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Absorbent Articles Having Three Dimensional Substrates and Indicia:

U.S. Patent No. 10,973,702

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By: Karen McIntyre

Editor, Nonwovens Industry

Alizha Victoria Smith, Wyoming, OH; Theodore Cory Fites, Cincinnati, OH; Gueltekin Erdem, Beijing, China; Sascha Kreisel, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany; Olaf Erik Alexander Isele, West Chester, OH; and Rodrigo Rosati, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

An absorbent article comprising: a liquid permeable, three-dimensional topsheet, comprising: a first nonwoven layer comprising a hydrophobic material; and a second hydrophilic nonwoven layer wherein the first nonwoven layer is joined to the second nonwoven layer; wherein the topsheet comprises a plurality of recesses, a plurality of projections, and a plurality of land areas, wherein the land areas surround at least a majority of the plurality of projections and a plurality of the recesses, wherein the plurality of recesses, the plurality of projections, and the plurality of land areas, together form a first three-dimensional surface on a first side of the topsheet and a second three-dimensional surface on a second side of the topsheet, wherein a majority of the projections have a z-directional height in the range of about 500 μm to about 4000 μm, according to the Projection Height Test, wherein a majority of the recesses define an aperture at a location most distal from a top peak of an adjacent projection, and wherein the majority of the recesses have a z-directional height in the range of about 500 μm to about 2000 μm, according to the Recess Height Test; and wherein the topsheet has an overall z-directional height in the range of about 1000 μm to about 6000 μm, according to the Overall Substrate Height Test; a liquid impermeable backsheet; an acquisition material; an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the acquisition material and the liquid impermeable backsheet; and an indicia on the acquisition material or the liquid permeable topsheet, wherein the indicia is visible from a wearer-facing side of the absorbent article, and wherein the indicia is a different color than the acquisition material or the liquid permeable topsheet.

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