Patent ID: 8742199

Claim:
An absorbent article for wearing about a lower torso of a wearer and having a longitudinal axis, two laterally opposed article side edges extending between a laterally extending first waist end edge in a first waist region and a laterally extending second waist end edge in a second waist region, and a crotch region interposed therebetween, the disposable absorbent article comprising: backsheet; a topsheet joined to the backsheet and having a body-facing surface; an absorbent assembly disposed intermediate the backsheet and the topsheet; at least one wetness sensation member positioned to closely contact a wearer's skin during use, the wetness sensation member including a permeable layer, and an impermeable layer disposed in face-to-face arrangement with the permeable layer, wherein urine deposited onto the wetness sensation member can penetrate through the permeable layer in a z direction to the impermeable layer and wherein the impermeable layer prevents urine from passing completely through the member in the z direction and supports movement of urine in an x-y plane such that the wearer's awareness of urination is enhanced; at least a first appearing graphic disposed on one of the backsheet and absorbent assembly and viewable at the exterior surface, the first appearing graphic having an initial state in which the first appearing graphic is less visible and, after a first period of time, a subsequent state in which the first appearing graphic is more visible; and a second appearing graphic, different from the first appearing graphic, disposed on one of the back sheet and absorbent assembly and viewable at the exterior surface, the second appearing graphic having an initial state in which the second appearing graphic is less visible and, after a second period of time different from the first period of time, a subsequent state in which the second appearing graphic is more visible.