03.04.21
Ralph Joseph Mancini, Danbury, CT; and Derek Phelps Gardner, Huntsville, AL.
Assigned to Sentine, Inc., Huntsville, AL.
Filed: 10/14/19
Issued: 1/26/21
An absorbent article comprising a signaling device for detecting and identifying a moisture insult, the signaling device comprising: a substrate; a first absorbent layer; a second absorbent layer; and a moisture sensor, wherein said sensor comprises a first and second conductive element, wherein said first absorbent layer comprises said first conductive element having a first length and a first metal connector on a first end of said first conductive element; wherein the second absorbent layer comprises a second conductive element having a second length and a second metal connector on a first end of said second conductive element; wherein the first conductive element and the second conductive element are disposed on the first and second absorbent layers respectively such that said first and second conductive elements do not contact each other thereby forming an open circuit; wherein the first and second metal connectors provide a conductive platform configured to allow power to be supplied to the open circuit through the metal connectors; wherein the first and second conductive elements form an open circuit under dry conditions and wherein said open circuit is completed in the presence of a moisture insult causing an alarm signal indicating the presence of said insult.
Assigned to Sentine, Inc., Huntsville, AL.
Filed: 10/14/19
Issued: 1/26/21
An absorbent article comprising a signaling device for detecting and identifying a moisture insult, the signaling device comprising: a substrate; a first absorbent layer; a second absorbent layer; and a moisture sensor, wherein said sensor comprises a first and second conductive element, wherein said first absorbent layer comprises said first conductive element having a first length and a first metal connector on a first end of said first conductive element; wherein the second absorbent layer comprises a second conductive element having a second length and a second metal connector on a first end of said second conductive element; wherein the first conductive element and the second conductive element are disposed on the first and second absorbent layers respectively such that said first and second conductive elements do not contact each other thereby forming an open circuit; wherein the first and second metal connectors provide a conductive platform configured to allow power to be supplied to the open circuit through the metal connectors; wherein the first and second conductive elements form an open circuit under dry conditions and wherein said open circuit is completed in the presence of a moisture insult causing an alarm signal indicating the presence of said insult.