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Granted Patent B2
US 8,575,417 · App. 11/710,215 · Granted Nov 5, 2013

Printed formed film web and method for making

Inventors: David Christopher Oetjen (West Chester, OH); Atsushi Ueminami (Kobe, JP); Paul Thomas Weisman (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
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Patent No.
US 8,575,417
App. No.
11/710,215
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A web having printed thereon a colorant and/or a composition providing a skin health benefit. The web can be a three-dimensional, fluid pervious, polymeric web. The web can comprise a pattern of interconnecting members, the interconnecting members defining apertures. The apertures are defined in a first surface of the web in a first plane of the web, and extend in sidewall portions to a second surface in a second plane of the web. A colorant or lotion composition can be deposited on at least a portion of the second surface of the web.

Claims (6)

1. A disposable absorbent article comprising a topsheet, said topsheet comprising a three-dimensional, fluid pervious, polymeric web, said web comprising a pattern of interconnecting members, said interconnecting members defining primary apertures, wherein said primary apertures each comprise a corresponding opening and sidewall portions and both said corresponding opening and said sidewall portions extend from a first surface of said web in a first plane of said web to a discontinuous second surface in a second plane of said web such that the sidewall portions define a secondary aperture in said discontinuous second surface, and wherein a colorant is deposited on at least a portion of said discontinuous second surface of said web, said colorant being present substantially only on distal ends of said sidewall portions of said primary apertures and extending a distance but not completely up said sidewall portions in a direction towards said first surface, wherein said colorant is visible through said corresponding opening, and wherein said first plane is free of said colorant.

2. The disposable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein said article is selected from the group consisting of a disposable diaper, a urinary incontinence device, a sanitary napkin, and a pantiliner.

3. The disposable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein said article is a sanitary napkin, and said colorant is applied by printing on said discontinuous second surface.

4. A disposable absorbent article comprising a topsheet, said topsheet comprising a three-dimensional, fluid pervious, polymeric web, said web comprising a pattern of interconnecting members, said interconnecting members defining primary apertures, wherein said primary apertures each comprise a corresponding opening and sidewall portions and both said corresponding opening and said sidewall portions extend from a first surface of said web in a first plane of said web to a discontinuous second surface in a second plane of said web such that said sidewall portions define a secondary aperture in said discontinuous second surface, wherein a first colorant is deposited only on a part of said sidewall portions of said primary apertures located in a first region of said topsheet, and wherein a second colorant having a different color than said first colorant is deposited only on a part of said sidewall portions of said primary apertures located in a second region of said topsheet, wherein said first colorant and said second colorant are visible through said corresponding openings, and wherein said first plane is free of said first and second colorants.

5. A disposable absorbent article comprising a topsheet, said topsheet comprising a three-dimensional, fluid pervious, polymeric web, said web comprising a pattern of interconnecting members, said interconnecting members defining primary apertures, wherein said primary apertures each comprise a corresponding opening and sidewall portions and both said corresponding opening and said sidewall portions extend from a first surface of said web in a first plane of said web to a discontinuous second surface in a second plane of said web such that said sidewall portions define a secondary aperture in said discontinuous second surface, wherein a first colorant is deposited substantially only on said sidewall portions of said primary apertures at a first location along the length of the sidewall, and wherein a second colorant having a different color than said first colorant is deposited substantially only on said sidewall portions of said primary apertures at a second location along the length of the sidewall that is different than the first location, wherein said first colorant and said second colorant are visible through said corresponding opening, and wherein said first plane is free of said first and second colorants.

6. A disposable absorbent article comprising a topsheet, said topsheet comprising a three-dimensional, fluid pervious, polymeric web, said web comprising a pattern of interconnecting members, said interconnecting members defining primary apertures, wherein said primary apertures each comprise a corresponding opening and sidewall portions and both said corresponding opening and said sidewall portions extend from a first surface of said web in a first plane of said web to a discontinuous second surface in a second plane of said web such that said sidewall portions define a secondary aperture in said discontinuous second surface, wherein a first colorant is deposited substantially only on said topsheet at a plane defined at a first location between said first plane and said discontinuous second surface, and wherein a second colorant having a different color than said first colorant is deposited substantially only on said topsheet at a plane defined at a second location that is different than said first location, wherein said first colorant and said second colorant are visible through said corresponding opening, and wherein said first plane is free of said first and second colorants.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2007
From: OETJEN, DAVID CHRISTOPHER; UEMINAMI-ATSUSHI; WEISMAN, PAUL THOMAS
To: PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
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Continuity (1)
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