The Procter Gamble Company

Braun Gmbh

Peter Charles Mason, Jr

Jeanne Marie Hughes

Paul Thomas Weisman

Giovanni Carlucci

Ronald Bosman Visscher

Folke Schlueter

Emma Somma

Dominik Langhammer

Devran Albay

Moritz Carlo Honisch

Benjamin Hubert

Christine Ann Kron

Geraldine Uribe

Jason Walley

Signe Christina Larson

Chow-Chi Huang

Brian David Andres

Su-Yon McConville

Alfredo Pagan

Widalys Luz Desoto-Burt

Nicola D'Alessio

Cristian Alexis Viola-Prioli

Jennifer Claire Jarvis

Nicole Lockett Turner

Gene Michael Altonen

Ivano Gagliardi

Ralph Edwin Neufarth

Paolo A Veglio

Kurt Franklin Trombley

Todd Mitchell Day

Richard Darren Satterfield

Cornelia Ecker

Luisa Valerio Gonzalez

Vincenzo Partenza

Peter L Middleton

Natosha Parnell

Miguel Alberto Herrea

Brandy Renae McGurran Hebert

Susan Margaret Smith

Jessica Marie Vollendorf

Maurizio Di Virgilio

Joe L Washington, Iii

An absorbent article includes a topsheet, an absorbent core, and a backsheet. The absorbent article has a visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator and a functionally-distinguishable portion of the article with one or more channels. The visually perceptible functional enhancement indicator corresponds to the one or more channels, and the functional enhancement indicator is visually perceptible from a body-facing side of the absorbent article but the one or more channels are not visually perceptible.

Absorbent article having a functional enhancement indicator

Handle for electric toothbrush

Dentifrice dispenser

Electric toothbrush

An absorbent article with a body-facing surface, a first end region a second end region, a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet is described. The absorbent article can be asymmetric about the transverse centerline, and can have a first functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface and a second functional enhancement indicator visible from the body-facing surface. The first functional enhancement indicator can provide visually-perceptible indication of the first end region, and the second functional enhancement indicator can provide visually-perceptible indication of a region of fluid entry in the absorbent article.

Absorbent article having functional enhancement indicators

Package with surface ornamentation

A feminine hygiene article having a body-facing surface, a first end region and a second end region. The feminine hygiene article is for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings, the feminine hygiene article comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from said body-facing surface. The feminine hygiene article can be a sanitary napkin, a pantiliner, or an incontinence pad.

A method for choosing a feminine hygiene article from an array of feminine hygiene articles. The method comprises providing an array of feminine hygiene articles for placement in an undergarment having a crotch portion bounded on opposite sides by portions of curved leg openings, each the feminine hygiene article of the array having a body-facing surface, the array of feminine hygiene articles comprising at least first and second feminine hygiene articles differing in at least one functional characteristic, the first and second feminine hygiene articles each comprising functional enhancement indicators visibly different from one another on the body-facing surface; observing the functional enhancement indicators; distinguishing among the array of feminine hygiene articles one of the first or second feminine hygiene articles based upon the functional enhancement indicators; and selecting among the array of feminine hygiene articles one of the first or second feminine hygiene articles.

Method of using an absorbent article having a functional enhancement indicator

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Maineville, OH, United States of America

Peter Charles Mason, Jr