Patent ID: 9220646
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A personal care absorbent article for receiving a body exudate comprising a topsheet layer, a backsheet layer, and at least one absorbent core layer having a peripheral edge positioned between said topsheet layer and said backsheet layer, said article defining a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis and a vertical axis, said topsheet layer having a user facing surface having a first region for receiving said body exudate comprising menses including red blood cells, said user facing surface having a second region capable of receiving said body exudate from said first region and a decolorization material capable of filtering said red blood cells within said body exudate, said decolorization material altering the visual appearance of said body exudate in said second region as compared to said first region by lowering the content of said red blood cells in said second region as compared to said first region as said body exudate travels from said first region to said second region through said decolorization material, wherein said decolorization material comprises a wrapping layer which wraps at least a portion of said peripheral edge of said absorbent core layer and extends across at least a portion of a user facing surface of said absorbent core layer.