Patent ID: 7767876
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A disposable absorbent article for wearing about a lower torso of a wearer and having a longitudinal axis, two laterally opposed article side edges extending between a laterally extending first waist end edge in a first waist region and a laterally extending second waist end edge in a second waist region, and a crotch region interposed therebetween, the disposable absorbent article comprising: a backsheet; a topsheet joined to the backsheet and having a body-facing surface; an absorbent core disposed intermediate the backsheet and the topsheet; at least one wetness sensation member disposed upon the topsheet in a face-to-face arrangement with the permeable body-facing layer and having two laterally opposed side edges, at least a portion of each of the two wetness sensation member side edges being disposed laterally inwardly of the article side edges; and a visible highlighting indicating a presence of the wetness sensation member in the disposable absorbent article and being visible at least when viewing the body-facing surface of the topsheet to facilitate an opportunity for urinary toilet training of the wearer wherein said visible highlighting comprises an ink-printed pattern made up of a plurality of repeating figures and wherein said ink-printed pattern is visible prior to wetting of the wetness sensation member, and wherein the appearance of the visible highlighting is substantially unchanged upon wetting of the wetness sensation member, wherein urine deposited by the wearer onto the wetness sensation member can penetrate through the permeable body-facing layer in a z direction away from the wearer to the absorbent core and the wetness sensation member retards the passage of the urine in the z direction and supports the movement of the urine in an x-y plane such that the wearer's awareness of urination is enhanced.