07.15.16
Peter Charles Mason, Jr., Deerfield Township, OH; Ronald Bosman Visscher, Glendale, OH; Jeanne Marie Hughes, Deerfield Township, OH; Folke Schlueter, Geneva, Switzerland; Emma Somma, Montesilvano, Italy; Giovanni Carlucci, Chieti, Italy; and Paul Thomas Weisman, Sharonville, OH. Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 2/5/13
Issued: 3/22/16
A feminine hygiene article having a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline generally perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline, the transverse centerline defining a first portion and a second portion, the feminine hygiene article further comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the topsheet and the backsheet define a feminine hygiene article shape, and wherein the absorbent core has an absorbent core outer periphery and a core shape that is different from the feminine hygiene article shape; the feminine hygiene article further comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from a body-facing surface to indicate a configuration difference between the feminine hygiene article shape and the core shape, wherein the functional enhancement indicator comprises at least one curved line segment which mimics a curve of the core shape, wherein said functional enhancement indicator is disposed within the absorbent core outer periphery and is disposed adjacent an end of the feminine hygiene article, wherein said functional enhancement indicator is disposed in the first portion but not the second portion, and wherein the functional enhancement indicator comprises a colored mark disposed on the topsheet.
Filed: 2/5/13
Issued: 3/22/16
A feminine hygiene article having a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline generally perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline, the transverse centerline defining a first portion and a second portion, the feminine hygiene article further comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the topsheet and the backsheet define a feminine hygiene article shape, and wherein the absorbent core has an absorbent core outer periphery and a core shape that is different from the feminine hygiene article shape; the feminine hygiene article further comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from a body-facing surface to indicate a configuration difference between the feminine hygiene article shape and the core shape, wherein the functional enhancement indicator comprises at least one curved line segment which mimics a curve of the core shape, wherein said functional enhancement indicator is disposed within the absorbent core outer periphery and is disposed adjacent an end of the feminine hygiene article, wherein said functional enhancement indicator is disposed in the first portion but not the second portion, and wherein the functional enhancement indicator comprises a colored mark disposed on the topsheet.