Patent ID: 8003846

Claim:
An absorbent article for disposable use, the article comprising a first layer including at least one pattern formed thereon in a color, wherein in a first mode of the first layer, the first layer is transparent except where the pattern is formed, the first layer superimposed on a background layer, the background layer and the pattern having essentially a same shade of color so that the pattern is not visibly discernable when superimposed over the background layer when the first layer is transparent in the first mode of the first layer; and the absorbent article optionally including an intermediate layer arranged between the pattern and the background layer, the intermediate layer exhibits a first, essentially transparent state in a first mode of the intermediate layer such that the pattern is not visibly discernable against the background layer through the intermediate layer in the first mode of the intermediate layer and when the first layer is in the first mode, and the intermediate layer is caused by elongation to be transformed into a second essentially opaque state in a second mode of the intermediate layer and the first layer remains in the first mode; wherein if the optional intermediate layer is not included, the first layer is caused by elongation to be transformed into a second essentially opaque state in a second mode of the first layer, such that the pattern is visibly discernable when the first layer exhibits the second, essentially opaque state in the second mode of the first layer except where the pattern is formed.