Patent ID: 7863497
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: A61F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A disposable absorbent article to be worn about the lower torso of a wearer, the absorbent article comprising a topsheet, backsheet, a pair of elasticized barrier leg cuffs and a pair of elasticized gasketing leg cuffs respectively disposed outside of said pair of elasticized barrier leg cuffs, a core disposed the topsheet and the backsheet, the absorbent article having a garment-facing surface and a body-facing surface, the absorbent article comprising: a first waist region having longitudinal side edges; a second waist region having longitudinal side edges; a pair of first ear panels that are respectively disposed along the longitudinal side edges in said second waist region, wherein said first ear panels are elasticized and wherein each of said first ear panels comprises at least one internally visible serviceable indicium that is disposed on a body facing surface of the first ear panels, wherein said at least one internally visible serviceable indicium comprises a color distinguishing said body facing surface of said first ear panels from a region of a body-facing surface of the disposable absorbent article which does not include a serviceable indicium; a pair of second ear panels that are present in said first waist region; a fastening system for releasably securing the first waist region to the second waist region, said fastening system comprising hook type fasteners connected to each of said first ear panels and a loop type fastener disposed on said backsheet between said pair of second ear panels; and wherein each of said barrier leg cuffs comprises at least one internally visible serviceable indicium facilitating the process of fitting the absorbent article to the wearer by highlighting said barrier leg cuffs, wherein said at least one internally visible serviceable indicium of said barrier leg cuffs comprises a color distinguishing said at least one internally visible serviceable indicium of said barrier leg cuffs from a region of said body-facing surface of the disposable absorbent article which does not include a serviceable indicium and wherein said second waist region comprises at least one internally visible serviceable indicium that is present on a body facing surface of said second waist region and is substantially proximate a second end edge and is present between said side edges of said second waist region wherein said at least one internally visible serviceable indicium of said second waist region comprises a color distinguishing said at least one internally visible serviceable indicium of said second waist region from a region of said body-facing surface of the disposable absorbent article which does not include a serviceable indicium.