WO2008107804A1 - Disposable absorbent product having a graphic indicator - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/45—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape
- A61F13/49—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/51—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the outer layers
- A61F13/514—Backsheet, i.e. the impermeable cover or layer furthest from the skin
- A61F13/51496—Backsheet, i.e. the impermeable cover or layer furthest from the skin having visual effects
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/84—Accessories, not otherwise provided for, for absorbent pads
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
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- provisional application serial number 60/905,341 entitled “Disposable Absorbent Product Having A Graphic Indicator” and filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on March 6, 2007.
- the entirety of provisional application serial number 60/905,341 is hereby incorporated by reference.
- disposable absorbent articles People use health, hygiene, and wellness products, such as disposable absorbent articles, to help live their every day lives.
- disposable absorbent products include feminine-care articles such as pads, infant-care articles such as diapers and training pants, specialized articles such as disposable absorbent pants for children experiencing bed- wetting problems, and adult-care articles such as incontinence articles.
- Such articles have a front portion that is designed to face the front of the body of a user when the article is worn and, correspondingly, a back portion that is designed to face the back of the body of a user when the article is worn.
- the front portion is attached to the back portion in a way that defines a waist opening and two leg openings in the article as a whole.
- the article may be shaped such that it has a front portion that is designed to face some portion of the front of the body of a user, and a back portion that is designed to face some portion of the back of the body of a user.
- some disposable absorbent articles have a mark to help a user distinguish between the front portion of an article and a back portion of an article. Typically such marks have been printed onto some part of the disposable absorbent article.
- equipment such as a slot coater
- equipment can be used to dispose a colored hot-melt adhesive on some portion of a disposable absorbent article so as to form a graphic that helps a user to distinguish between the front portion and back portion of a disposable absorbent article.
- equipment and materials used to impart a graphic comprising a colored hot-melt adhesive should be cheaper than the equipment and materials used to print a graphic.
- a graphic comprising a colored hot-melt adhesive can serve the purpose of providing information to a user (in this case by helping a user distinguish between the front portion and back portion of a disposable absorbent article).
- a continuous web e.g., a colored nonwoven web or film
- a continuous web may be cut (e.g., by a rotary cutting device or other such cutting or slitting equipment) to form shapes, such as squares or rectangles, that are attached to other portions of the disposable absorbent article.
- a rectangular piece of a colored film or nonwoven web may be inserted between, and attached to, nonwoven webs that form the waistband portion of a disposable absorbent article.
- the colored film or nonwoven web a graphic — is visible through the nonwoven web that forms the exterior of the waistband (that is the side opposite the body-facing side of the waistband), thereby helping users distinguish between the front portion and back portion of the disposable absorbent article.
- the colored web or film may be attached to a body- facing surface, or outer surface, of the disposable absorbent article.
- One version of the invention is a disposable absorbent article having a front portion, a back portion attached to the front portion in a way that defines a waist opening and two leg openings in the disposable absorbent article as a whole, and a graphic comprising a colored hot-melt adhesive.
- the shape and location of the graphic is chosen to convey information, or a signal, to a user of the disposable absorbent article so that the user can distinguish between the front portion and back portion of the article.
- a colored hot-melt adhesive in the shape of a rectangle, circle, triangle, square, line, stripe, or other shape may be attached to the back portion of the disposable absorbent article.
- the user may then be instructed, e.g., by instructions given on a package containing the article, that the graphic signifies the back portion of the disposable absorbent article.
- the user of the article would then know that when donning the article, that portion of the disposable absorbent article bearing the identified graphic is to be oriented so as to face the back of the body of the user.
- the graphic need not be placed on the back portion of the article. Instead a graphic comprising a colored hot-melt adhesive can be attached to the front portion of the article, with corresponding instructions that the graphic signifies to a user that which is the front portion of the article.
- the graphic can be located virtually anywhere on said portion.
- One exemplary version of the invention is a disposable absorbent article having an attached or integral waistband, with the graphic disposed on or near said waistband.
- a colored hot-melt adhesive can be placed in the middle of the waistband in the back portion of a disposable absorbent article, with the graphic signifying that the portion of the article to which it is attached is the back portion of the article.
- the colored hot-melt adhesive need not be disposed on an outer surface of the disposable absorbent article to be seen (e.g., on the body-facing surface, or on the opposing surface that will likely face and contact any garment worn by a user of the disposable absorbent article over said article).
- the disposable absorbent article that are worn like underwear (i.e., the disposable absorbent article has a waist opening and two leg openings)
- two nonwoven facings may be adhesively attached to one another in the waistband portion of the disposable absorbent article. Often one or more elastic strands or ribbons are sandwiched between these facings to impart elastic properties to the resulting laminate.
- a colored hot-melt adhesive can be slot coated or otherwise disposed on an inner surface of one of the aforementioned webs before the webs are adhesively joined to one another.
- the colored hot-melt adhesive may help join the webs together (and also possibly to one or more elastic strands or ribbons) and, because the nonwoven webs are sufficiently thin, results in a graphic that is visible to a user of the article.
- the colored hot-melt adhesive can be applied in the shape of a square, rectangle, circle, triangle, line, stripe, or other shape.
- the present invention also covers methods for making a disposable absorbent article comprising a graphic composed of a colored hot-melt adhesive (or colored nonwoven web or film), wherein the graphic is adapted to convey a signal to a user of the article that helps the user distinguish between the front portion and back portion of the article.
- a slot coater is used to dispose a colored hot-melt adhesive on the surface of a web that is subsequently used in the assembling of the disposable absorbent article.
- the colored hot-melt adhesive can be applied to form different shapes, such as those given above.
- the resulting disposable absorbent article has a front portion and a back portion, with the graphic disposed on a portion thereof. In subsequent converting steps, the article is placed in a package.
- the graphic On the package are one or more statements instructing a user that the graphic enables the user to distinguish between the back portion and front portion of the disposable absorbent article.
- an appropriate unit operation e.g. a cut-and-place module or analogous equipment, may be used to attach discrete lengths of a colored nonwoven web or film as the graphic that enables a user to distinguish between the back portion and front portion of the disposable absorbent article.
- the present invention also covers exemplary methods for facilitating the donning of a disposable absorbent article having a front portion and a back portion.
- a disposable absorbent article having a front portion, a back portion, and a graphic comprising a colored hot-melt adhesive (or colored film or nonwoven web), with the graphic being adapted to convey a signal enabling a user to distinguish between the back portion and front portion of the disposable absorbent article is placed in the hands of a user.
- the user is then instructed, e.g. by statements on a package containing the disposable absorbent article, to don said article with the graphic oriented so that the front portion faces the front of the body of the user and the back portion faces the back of the body of the user.
- the graphic is disposed on the back portion of the article, the user would be instructed to don the article with the graphic behind the person (or with the graphic oriented so that the graphic was closer to the back of the body of the person).
- Applicable versions of the aforementioned embodiments may also encompass employing a plurality of slot-coating unit operations and/or a plurality of graphics.
- one slot-coater may be used to dispose a first graphic on a first web
- a second slot-coater may be used to dispose a second graphic on a second web.
- the second web may be the same or different from the first web.
- the first and second graphic may be the same or different relative to color, shape, etc.
- a colored hot-melt adhesive might be intermittently applied to dispose a shape serving as a graphic indicator (e.g., a rectangle) onto a substrate or web, with this graphic indicator serving as the first graphic.
- Another colored hot-melt adhesive might be continuously applied to dispose one or more continuous stripes on a substrate or web, with the stripe or stripes serving as a second graphic.
- This web or webs might then be assembled so that, in the finished article, the shape serving as a graphic indicator is disposed proximate to the waist region in the back portion of the article.
- the stripe or stripes, or second graphic is disposed proximate to, and substantially around the circumference of, the waist.
- many color or non-color combinations, shape configurations, and article locations i.e., where the graphic is disposed on the article in finished form) may be employed when forming a first and second graphic.
- a first and second graphic might also be formed using a single slot-coating unit operation (e.g., different colored hot- melt adhesives may be directed to different locations of a mouthpiece — i.e., the openings through which the colored hot-melt adhesive or adhesives pass when disposed or applied to a web or substrate).
- Figure IA depicts one representative version of a disposable absorbent article of the present invention.
- Figure IB depicts one representative version of a disposable absorbent article of the present invention.
- Figure 1C depicts one representative version of a disposable absorbent article of the present invention.
- Figure ID depicts one representative version of a disposable absorbent article of the present invention.
- Figure 2 depicts one representative version of a method for disposing a colored, hot-melt adhesive onto the surface of a moving web.
- Figure 3 depicts one representative version of a method for disposing a colored, hot-melt adhesive onto the surface of a moving web.
- Figures 4A, 4B, and 4C depict representative versions of openings / mouthpieces through which a colored-hot melt adhesive may be directed when being disposed on the surface of a substrate.
- FIGS. IA, IB, 1C, and ID each depict one representative version of a disposable absorbent article of the present invention.
- a disposable absorbent article 10 is depicted, with the article defining two leg openings 12 and a waist opening 14.
- the disposable absorbent article has both a front portion 16 and a back portion 18.
- the front portion and back portion are joined at seam 19 (e.g., by using heat; other forms of energy, such as ultrasonics; adhesive; or other such materials/techniques for joining materials).
- the front portion and back portion of the disposable absorbent article need not be attached directly to one another. These portions may be attached indirectly to one another.
- the depicted article also comprises an integral waistband 20.
- the integral waistband is a region proximate to the upper perimeter of the article.
- the integral waistband is a gathered, elastic composite comprising elastic strands sandwiched between, and attached to, two nonwoven webs/facings.
- a region of the depicted disposable absorbent article below the waistband is also an elastic composite of the same construction.
- a waistband need not be integral: it may be formed separately and attached to the remainder of the disposable absorbent article.
- a graphic 22 comprising a colored hot-melt adhesive, or colored film or nonwoven web, is depicted as being located in the waistband on the front portion of the article, thus signifying to a user that the portion bearing the graphic is the front portion of the article.
- typically instructions in the form of text, logo, symbol, or other tangible means for conveying information will be disposed on or in the package containing the article; on or in individual envelopes containing each article (to the extent one package contains a plurality of articles, and each article contained with the package is individually wrapped in, for example, an envelope or other individual container); or on or in the article itself.
- the instructions inform the reader of which portion of the article is signified by the graphic (e.g., the front portion of the article if the graphic is disposed on the front portion; the back portion of the article if the graphic is disposed on the back portion).
- the graphic can be of many shapes including a square, a rectangle, a circle, an oval, a triangle, a line, a stripe, many other such shapes, or combinations thereof. More complex patterns and shapes may also be formed, including text and images.
- the colored adhesive may be deposited substantially continuously or intermittently.
- a plurality of slot-coat modules, each having different opening shapes, or "mouthpieces,” may be employed in combination to help effect complex graphics.
- a plurality of slot-coat modules is employed, with each module at a generally fixed location with respect to a moving web, and with each module delivering a colored or non-colored adhesive to said web, then one or more modules may be operated continuously while one or more modules are operated intermittently.
- the deposited adhesive may be of any color, and if a plurality of adhesives are being deposited then a plurality of colors may be employed.
- the resulting graphic or graphics may be of any color or colors.
- the shape and color is selected to effectively help the consumer distinguish between the front and back portion of the article, while minimizing the complexity and cost of equipment and materials used to dispose the colored hot-melt adhesive, or attach a colored film or nonwoven web, onto the disposable absorbent article or component thereof.
- more sophisticated color combinations and shapes or images may be selected if justified by the value to the user of such color combinations and shapes.
- the shape and amount of the colored hot-melt adhesive may be selected to also help facilitate attachment of one component to another (or by helping facilitate attachment of one component to itself).
- the depicted article in Figure IA is representative of the many kinds of such disposable absorbent articles that may be made.
- the front portion and back portion may correspond to regions of a single, hourglass-shaped, liquid-permeable, body- side liner overlaying, and attached to, a single, hourglass-shaped, liquid-impermeable outer cover, with an absorbent core sandwiched between these layers in the central portion of the hourglass shape.
- one half of the resulting article may be designated as the front portion (i.e., that portion of the disposable absorbent article that is forward of the region at which the laminate is joined to itself — e.g., to produce a seam that is proximate to a side of the hip or waist of the wearer when the article is worn), and one half of the resulting article may be designated as the back portion (i.e., that portion of the disposable absorbent article that is behind the region at which the laminate is joined to itself — e.g., to produce a seam that is proximate to a side of the hip or waist of the wearer when the article is worn).
- Each portion of the article so designated is generally designed to be oriented toward a specific part of the body (i.e., the front portion is designed to face the front of the body and the back portion is designed to face the back of the body).
- a disposable absorbent article that is completely symmetrical in all respects, such that a user could don the article with either the front portion or back portion facing the front of the user's body without any affect on performance, would likely not need a graphic signifying a specific portion of the article.
- the absorbent core's location is shifted forward or backward of a centrally located, transverse line that is parallel with the edges corresponding to the perimeter of the waist opening of the laid- flat, hourglass-shaped laminate before assembly into an article having a waist opening and two leg openings — that is more of the absorbent core is located near the front portion of the body or the back portion of the body when the corresponding article is worn; or the absorbent core's shape is, for example, generally triangular, with the base of the triangular- shaped absorbent being located in the back portion of the article; or the article employs a receptacle, opening, or other feature specifically designed to receive and help contain a bowel movement, in which case this feature will be located in the back portion of the article; or the shape of the article is such that the area or perimeter or other such physical characteristic of materials is different in the front portion compared to the back portion; etc.), then the graphic composed of a colored hot-melt adhesive
- a disposable absorbent article may be made in many other ways and include many different features.
- the article might comprise a single, hourglass-shaped, liquid-impermeable outer cover, to which are attached other webs or components (e.g., an absorbent insert comprising a fluff/superabsorbent core encased in a liquid-permeable web could be attached to the crotch-region of the outer cover, with additional webs or panels attached to those portions of the outer cover that will be proximate to the front and back of the wearer).
- other webs or components e.g., an absorbent insert comprising a fluff/superabsorbent core encased in a liquid-permeable web could be attached to the crotch-region of the outer cover, with additional webs or panels attached to those portions of the outer cover that will be proximate to the front and back of the wearer).
- the article might be made by attaching one end of an absorbent core comprising a fluff/superabsorbent material sandwiched between a liquid-permeable, body- side liner and a liquid-impermeable outer cover to a first panel of material (e.g., a generally rectangular laminate having a liquid-impermeable outer cover attached to a liquid- permeable body-side liner), with the liquid-impermeable outer cover of the absorbent core being on the same side as the liquid-impermeable outer cover of the first panel of material.
- a first panel of material e.g., a generally rectangular laminate having a liquid-impermeable outer cover attached to a liquid- permeable body-side liner
- a disposable absorbent article defining a waist opening and two leg openings may include elastic materials, such as elastic strands or ribbons, in various locations, such as in the waist region of the article; near the leg openings of the article; or in various other locations to enhance fit and/or help reduce leakage.
- Such an article may include flaps or other such components inward of the leg openings to help produce a gasket-like fit, thereby helping to reduce leakage.
- Such an article may include ears or like components that are adapted to releasably engage some part of the disposable absorbent article (e.g., an ear may comprise a hook assembly that releasably engages loop or other material on the disposable absorbent article).
- Elastomeric films may be employed in a number of regions of the disposable absorbent article to effect an elastic quality to that portion of the article.
- the present invention encompasses any such construction in which a colored hot-melt adhesive, film, or nonwoven, disposed on or in the disposable absorbent article, helps a user distinguish between the front portion and back portion of the disposable absorbent article.
- a graphic composed of a colored hot-melt adhesive or colored film or nonwoven may also be used, however, on other kinds of disposable absorbent articles.
- disposable absorbent pads for feminine care or adult incontinence may not be symmetrical, but shaped to improve the effectiveness of the article. If so, a graphic composed of a colored hot-melt adhesive or colored film or nonwoven may be disposed on the front or back portion of the pad to help the user to distinguish between these portions.
- disposable absorbent articles generally incorporate a number of components that are assembled in a production line to produce the finished product.
- a colored hot-melt adhesive, film, or nonwoven may be disposed on any number of these components, so long as the resulting graphic is visible to a user of the article.
- a colored hot-melt adhesive may be disposed on the surface of a web, such as a nonwoven polypropylene web or other web, such as that is used in the assembly of a disposable absorbent article.
- Figure 2 depicts one representative version of a process for disposing a colored, hot-melt adhesive on the surface of a web or substrate.
- a web 50 is directed over a configuration of rolls to a back-up roll 52.
- a colored hot-melt adhesive is conducted via tubing, pipe, or other such equipment 54 to a nozzle or mouthpiece 56.
- colored adhesive likely in the form of pellets, bricks, or other solid or semi-solid form, are heated in a heating tank or other such equipment (not shown). Once liquefied such that the colored adhesive may be conveyed, it is pumped (not shown) to the nozzle or mouthpiece. Temperature, pressure, pump speed, and other such variables may be selected to give the desired flow rate and properties.
- a solenoid valve, or other such equipment may be employed to provide for intermittent deposition of the colored adhesive onto the surface of the web.
- the pipe or tubing used to convey the colored adhesive may be heated to facilitate transport and deposition of the colored adhesive.
- FIG. 3 depicts one representative version of a plurality of slot-coating modules being used to dispose a plurality of colored and/or non-colored adhesives onto the surface of a web.
- a web 70 is directed over a back-up roll 72.
- a first nozzle / mouthpiece 74 proximate to the surface of the back-up roll deposits a first colored or non-colored adhesive on to the surface of the web.
- a second nozzle / mouthpiece 76 then deposits a second colored or non-colored adhesive on to the surface of the web.
- each slot-coating module can be deployed in a variety of ways: intermittently or continuously; one color or multiple colors (i.e., a separate system of heating tanks, pipes, and pumps may be used to convey different colored adhesive formulations to the same slot-coating module or head); and different mouthpiece openings.
- Figures 4A, 4B, and 4C give exemplary versions of mouthpiece opening shapes that might be used when depositing a colored adhesive.
- Figure 4A shows a comb- like series of openings through which a colored adhesive or adhesives might be disposed on the surface of a web.
- Figure 4B shows a single opening through which a colored adhesive might be disposed on the surface of a web.
- Figure 4C shows yet another representative version of mouthpiece openings through which colored adhesive might be disposed on the surface of a web, in this case through two openings, one being about twice as large as the other.
- these figures display but a few examples of the many versions of shaped openings that might be used when disposing a colored adhesive or adhesives onto the surface of a web.
- a first slot-coating module employing a mouthpiece like that depicted in Figure 4A might be operated continuously to deposit a series of fine stripes along the length of the web as it travels continuously over the back-up roll.
- a second slot- coating module employing a mouthpiece like that depicted in Figure 4B might be operated intermittently to deposit squares or rectangles at some interval along the length of the web. These squares or rectangles might be deposited over the fine stripes. Or these squares or rectangles might be deposited adjacent to said fine stripes. It should be noted that many such combinations of slot-coating modules may be used.
- the hot-melt adhesive may be disposed on the surface of a web that is subsequently attached to another web, thereby promoting adhesive attachment between the two webs, and serving as a graphic for helping a user distinguish between the front portion and back portion of a disposable absorbent article.
- some portion of a disposable absorbent article may include an elastic composite made of, for example, spaced-apart, substantially parallel, elastic strands or ribbons sandwiched between two nonwoven webs. Generally the elastic strand is first stretched and then attached to the webs while the strand is in a stretched condition. After the strand is attached to the webs, the resulting composite is allowed to retract, thus producing a gathered elastic composite.
- a disposable absorbent article of the present invention would include the steps of applying a colored hot-melt adhesive on the surface of one of the webs used in making the elastic composite.
- a colored hot-melt adhesive in solid form (e.g., pellets), is heated so that it is substantially liquefied.
- the liquefied, colored adhesive is then conveyed (e.g. by a pump or extruder or other such equipment for transporting heated liquids) to equipment (e.g., a slot coater) for disposing the adhesive onto the web.
- equipment e.g., a slot coater
- the colored hot-melt adhesive could be disposed on the web in a variety of different shapes or configurations, examples of which are given above.
- the colored hot-melt adhesive could be disposed on the web in combination with a non-colored hot-melt adhesive (or a different color hot-melt adhesive to achieve different color combinations).
- the colored hot-melt adhesive could be disposed on the web in the form of a discrete shape, such as a rectangle; with a non- colored adhesive disposed on other portions of the web using different equipment.
- the colored hot-melt adhesive could be disposed on the web in the form of a discrete shape; with a non-colored adhesive disposed on elastic strand (if the graphic composed of a colored hot-melt adhesive is located in or on an elastic composite comprising spaced apart elastic strands or ribbons).
- the colored graphic is disposed on the disposable absorbent article, or component thereof, in a way that the graphic is visible to a user of the article, and so that the graphic is adapted to help a user distinguish between the front portion and back portion of the disposable absorbent article.
- a second graphic is disposed on the article, it may or may not serve to help a user distinguish between the front portion and back portion of the disposable absorbent article.
- the web can be attached to other components (such as spaced-apart, substantially parallel, elastic strands and a second web to produce an elastic composite).
- the colored adhesive while disposed on an interior surface of a web — that is a surface that faces and is attached to elastic strand and the second web, is visible to a user of the article comprising the colored hot-melt adhesive.
- a colored hot-melt adhesive disposed on one surface of the web is visible to an observer looking at the opposite surface on the other side of the web.
- a colored hot-melt adhesive may be disposed on a variety of locations or components of a disposable absorbent article while helping a user of the article distinguish between the front portion and back portion of the absorbent article. While the preceding paragraphs provide a few such examples, many other configurations are possible.
- a colored film or nonwoven web may be used as a graphic signifying to a user a specific portion of the disposable absorbent article.
- Unit operations and corresponding methods for delivering a continuous web, slitting or cutting the web, and attaching the web (e.g., a cut-and-place module or similar equipment) to another component may be used to deliver, cut, and attach a colored nonwoven web or colored film in the form of a shape such as a rectangle or square to another part of the disposable absorbent article.
- a colored nonwoven web or colored film can be cut and placed between the nonwoven facings of an elastic composite comprising elastic strand sandwiched between the facings.
- the colored nonwoven web or colored film Prior to attachment of the facings and strand to one another, the colored nonwoven web or colored film is attached, for example, to a surface of one of the facings (e.g., using an adhesive). The facing bearing the colored nonwoven web or colored film is then brought into contact with, and attached to, the elastic strands and other nonwoven facing.
- a seller of a disposable absorbent article of the present invention will provide instructions that communicate to a user that the graphic comprising a colored hot- melt adhesive or colored film or nonwoven identifies a specific portion of the article, thereby facilitating for the user the correct orientation of the article when donning it.
- the graphic comprising a colored hot- melt adhesive or colored film or nonwoven identifies a specific portion of the article, thereby facilitating for the user the correct orientation of the article when donning it.
- instructions will generally be provided that communicate to a user that the rectangular graphic is on the back portion of the article.
- the instructions may be in the form of text.
- the instructions may be in the form of a picture or drawing depicting the article on the human body, with that portion of the article having the rectangular graphic in facing relation to the back of the body.
- These instructions may be on a package, for example a plastic bag, containing a plurality of articles.
- these instructions may be on envelopes, sleeves, or other such containers enclosing individual disposable absorbent articles (if the articles are individually wrapped).
- the instructions may be on a pamphlet, card, or other such component on or in the package.
- the instructions are made by printing on a substrate (e.g., the surface of a plastic film used in making a package that will contain a plurality of the disposable absorbent articles).
- a substrate e.g., the surface of a plastic film used in making a package that will contain a plurality of the disposable absorbent articles.
- the instructions reflect the location of the graphic. If the graphic was located on the front portion of the article, then the instructions would communicate to a user that the article should be donned with that portion of the article bearing the graphic in facing relation to the front of the body of the user.
- the present invention also encompasses a method for helping or facilitating the donning of a disposable absorbent article.
- the method includes the steps of positioning in the hands of a user a disposable absorbent article having a graphic composed of a colored hot-melt adhesive or colored film or nonwoven disposed thereon (whether on the front portion or the back portion) — with the graphic adapted to convey a signal to a user to help the user distinguish between the front portion and back portion of the disposable absorbent article; and then instructing (e.g., per the discussion above) the user to don the article with the graphic oriented toward the body in a way that the front portion of the article faces the front of the body of the user and the back portion of the article faces the back of the body of the user.
- the aforementioned inventive versions directed to marketing, packages and method for helping or facilitating the donning of a disposable absorbent article may also encompass articles comprising a first and second graphic.
- a nonwoven, metallocene-catalyzed polypropylene spunbond having a basis weight of 0.5 ounces per square yard, was directed at a line speed of 1290 feet per minute over a back-up roll like that depicted in Figure 2.
- a hot-melt adhesive available under the designator RT2115 from Huntsman Polymer, a business having offices in Houston, Texas, was obtained in brick form.
- BASF Sudan Blue 670 dye was added and mixed with the adhesive at a concentration of 700 parts-per-million prior to formation of the bricks.
- the blue-colored rectangles were formed on the polypropylene web prior to the attachment of a second web, with the blue-colored rectangles sandwiched between said webs. Accordingly, contact between skin and the blue-colored adhesive was reduced or eliminated. These webs were ultimately used in the assembly of a disposable absorbent article, with the blue-colored rectangle located on the back portion of the article and proximate to the waist opening.
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