator members, one of said indicator members being disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet adjacent each of said sides and defining said side regions, said indicator members comprising an air laid fibrous assembly,
• an acquisition member disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet in said middle region, and
• a storage/distribution member which:
• contacts said acquisition member, is disposed in said middle region, and underlies said acquisition member, wherein the ratio of the vertical wicking height of said storage/distribution member to the vertical wicking height of said acquisition member is equal to or greater than about 1.5:1;
• wherein said topsheet is also disposed between said acquisition member and said indicator member.