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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
Morgan Hansson, Göteborg, SE;
Robert Torstensson, Göteborg, SE;
Morgan Hansson, Göteborg, SE;
Robert Torstensson, Göteborg, SE;
SCA Hygiene Products AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
An absorbent article such as a diaper, a pant diaper, a sanitary napkin, an incontinence guard etc., which includes thermochromic fibers. The thermochromic fibers may be incorporated in one or more of the following components of the absorbent article: the inner coversheet, the acquisition layer, the absorbent structure, the outer coversheet or a layer arranged between the outer coversheet and the absorbent structure. The article may alternatively contain a fibrous layer which mainly or entirely contains thermochromic fibers. The thermochromic fibers may be used as wetness indicator, as a fever indicator, as a function control for microorganisms that have been incorporated in the article or for amusement purposes, such as creating color imprints of hands etc.