02.04.21
Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Oberursel, Germany; Theodore Cory Fites, Cincinnati, OH; Nicole Anja Reichardt, Sulzbach, Germany; and Thomas Walenzyk, Kriftel, Germany.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 11/28/16
Issued: 12/15/20
An absorbent article having a wearer-facing side and a garment-facing side, the article comprising: a nonwoven topsheet on the wearer-facing side, wherein the topsheet has a first color which is not white and comprises thermal bonds; a backsheet on the garment facing-side; an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a visual signal disposed on the topsheet or a layer of the article under the topsheet; wherein the visual signal comprises a first portion having a first appearance and a second portion having a different second appearance; wherein the first portion is a colored portion and the second portion of the visual signal is a non-colored portion and wherein the wearer-facing side has a maximum color difference ΔE* between a first area corresponding to the colored portion and a second area corresponding to the non-colored portion of the visual signal, and ΔE* is of at least 2.0, wherein the color difference is measured according to the Color Measurement (CIE L*a*b* space) Test herein; and wherein the first portion comprises a network of printed intersecting lines and wherein the second portion comprises a non-colored inclusion at the intersection of two lines; wherein the topsheet has an opacity index of at least 28% as measured by the Opacity Test herein and wherein the visual signal is visible on the wearer-facing side of the article.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 11/28/16
Issued: 12/15/20
An absorbent article having a wearer-facing side and a garment-facing side, the article comprising: a nonwoven topsheet on the wearer-facing side, wherein the topsheet has a first color which is not white and comprises thermal bonds; a backsheet on the garment facing-side; an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a visual signal disposed on the topsheet or a layer of the article under the topsheet; wherein the visual signal comprises a first portion having a first appearance and a second portion having a different second appearance; wherein the first portion is a colored portion and the second portion of the visual signal is a non-colored portion and wherein the wearer-facing side has a maximum color difference ΔE* between a first area corresponding to the colored portion and a second area corresponding to the non-colored portion of the visual signal, and ΔE* is of at least 2.0, wherein the color difference is measured according to the Color Measurement (CIE L*a*b* space) Test herein; and wherein the first portion comprises a network of printed intersecting lines and wherein the second portion comprises a non-colored inclusion at the intersection of two lines; wherein the topsheet has an opacity index of at least 28% as measured by the Opacity Test herein and wherein the visual signal is visible on the wearer-facing side of the article.