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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, SE;
Christian Bremer, Gothenburg, SE;
Stina Lindlöf, Gothenburg, SE;
Marcus Rudén, Gothenburg, SE;
Peter Rönnberg, Gothenburg, SE;
ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A disposable hygiene absorbent product having a liquid-permeable topsheet of a translucent material, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core arranged between the topsheet and the backsheet is disclosed. The absorbent core has a smaller extension than the topsheet and the backsheet and is surrounded by a peripheral edge area which comprises the topsheet and the backsheet. The edge area has an elastic element extending longitudinally following the shape of the core and/or an outermost peripheral edge of the edge area. The backsheet has a different inherent color than the inherent color of the topsheet, the core and the elastic elements, and has a lower L*-value than the topsheet, the core and the elastic elements as measured by a reflectance spectrophotometer. The topsheet is provided with a printed pattern arranged to mask the elastic elements.