Patent Document ID: 7781640
Application ID: 11281791
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A disposable absorbent article for wearing about a lower torso of a wearer and having a longitudinal axis, a body-facing surface, a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region interposed between the waist regions, the disposable absorbent article comprising: a backsheet; a topsheet joined to the backsheet; at least one flow control layer disposed in a laterally central region of the disposable absorbent article; an absorbent core disposed intermediate the backsheet and the topsheet, at least a portion of the absorbent core being disposed between the flow control layer and the backsheet; and a visible highlighting indicating a presence of the flow control layer in the disposable absorbent article and being visible at least when viewing the body-facing surface wherein said visible highlighting comprises an ink-printed pattern and wherein said ink-printed pattern is visible prior to wetting of the flow control layer and wherein the appearance of the visible highlighting is not affected by its being wetted, and wherein the flow control layer retards flow in a z direction of urine deposited by the wearer into the disposable absorbent article.