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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2011
Herb Velazquez, Neenah, WI (US);
Tom Flicker, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Duane Mcdonald, Neenah, WI (US);
Suzanne Murray, Appleton, WI (US);
Katherine C. Wheeler, Menasha, WI (US);
Dean M. Wydeven, Appleton, WI (US);
Lisha Yu, Appleton, WI (US);
Herb Velazquez, Neenah, WI (US);
Tom Flicker, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Duane McDonald, Neenah, WI (US);
Suzanne Murray, Appleton, WI (US);
Katherine C. Wheeler, Menasha, WI (US);
Dean M. Wydeven, Appleton, WI (US);
Lisha Yu, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article, for example, a diaper, a training pant, a swimming pant, or a feminine care article, and so forth, includes a topsheet, which forms a body-facing surface of the absorbent article, a backsheet disposed distally from the topsheet, which forms a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article, an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a heat-activatable expandable treatment on the garment-facing surface. The heat-activatable expandable treatment is present on the garment-facing surface in a visually distinctive shape or pattern and provides visual and/or tactile cues to a user of the absorbent article.