Absorbent article with logically correlated image and textual graphics
A graphic image for absorbent articles is provided which includes an image graphic and a textual graphic. The image graphic depicts an activity, state or condition and the textual graphic is a word, phrase, sentence or command that describes the activity, state or condition and is logically correlated to the image graphic.
1 . An absorbent article comprising:
a top sheet layer;
a back sheet layer;
an absorbent core provided at least partially between the top sheet layer and the bottom sheet layer; and
an image graphic visible on the absorbent article, the image graphic depicting an activity, state or condition and a textual graphic wherein the textual graphic is logically correlated to the activity, state or condition depicted in the image graphic.
2 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the image graphic depicts a character performing an activity and the textual graphic is descriptive of the activity.
3 . The absorbent article according to claim 2 , wherein the character is depicted performing an activity to be performed by a wearer of the absorbent article.
4 . The absorbent article according to claim 2 , wherein the character is an anthropomorphic or humanoid character.
5 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the textual graphic is selected from the group consisting of a single word, multiple words, a phrase, a nursery rhyme or portion thereof, a command, a question, a formal name, an expression and combinations thereof.
6 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the image graphic and textual graphic correspond to an age of the intended wearer of the absorbent article.
7 . The absorbent article according to claim 6 , wherein the age of the intended wearer of the absorbent article corresponds to a size of the absorbent article.
8 . The absorbent article according to claim 6 , wherein the age of the intended wearer of the absorbent article corresponds to a style of the absorbent article.
9 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein a style of the article is selected from the group consisting of an infant diaper, a toddler diaper, a youth training pant, a pull-up style article, a children's nighttime training pant, a swimming-only article, and combinations thereof.
10 . The absorbent article according to claim 9 , wherein the image graphic and the textual graphic correspond by gender to activities associated with a wearer of one or more of the styles of articles.
11 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the image graphic is applied directly on an inward or outward facing portion of the back sheet layer.
12 . The absorbent article according to claim 1 , wherein the image graphic is applied on another layer which is attached to an outward facing portion of the back sheet layer.
13 . A graphic image disposed so as to be visible on an outer facing surface of an absorbent article comprising:
an image graphic depicting an activity, state or condition and a textual graphic wherein the textual graphic is logically correlated to the activity, state or condition depicted in the image graphic.
14 . The absorbent article according to claim 13 , wherein the image graphic depicts a character performing an activity and the textual graphic is descriptive of the activity.
15 . The absorbent article according to claim 14 , wherein the character is depicted performing an activity to be performed by a wearer of the absorbent article.
16 . The absorbent article according to claim 14 , wherein the character is an anthropomorphic or humanoid character.
17 . The absorbent article according to claim 13 , wherein the textual graphic is selected from the group consisting of a single word, multiple words, a phrase, a command, a question, a formal name, an expression and combinations thereof.
18 . The absorbent article according to claim 13 , wherein the image graphic and textual graphic corresponds to an age of an intended wearer of the absorbent article.
19 . The absorbent article according to claim 18 , wherein the age of the intended wearer of the absorbent article corresponds to a size of the absorbent article.
20 . The absorbent article according to claim 18 , wherein the age of the intended wearer of the absorbent article corresponds to a style of the absorbent article.
21 . The absorbent article according to claim 13 , wherein a style of the article is selected from the group consisting of an infant diaper, a toddler diaper, a youth training pant, a pull-up style article, a children's nighttime training pant, a swimming-only article, and mixtures thereof.
22 . The absorbent article according to claim 21 , wherein the image graphic and textual graphic correspond to an activity associated with a wearer of one or more of the styles of articles.
23 . The absorbent article according to claim 13 , wherein the graphic image is applied directly on an inward or outward facing portion of the absorbent article.
24 . The absorbent article according to claim 13 , wherein the image graphic is applied on a first layer and the first layer is attached to the outward facing portion of a second layer in the absorbent article.
25 . A method of manufacturing an absorbent article having an image graphic, comprising the steps of:
registering a graphic so as to be visible on an outer facing surface of the absorbent article, said graphic comprising an image graphic depicting an activity, state or condition and a textual graphic wherein the textual graphic is logically correlated to the activity, state or condition depicted in the image graphic.
26 . The method according to claim 25 , wherein the image graphic comprises a character performing an activity and a textual graphic is selected from the group consisting of a single word, multiple words, a phrase, a nursery rhyme or portion thereof, a command, a question, a formal name, an expression and combinations thereof.
27 . The method according to claim 26 , wherein the image graphic comprises a character performing an activity to be performed by a wearer of the absorbent article.
28 . The method according to claim 26 , wherein the character is an anthropomorphic character.
29 . The method according to claim 25 , wherein registering a textual graphic comprises registering a textual graphic selected from the group consisting of a single word, multiple words, a phrase, a nursery rhyme or portion thereof, a command, a sentence, a formal name, and combinations thereof.
30 . The method according to claim 25 , wherein registering the image comprises registering an image graphic having an intellectual complexity corresponding to an age of an intended wearer of the absorbent article.
31 . The method according to claim 30 , wherein the age of an intended wearer of the absorbent article corresponds to a size of the absorbent article.
32 . The method according to claim 30 , wherein the age of the intended wearer of the absorbent article corresponds to a style of the absorbent article.
33 . The method according to claim 25 , wherein a style of the article is selected from the group consisting of an infant diaper, a toddler diaper, a youth training pant, a pull-up style article, a children's nighttime training pant, a swimming-only article, and mixtures thereof.
34 . The method according to claim 33 , wherein registering the graphic comprises registering a character graphic and a textual graphic corresponding to activities associated with a wearer of one or more of the styles of articles.
35 . The method according to claim 25 , wherein registering the graphic on an outer facing surface of the absorbent article comprises applying the graphic directly on an inward or outward facing portion of a backsheet in the absorbent article.
36 . The method according to claim 25 , wherein registering the graphic on an outer facing surface of the absorbent article comprises applying the graphic on a first layer and attaching the first layer to an outward facing portion of a second layer in the absorbent article.