Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Suzanne Murray

Herb F Velazquez

Dean M Wydeven

Ali Yahiaoui

Duane Lyle McDonald

Lei Huang

Katherine Carol Wheeler

Lisha Yu

Hue Scott Snowden

Simon K Poruthoor

Rebecca Willey Griffin

Balaji Kovil Kandadai

Tom Flicker

An absorbent article has a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, a first major surface which forms a body-facing surface of the absorbent article, and a second major surface disposed distally from the first major surface which forms a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article. The article includes an absorbent core positioned between the first major surface and the second major surface. The article also includes at least one heat-activatable expandable structure. The at least one heat-activatable expandable structure is disposed on or below the first major surface. Application of heat to the heat-activatable expandable structure causes the heat-activatable expandable barrier structure to form distinctive designs, barriers and/or channels.

Article with heat-activatable expandable structures

An absorbent article, for example, a diaper, a training pant, a swimming pant, or a feminine care article, and so forth, includes a topsheet, which forms a body-facing surface of the absorbent article, a backsheet disposed distally from the topsheet, which forms a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article, an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a heat-activatable expandable treatment on the garment-facing surface. The heat-activatable expandable treatment is present on the garment-facing surface in a visually distinctive shape or pattern and provides visual and/or tactile cues to a user of the absorbent article.

Personal care articles with tactile visual cues

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Suzanne Murray