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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2007
Tsunetoshi Miura, Kobe Hyogo, JP;
Kensuke Ito, Kobe Hyogo, JP;
Akiko Sasaki, Nishinomiya Hyogo, JP;
Yoshiko Nakao, Nishinomiya Hyogo, JP;
Shuri Kondo, Ashiya Hyogo, JP;
Koichi Tomi, Kobe Hyogo, JP;
Tsunetoshi Miura, Kobe Hyogo, JP;
Kensuke Ito, Kobe Hyogo, JP;
Akiko Sasaki, Nishinomiya Hyogo, JP;
Yoshiko Nakao, Nishinomiya Hyogo, JP;
Shuri Kondo, Ashiya Hyogo, JP;
Koichi Tomi, Kobe Hyogo, JP;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to an absorbent article, which is preferably a sanitary napkin or a pantiliner, comprising: a body contacting layer; a garment contacting layer; and an absorbent core disposed between the body contacting layer and the garment contacting layer. The absorbent core has a core edge. The core edge defines a core region within the core edge and an outer region outside the core region. The body contacting layer and the garment contacting layer extend outward into the outer region and joined together in the outer region. In one aspect of the invention, the garment contacting layer has a graphic printed on the body facing surface at least in a portion of the outer region. In another aspect of the invention, the body contacting layer has a graphic printed on the garment facing surface at least in a portion of the outer region. The body contacting layer has a first light transmittance so that the graphic can be seen through the body contacting layer in the outer region. Since users (or women) can see the graphic through the body contacting layer, the absorbent article can provide an emotional benefit to women before uses, and thus decrease women's melancholic mood.