Patent
   D656852
Priority
Aug 06 2010
Filed
Aug 06 2010
Issued
Apr 03 2012
Expiry
Apr 03 2026
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Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a wetness indicator, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a full perspective view of a first embodiment of a wetness indicator on an absorbent article showing the design;

FIG. 2 is a front view of wetness indicator of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the absorbent article of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the absorbent article of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the absorbent article of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the absorbent article of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a right side view of the absorbent article of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of the wetness indicator on a substrate;

FIG. 9 is another embodiment of a wetness indicator on a substrate;

FIG. 10 is another embodiment of a wetness indicator on a substrate; and,

FIG. 11 is another embodiment of a wetness indicator on a substrate.

The claimed design comprises the elements shown in solid lines, the absorbent article shown in dotted lines in FIGS. 1 through 7 forming no part of the claimed design.

Ruman, Marcille Faye, Granius, Marty J., DeBruin, Paula K., Bauman, Joy Patricia

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