Patents

Absorbent Articles with Primary and Secondary Indicating:

U.S. Patent No. 9,895,272

Mattias Schmidt, Idstein, Germany; Miguel Alvaro Robles, Wyoming, OH; Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH; and Michael I. Divo, Friedrichsdorf, Germany.
Assigned to Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 12/23/09
Issued: 2/20/18

A disposable wearable absorbent article, comprising: an absorbent core with a total absorbent capacity and an outboard end; a primary visual fullness indicator; a center and a lateral centerline; and a secondary visual wetness indicator, having an inboard end and an outboard end; wherein the secondary visual wetness indicator is spaced apart from the primary visual fullness indicator; the primary visual fullness indicator’s outboard edge is inboard of the secondary visual wetness indicator’s outboard edge; wherein substantially all of the secondary visual wetness indicator is disposed outboard from the outboard end of the absorbent core; wherein the article further comprises an acquisition layer with an outboard end; a portion of the secondary visual wetness indicator is disposed inboard to the outboard end of the acquisition layer; the primary visual fullness indicator is disposed offset from the center such that the visual fullness indicator does not overlap with the lateral centerline; and a portion of the secondary visual wetness indicator is disposed outboard from the outboard end of the acquisition layer.

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