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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, SE;
Philip Blomström, Gothenburg, SE;
Shadi Ståhl, Mölndal, SE;
ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
Disposable hygiene article is provided including a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core and liquid side barriers arranged substantially along longitudinal edges of the absorbent core and provided to reduce side-edge leakage. The coloured indications are provided on the article along the liquid side barriers to indicate the presence of the liquid side barriers to a user, the coloured indications being provided underneath at least one layer of translucent material so as to be visible through the at least one layer of translucent material while avoiding direct contact with the user's skin.