Patents by Inventor Daisuke Komatsubara

Daisuke Komatsubara 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).

  • Publication number: 20180317455
    Abstract: Provided is an absorbent article for a pet animal being capable of prevent urine leaking out of a tail opening. The absorbent article includes a cutting line forming the fail opening positioned on a dorsal region side in an intermediate region and an indicator positioned on a body non-facing surface of an absorbent layer and to show a color reaction by coming in contact with excreted urine. The absorbent layer is positioned between the cutting line and a ventral region. The absorbent core has a first end edge and a second end edge opposite to the first end edge in a longitudinal direction, and the indicator is positioned longitudinally outboard of at least the first end edge of the first end edge and the second end edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: Daisuke KOMATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 10085899
    Abstract: A disposable diaper for pets, having: a rear-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; a crotch area; a rear-side flap section; a stomach-side flap section; and a tail insertion opening. At least either the rear-side flap section or the stomach-side flap section have an identification area. A determination can be made that there is a problem with the state of the rear-side flap section, on the basis of visual inspection information about the identification area, said visual inspection being performed externally on the disposable diaper for pets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Publication number: 20180271064
    Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent article for pet animals. The article has a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, a body-facing surface, a non-body-facing surface and first and second ends opposed to each other in the longitudinal direction. The article includes: a tail facing area facing a pet animal's tail; a first section to cover one side of a pet animal's rump, extending from the tail facing area to the first end; a second section to cover the other side of the pet animal's rump, extending from the tail facing area to the second end; and an absorbent core disposed between the first and second sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Daisuke KOMATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 10080347
    Abstract: A disposable diaper to be fit around the waist of the pet, having: a rear-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; a crotch area; end sections in the diaper longitudinal direction; end sections in a diaper longitude-intersecting direction; a tail insertion opening; an absorbent core; an area not having the absorbent core arranged therein; an attachment section in the stomach-side waist area; an attachment area that receives the attachment section; and an expandable/contractible elastic member for a leakage-prevention sheet arranged, in an extended state, in the leakage-prevention sheet. The expandable/contractible elastic member is arranged in a prescribed area in the diaper longitudinal direction, between the absorbent core and the end section in the diaper longitude-intersecting direction. A standing-up section in which the end section in the diaper longitudinal direction stands up is formed as a result of the contraction of the expandable/contractible elastic member for the leakage-prevention sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 10052240
    Abstract: A disposable diaper for pets, having: a rear-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; a crotch area; an inside surface; an outside surface; an absorbent core; an area not having the absorbent core arranged therein; an attachment section provided in the stomach-side waist area and having a prescribed length; a hook section provided in the attachment section; and an attachment area provided on the outside surface of the rear-side waist area and which receives the hook section of the attachment section. The attachment area comprises a non-woven first attachment area arranged on the outside surface of a diaper main body section in an area not having the absorbent core arranged therein, in at least the rear-side waist area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 10016321
    Abstract: A disposable diaper for pets, having: a rear-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; a crotch area; a rear-side flap section; a stomach-side flap section; and a tail insertion opening. At least either the rear-side flap section or the stomach-side flap section have an identification area. A determination can be made that there is a problem with the state of the rear-side flap section, on the basis of visual inspection information about the identification area, said visual inspection being performed externally on the disposable diaper for pets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 10010055
    Abstract: A disposable diaper for pets, in which part of a crotch area stands up as a result of the contraction of an expanding/contracting elastic member, and a standing-up section is formed, said disposable diaper for pets having: a rear-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; the crotch area; both end sections in the diaper longitudinal direction; both end sections in the diaper longitude-intersecting direction; a tail insertion opening; an absorbent core; an attachment section provided in the stomach-side waist area; an attachment area that receives the attachment section; and the expanding/contracting elastic member arranged the diaper longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 10010056
    Abstract: A disposable diaper for pets includes: a back-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; a crotch area; a tail insertion opening; an absorbent core; an area not having the absorbent core arranged therein; an attachment section in the stomach-side waist area; an attachment area that receives the attachment section; an expandable/contractible elastic member for legs, arranged, in an extended state, in a prescribed area in the diaper longitudinal direction, between the absorbent core and an end section in the diaper longitude-intersecting direction; an expandable/contractible elastic member for the waist, arranged, in an extended state, in the area not having the absorbent core arranged therein, in the diaper longitude-intersecting direction; and a contraction force intersecting area in which the contracting force of the expandable/contractible elastic member for legs and the expansion/contraction force of the expandable/contractible elastic member for the waist intersect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Publication number: 20180116178
    Abstract: An absorbent article for pet animals which makes possible to provide relatively easy handling for using the article. The absorbent article for a pet animal having a first side edge portion and a second side edge portion. The first side edge portion has a side seam coupling a first side edge portion of a ventral region and a first side edge portion of a dorsal region together. The second side edge portion is provided with a coupling means for coupling a second side edge portion of the ventral region to a second side edge portion of the dorsal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Daisuke KOMATSUBARA, Hiroki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9943451
    Abstract: An absorbent article for pet includes: a top sheet; a back surface layer; an absorbent core; a first end portion and a second end portion opposing to each other in a longitudinal direction; a first side portion and a second side portion opposing to each other in a width direction; an engaging member disposed in the vicinity of the first end portion along the width direction of the absorbent article; a first engaged portion engageable with the engaging member and is disposed in the vicinity of the second end portion, at least at a position faceable a central portion of the engaging member and a second engaged portion engageable with the engaging member with an engagement force smaller than an engagement force of the first engaged portion with the engaging member, and is disposed at least at a position faceable one of opposite ends of the engaging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Takeshi Ikegami
  • Patent number: 9913458
    Abstract: An absorbent article for pets includes a front surface layer, a back surface layer, and an absorbent body, and is formed in a rectangular shape having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a pair of side portions. The first end portion is arranged on the body of the pet, and the second end portion side is detachably attached to the outer surface of the first end portion when worn. The absorbent article further includes an engaging member arranged on the outer surface side of the first end portion, and is engageable with the inner surface of the second end portion. A part of the outer surface of the back surface layer is formed from a member engageable with the engaging member. A low rigidity area is formed towards the second end portion side of the section on the first end portion where the engaging member is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Takeshi Ikegami
  • Patent number: 9901077
    Abstract: A disposable diaper for pets, having: a diaper longitudinal direction, a diaper longitude-intersecting direction being a direction interesting the diaper longitudinal direction; a rear-side flap section; a stomach-side flap section; and a reference virtual straight line being a straight line in the longitudinal direction of the disposable diaper for pets. The rear-side flap section is configured such that the distance from the reference virtual straight line to an end section on the longitudinal intersection direction of the rear-side flap section differs relative to the diaper longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 9894881
    Abstract: A disposable diaper for pets includes: a back-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; a crotch area; both end sections in the diaper longitudinal direction; both end sections in a diaper longitude-intersecting direction; a tail insertion opening; an absorbent core; an area not having the absorbent core arranged therein; an attachment section provided in the stomach-side waist area; an attachment area that accepts the attachment section; an expandable/contractible elastic member for legs, arranged, in the extended state, in a prescribed area in the diaper longitudinal direction, between the absorbent core and an end section in the diaper longitude-intersecting direction; a leg gather formed by the contraction of the expandable/contractible elastic member for legs; and a standing-up section in which the end sections in the diaper longitudinal direction stand up as a result of the contraction of the expandable/contractible elastic member for legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 9894882
    Abstract: A disposable diaper for pets, having: a diaper longitudinal direction; a diaper longitude-intersecting direction; a rear-side flap section; a stomach-side flap section; and a tail insertion opening provided in a prescribed area in the diaper longitudinal direction. The disposable diaper for pets is formed such that the length in the diaper longitude-intersecting direction in the rear-side flap section is different from the length in the diaper longitude-intersecting direction in the stomach-side flap section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 9888671
    Abstract: A disposable diaper for pets having a shortest straight line point being further on a stomach-side waist area side than a diaper center point, and comprising: a rear-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; a crotch area; a flap section provided in the stomach-side waist area and having an end section in the rear-side direction; a diaper longitudinal direction center line; the diaper center point; a tail insertion opening; an absorbent core; an attachment section arranged in the flap section; an attachment section intermediate point; an attachment area that receives the attachment section; and the shortest straight line point being a point on the diaper longitudinal direction center line at the shortest direct distance, via a rear-side end section of the flap section in a straight line from the attachment section center point to the diaper longitudinal direction center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 9872480
    Abstract: A disposable diaper for pets, in which a fixed section in an attachment section overlaps with an expanding/contracting elastic member for the waist, said disposable diaper for pets having: a rear-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; a crotch area; both end sections in the diaper longitudinal direction; both end sections in the diaper longitude-intersecting direction; a tail insertion opening; an absorbent core; an area not having the absorbent core arranged therein; a flap section provided in the stomach-side waist area and having an end section in the rear-side direction; an attachment section having the fixed section arranged in the flap section and a free section extending from the flap section; the expanding/contracting elastic member for the waist; and an attachment area that receives the attachment section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Patent number: 9826716
    Abstract: Provided is an absorbent article for pets that can prevent side leakage of urine. In an absorbent article for a pet including a liquid permeable inner layer sheet, a liquid impermeable outer layer sheet, and an absorbent core provided between the inner layer sheet and the outer layer sheet, the absorbent core is provided only on a region closer to a belly facing region than a cutting line in which the tail of the pet is inserted, the cutting line being positioned in an intermediate region, and a body facing surface of the inner layer sheet has an area, at least overlapping the absorbent core in plan view, in which a recessed-and-protruded region is positioned, the recessed-and-protruded region including ridges and grooves that are alternately arranged side by side in a lateral direction while extending in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
  • Publication number: 20170303512
    Abstract: An absorbent article has a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and includes: a belly facing region, a back facing region, an intermediate region positioned between the belly facing region and the back facing region in the longitudinal direction, and an absorbent member including an absorbent core. The absorbent member is only disposed in a portion closer to the belly facing region than a cut line in which the tail of a pet is inserted, and includes: both absorbent side edges opposite to each other in the lateral direction, a first absorbent portion facing a urine opening of the pet, and a second absorbent portion facing a portion outside the urine opening, and the absorbent core includes an first narrow portion (interruption portion) configured to interrupt linkage between the first absorbent portion and the second absorbent portion in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Daisuke KOMATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20170280684
    Abstract: Provided is an absorbent article for pets that can prevent side leakage of urine. In an absorbent article for a pet including a liquid permeable inner layer sheet, a liquid impermeable outer layer sheet, and an absorbent core provided between the inner layer sheet and the outer layer sheet, the absorbent core is provided only on a region closer to a belly facing region than a cutting line in which the tail of the pet is inserted, the cutting line being positioned in an intermediate region, and a body facing surface of the inner layer sheet has an area, at least overlapping the absorbent core in plan view, in which a recessed-and-protruded region is positioned, the recessed-and-protruded region including ridges and grooves that are alternately arranged side by side in a lateral direction while extending in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Daisuke KOMATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 9750230
    Abstract: An absorbent article for pet to be worn and wrapped around a waist thereof, includes: a liquid permeable top sheet; a liquid impermeable back surface layer; an absorbent core; a first end portion and a second end portion opposing to each other; a first side portion and a second side portion opposing to each other, a first gather portion that is disposed on a top sheet side of the first side portion and configured to stand upright from the top sheet; a second gather portion that is disposed on the top sheet side of the second side portion and configured to stand upright from the top sheet; and a pair of releasably-joined portions in which the first gather portion is releasably-joined to itself in a state of being folded outward in the width direction of the absorbent article for pet, in the first end portion and the second end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Takeshi Ikegami