12.11.19
Rodrigo Rosati, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Hofheim, Germany; Hans Adolf Jackels, Mechernich, Germany; Blanca Arizti, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Ernesto G. Bianchi, Oberusel, Germany; Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH; Darrell Ian Brown, Mason, OH; Sarah Ann Sanborn, Frankfurt, Germany; and Theodore Cory Fites, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 11/17/16
Issued: 10/22/19
An absorbent article comprising: a central transverse axis and a central longitudinal axis; a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and an acquisition layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core; wherein the absorbent core comprises at least one channel that is substantially free of absorbent material; wherein graphics are printed on the backsheet; and wherein the at least one channel comprises a shape and the backsheet graphics comprising an inner and an outer portion each comprising a terminating point disposed in a terminating portion of the backsheet graphics and wherein the inner and outer portion collectively substantially match the shape; wherein the width between the inner and outer portions between their terminating points, is greater than the width between the inner and outer portions at the central transverse axis.
Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 11/17/16
Issued: 10/22/19
An absorbent article comprising: a central transverse axis and a central longitudinal axis; a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and an acquisition layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core; wherein the absorbent core comprises at least one channel that is substantially free of absorbent material; wherein graphics are printed on the backsheet; and wherein the at least one channel comprises a shape and the backsheet graphics comprising an inner and an outer portion each comprising a terminating point disposed in a terminating portion of the backsheet graphics and wherein the inner and outer portion collectively substantially match the shape; wherein the width between the inner and outer portions between their terminating points, is greater than the width between the inner and outer portions at the central transverse axis.