Patent ID: 6626882
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet and an absorbent body enclosed therebetween, said article further having a front portion, a rear portion, a crotch portion between said front portion and said rear portion, and a pair of belt portions, attached to one of the rear portion and the front portion of the article, adapted to be fastened together around a waist of a wearer to form a belt having an exterior surface, wherein one of the belt portions has a free end which carries a fastener adapted to be attached to an exterior surface of the other of the belt portions and wherein the other of the front portion and the rear portion includes fasteners adapted to attach the other of the front portion and the rear portion to the exterior surface of the belt in such a way that the article assumes a pant shape with the belt portions forming a part of a waist portion of the pant, andwherein a color difference exists between the free end of the one of said belt portions and a free end of the other of the belt portions and a color difference exists between the ends free and the rest of the belt portions such that the free end of the one of said belt portions is distinct and can be readily distinguished from the free end of the other of said belt portions and the ends are distinct and can be readily distinguished from the rest of the belt portions by a user with weak eyesight or in bad light conditions when applying the article.