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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshikazu Jitoe, Kagawa-ken, JP;
Makoto Suekane, Ehime-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604361 ;
Abstract
A disposable diaper includes a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core therebetween. The backsheet is made of an air-permeable but liquid-impermeable plastic film having a surface thereof whitened by fine particles of an inorganic substance contained therein. An indicator 18 provided between the backsheet and the absorbent core. The indicator includes a layer of printed ink adapted to be visually revealed when it is wetted with discharged urine and a masking region disposed between the layer of printing ink and the backsheet so as to cover the layer of printed ink, and the masking region contains a surfactant.