Patent ID: 8162910

Claim:
An absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline orthogonal to said longitudinal centerline, an upper surface, and a lower surface opposing said upper surface, said absorbent article comprising; a topsheet having a bottom surface and a viewing surface positioned opposite to the bottom surface, said viewing surface facing upwardly towards said upper surface of said absorbent article; and at least three colored regions, said colored regions being viewable from said viewing surface of said topsheet, each said colored region having a periphery wherein none of said colored regions lie entirely within a periphery of another colored region; wherein each said colored region has a longest dimension and a major axis, said longest dimension defined by the maximum straight-line distance between two points on said periphery, said major axis extending between and beyond two points on said periphery separated by said longest dimension, wherein said colored regions are spaced apart from one another and are provided in a region fully within the maximum lateral extent of the absorbent core; wherein each said colored region has an aspect ratio greater than about one; said major axis of each said colored region converging towards a common focal region on said longitudinal centerline, said major axis of each of said colored regions being oriented about said focal region and extending toward an edge of said absorbent article.