Patents by Inventor James A. Bradstreet

James A. Bradstreet 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).

  • Selective placement of absorbent product materials in sanitary napkins and the like
    Patent number: 5817079
    Abstract: In absorbent products, such as sanitary napkins, discreet areas of dry fibrous materials such as fluid-repellent materials are precisely placed in various planes within the product so as to provide barriers to bodily fluid leakage from the product. In a preferred embodiment, hydrophobic fibers are placed around the periphery of a central absorbent area of an absorbent product to discourage and/or prevent side or end leakage from the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Bergquist, Peter Jackson, Subramanian Srinivasan, Martin Wislinski, Edmund DeRossett, James A. Bradstreet, Philip Stevenson, Schmuel Dabi
  • Crush-resistant adhesively-attached absorbent product
    Patent number: 4217901
    Abstract: A thin absorbent product for adhesive attachment to a wearer's garment is provided with means for resisting deformation when worn or applied. Such means comprise providing on the garment facing major surface of the absorbent pad of such product, a densified, compacted, porous, absorbent, fibrous layer having a particulate hydrocolloid material distributed therein. Said densified layer provides the product with planar crush resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: Personal Products Company
    Inventors: James A. Bradstreet, Judith E. Roller
  • Sanitary napkin
    Patent number: D327319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Inc.
    Inventors: Angelo P. Ruffo, James Bradstreet, Frank S. Glaug, Sherilyn S. McCoy, Patricia Ramacieri
  • Sanitary napkin
    Patent number: D346213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Inc.
    Inventors: Angelo P. Ruffo, James Bradstreet, Frank S. Glaug, Sherilyn S. McCoy, Patricia Ramacieri
  • Sanitary napkin
    Patent number: D352554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Inc.
    Inventors: Angelo P. Ruffo, James Bradstreet, Frank S. Glaug, Sherilyn S. McCoy, Patricia Ramacieri