US 11,957,551 B2
Absorbent articles with channels and signals
Rodrigo Rosati, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Hofheim (DE); Hans Adolf Jackels, Mechernich (DE); Blanca Arizti, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Ernesto G. Bianchi, Oberusel (DE); Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH (US); Darrell Ian Brown, Mason, OH (US); Sarah Ann Sanborn, Frankfurt (DE); and Theodore Cory Fites, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/527,204.
Application 17/527,204 is a continuation of application No. 16/295,012, filed on Mar. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,207,220.
Application 16/295,012 is a continuation of application No. 15/354,017, filed on Nov. 17, 2016, granted, now 10,449,097, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Application 15/354,017 is a continuation of application No. 14/077,355, filed on Nov. 12, 2013, granted, now 9,532,910, issued on Jan. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/878,206, filed on Sep. 16, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071810 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/45 (2006.01); A61F 13/533 (2006.01); A61F 13/535 (2006.01); A61F 13/536 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01); A61F 13/532 (2006.01); A61F 13/537 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/45 (2013.01) [A61F 13/533 (2013.01); A61F 13/535 (2013.01); A61F 13/536 (2013.01); A61F 13/84 (2013.01); A61F 2013/4587 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530562 (2013.01); A61F 13/5323 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53765 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53778 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8497 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article comprising:
a central longitudinal axis and a central longitudinal strip, coinciding with the 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 has a supporting sheet and comprises a channel, wherein the supporting sheet in the channel is bonded such that the supporting sheet is present on a longitudinal wall of the channel;
wherein the central longitudinal strip is free of the channel;
wherein the topsheet or the backsheet has printing; and
wherein the channel and the printing do not overlap.