Patent ID: 7153561
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: A61F,B41M,B44F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article comprising a liner, an outer cover and an absorbent body disposed between the liner and the outer cover, the outer cover at least in part comprising a substrate having a graphic thereon, said graphic comprising a non-phosphorescent ink applied to the substrate to define a non-phosphorescent region of said graphic and a phosphorescent ink applied to the substrate to define a phosphorescent region of said graphic, at least a portion of the non-phosphorescent region and at least a portion of the phosphorescent region being in overlapping relationship with each other so as to define an overlapping region of said graphic wherein when the overlapping region is exposed to light sufficient to cause phosphorescence of the phosphorescent region said at least a portion of the phosphorescent region phosphoresces to render said overlapping region visible in the absence of light, said non-phosphorescent region comprising a plurality of discrete dots of the non-phosphorescent ink applied to the substrate, said phosphorescent region comprising a plurality of discrete dots of the phosphorescent ink applied to the substrate, the discrete dots of phosphorescent ink being interspersed with the discrete dots of non-phosphorescent ink in the overlapping region of the graphic.