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US 9,132,047 B2Granted
Absorbent article
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsPatricia Lee Christon, Bryan Keith Feller, Ronda Lynn Glassmeyer, Rosa Alejandra Hernandez
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Abstract
The absorbent article provides a signal viewable from the top surface of the absorbent article which gives a perception of depth within the absorbent article. This creation of depth perception is accomplished by the use of a colored portion having at least a first shade and a second shade.
Claims13
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a. a backsheet;
- b. a topsheet comprising a bottom surface facing towards the backsheet and a viewing surface positioned opposite the bottom surface;
- c. an absorbent core disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet, the absorbent core defining an absorbent core periphery;
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- d. a colored portion associated with the topsheet or a layer beneath the topsheet, the colored portion comprising a first shade and a second shade, the colored portion residing within the absorbent core periphery;
- wherein the viewing surface of the topsheet is substantially without a non-colored portion , and wherein neither of the first shade or the second shade have an L* value of at least 90, an a* value equal to 0±2 and a b* value equal to 0±2.
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An absorbent article, comprising:
- a. article multiple layers comprising a backsheet;
- a topsheet comprising a bottom surface facing towards the backsheet and a viewing surface positioned opposite the bottom surface;
- and an absorbent core disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet , the absorbent core defining an absorbent core periphery;
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- b. a multi-layered colored portion associated with the article multiple layers, the colored portion comprising a first shade and a second shade the colored portion residing within the absorbent core periphery;
- wherein at least some of the multi-layered colored portion is viewable from the viewing surface and wherein neither of the first shade or the second shade have an L* value of at least 90, an a* value equal to 0±2 and a b* value equal to 0±2.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.