Patents by Inventor Benedicte Durant

Benedicte Durant has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Diaper with opening in top sheet
    Patent number: 5779690
    Abstract: A diaper having a front part (12), a back part (14) and an intermediate crotch part (13) which includes an absorbent body (1) joined to a fluid-impermeable bottom sheet (7) and a fluid-permeable top sheet (9) which lies proximal to the wearer's body in use and which includes an opening (15) situated in the back and crotch part of the diaper and elastic devices (20, 21) and which is unattached to the absorbent body at least within the region of the opening (15). Two elastic devices (20, 21) in the top sheet (9) extend divergently in relation to one another, from the front edge (16) of the opening (15) in the crotch part (13) towards the back part (14) and on respective sides of the opening in the top sheet (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Molnlycke AB
    Inventors: Anders Gustafsson, Anna Svernlov, Urban Widlund, Benedicte Durant