Absorbent Article Having Surface Visual Texture

Abstract

An absorbent article comprising an apertured topsheet having a body-facing side and a garment-facing side, a backsheet, an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a colored area viewable through a topsheet by a user viewing the body-facing side is provided. The absorbent article comprises a visual texture composed of less than about 65 objects per cm2 having an average mean areas greater than about 0.35 mm 2 .

1 . An absorbent article comprising an apertured topsheet having a body-facing side and a garment-facing side, a backsheet, an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a colored area viewable through a topsheet by a user viewing the body-facing side,
 the absorbent article comprising a visual texture composed of less than about 65 objects per cm 2  having an average mean area greater than about 0.35 mm 2 .   
     
     
         2 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the visual texture is composed of less than about 55 objects per cm 2 . 
     
     
         3 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the visual texture is composed of less than about 50 objects per cm 2 . 
     
     
         4 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the objects have an average mean area greater than about 0.40 mm 2 . 
     
     
         5 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the objects have an average mean area greater than about 0.50 mm 2 . 
     
     
         6 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the topsheet comprises an apertured formed film. 
     
     
         7 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the absorbent article comprises a secondary topsheet and the colored area is provided on the secondary topsheet. 
     
     
         8 . The absorbent article of  claim 1 , wherein the topsheet has apertures having a shape that is circular, pentagonal, hexagonal, oval, hourglass, or teardrop. 
     
     
         9 . An absorbent article comprising an apertured topsheet having a body-facing side and a garment-facing side, a backsheet, an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a colored area viewable through a topsheet by a user viewing the body-facing side,
 the absorbent article comprising a visual texture composed of less than less than about 55 objects per cm 2  of mean area dimension greater than about 0.35 mm 2 .   
     
     
         10 . The absorbent article of  claim 9 , wherein the visual texture is composed of less than about 50 objects per cm 2 . 
     
     
         11 . The absorbent article of  claim 9 , wherein the objects have an average mean area greater than about 0.40 mm 2 . 
     
     
         12 . The absorbent article of  claim 9 , wherein the objects have an average mean area greater than about 0.50 mm 2 . 
     
     
         13 . The absorbent article of  claim 9 , wherein the topsheet comprises an apertured formed film. 
     
     
         14 . The absorbent article of  claim 9 , wherein the absorbent article comprises a secondary topsheet and the colored area is provided on the secondary topsheet. 
     
     
         15 . The absorbent article of  claim 8 , wherein the topsheet has apertures having a shape that is circular, pentagonal, hexagonal, oval, hourglass, or teardrop.