Absorbent article having a fever indicator
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsPatrick Jay Allen, Donald Carroll Roe, Oliver Edwin Clarke Mason
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Abstract
A wearable article including a fever indicator disposed on at least a portion of the article for indicating the body temperature of a wearer. The fever indicator may be used in conjunction with a disposable absorbent article and provides a signal indicating qualitative or quantitative information about the body temperature of the wearer based on the temperature of the wearer's urine.
Claims18
A wearable article comprising an outer cover adapted to fit about a portion of a wearer and a fever indicator affixed to the outer cover,
- the fever indicator comprising a temperature sensitive component and an indicating component,
- the temperature sensitive component covering the indicating component and thereby preventing wetting of the indicating component prior to melting at a predetermined threshold temperature and thereby allowing wetting of the indicating component by urine expelled from the wearer,
- the indicating component changing in appearance when wetted and thereby providing a visible signal.
A disposable absorbent article for receiving and containing bodily exudates, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- an outer cover adapted to fit about a portion of a wearer;
- a fluid permeable topsheet;
- an absorbent structure disposed adjacent at least a portion of the outer cover;
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- a fever indicator affixed to a component of the disposable absorbent article,
- the fever indicator comprising a temperature sensitive component and an indicating component,
- the temperature sensitive component covering the indicating component and thereby preventing wetting of the indicating component prior to melting at a predetermined threshold temperature and thereby allowing wetting of the indicating component by urine expelled from the wearer,
- the indicating component changing in appearance when wetted and thereby providing a visible signal.
An insert for use with a wearable article, the insert comprising a fever indicator comprising a temperature sensitive component and an indicating component,
- the temperature sensitive component covering the indicating component and thereby preventing wetting of the indicating component prior to melting at a predetermined threshold temperature and thereby allowing wetting of the indicating component by urine expelled from a wearer,
- the indicating component changing in appearance when wetted and thereby providing a visible signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.