Disposable Hygienic Article with Means for Diagnostic Testing:

Christopher Nelson, Hiram, GA.
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL.

Filed: 3/5/20
Issued: 7/5/22

An absorbent article, comprising: a liquid pervious topsheet having a proximal surface facing toward a user when the article is in use and a distal surface facing away from the user; an absorbent material positioned distally from the topsheet and extending across at least a portion of the topsheet distal surface; a liquid impervious backsheet positioned distally from the absorbent material and topsheet, the backsheet comprising a through aperture having a perimeter; a cover positioned on a surface of the backsheet and covering the backsheet aperture, the cover comprising: a base layer overlapping with at least a portion of the backsheet; an adhesive layer in a window frame shape around a perimeter of the base layer for adhering the base layer to the surface of the backsheet; an outer layer adhered to, and covering, an outer surface of the base layer; a finger lift portion positioned on the outer layer; a separation layer non-releasably attached to the backsheet around the entire perimeter of the backsheet aperture and extending at least partially across the backsheet aperture between the cover and the absorbent material; wherein the cover is releasably attached to the backsheet such that the backsheet aperture may be selectively uncovered without removing the absorbent article from the user.