Patent ID: 8575417
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A disposable absorbent article comprising a topsheet, said topsheet comprising a three-dimensional, fluid pervious, polymeric web, said web comprising a pattern of interconnecting members, said interconnecting members defining primary apertures, wherein said primary apertures each comprise a corresponding opening and sidewall portions and both said corresponding opening and said sidewall portions extend from a first surface of said web in a first plane of said web to a discontinuous second surface in a second plane of said web such that the sidewall portions define a secondary aperture in said discontinuous second surface, and wherein a colorant is deposited on at least a portion of said discontinuous second surface of said web, said colorant being present substantially only on distal ends of said sidewall portions of said primary apertures and extending a distance but not completely up said sidewall portions in a direction towards said first surface, wherein said colorant is visible through said corresponding opening, and wherein said first plane is free of said colorant.