US 12,263,073 B2
Configurable absorbent articles having improved bodily exudate visualization
Amy Lynn Tally, Cold Spring, KY (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,417.
Application 17/874,417 is a continuation of application No. 15/993,967, filed on May 31, 2018, granted, now 11,452,646.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/515,084, filed on Jun. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0362076 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/475 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/494 (2006.01); A61F 13/505 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/513 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/84 (2013.01) [A61F 13/4758 (2013.01); A61F 13/49009 (2013.01); A61F 13/49406 (2013.01); A61F 13/505 (2013.01); A61F 13/511 (2013.01); A61F 13/51121 (2013.01); A61F 13/513 (2013.01); A61F 13/51394 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8497 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article configured to provide accurate bodily exudate visualization when viewing a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article, the absorbent article comprising:
a liquid permeable topsheet forming a portion of the wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article, wherein a bodily exudate's true color is visible through the liquid permeable topsheet;
a liquid impermeable backsheet;
an absorbent core positioned at least partially between the liquid permeable topsheet and the liquid impermeable backsheet;
at least one crotch narrowing joint formed on the wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article; and
an acquisition material positioned at least partially between the topsheet and the absorbent core;
wherein at least a portion of the wearer-facing surface exhibits a Delta C* of greater than about 24 and less than about 50 when the absorbent article is subjected to a Bodily Exudate Visualization Test, and wherein the absorbent article has a folded crotch width of between about 10 mm and about 100 mm, according to a Folded Crotch Width Test.