02.04.21
Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH; and Vijay Rajagopalan, Mason, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 9/15/17
Issued: 12/15/20
A sensor system for detecting a property of or within an absorbent article, comprising: an absorbent article comprising a garment-facing layer and an absorbent assembly; a sensor; wherein the sensor is disposed in or on the absorbent article; wherein the sensor is separable from the absorbent article; and wherein the sensor is an optical sensor; and wherein the absorbent article comprises a material that reacts with urine or feces insult to change color which provides an optical indication for the optical sensor, wherein the material that reacts with urine or feces insult becomes darker when liquid is introduced and becomes lighter as the liquid is absorbed by the absorbent assembly.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 9/15/17
Issued: 12/15/20
A sensor system for detecting a property of or within an absorbent article, comprising: an absorbent article comprising a garment-facing layer and an absorbent assembly; a sensor; wherein the sensor is disposed in or on the absorbent article; wherein the sensor is separable from the absorbent article; and wherein the sensor is an optical sensor; and wherein the absorbent article comprises a material that reacts with urine or feces insult to change color which provides an optical indication for the optical sensor, wherein the material that reacts with urine or feces insult becomes darker when liquid is introduced and becomes lighter as the liquid is absorbed by the absorbent assembly.