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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Peiguang Zhou, Appleton, WI (US);
Andrew Mark Long, Appleton, WI (US);
Dave Allen Soerens, Neenah, WI (US);
Kaiyuan Yang, Cumming, GA (US);
James Hongxue Wang, Neenah, WI (US);
Xuedong Song, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Peiguang Zhou, Appleton, WI (US);
Andrew Mark Long, Appleton, WI (US);
Dave Allen Soerens, Neenah, WI (US);
Kaiyuan Yang, Cumming, GA (US);
James Hongxue Wang, Neenah, WI (US);
Xuedong Song, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article comprises a signal element having a body-facing surface, a garment-facing surface, a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a z-direction. The signal element includes a water-soluble polymeric buffering film and a stimulation material. The water-soluble polymeric buffering film comprises a water-soluble base polymer. In some aspects, the stimulation material comprises a temperature change agent, and the signal element exhibits a surface temperature change of at least +/−2° C. In some aspects, the signal element exhibits a stimulation effect over at least two aqueous insults.