Patents by Inventor Mark Thomas Cammarota

Mark Thomas Cammarota 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).

  • Absorbent articles having wetness indicating graphics incorporating a training zone
    Publication number: 20020007162
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article such as a training pant includes wetness indicating graphics that provide an interactive training aid. The interactive graphics can include a permanent character graphic and one or more active object graphics, which “appear” or “disappear” from view in response to exposure to urine or the environment. Various mechanisms are employed to conceptually and/or visually separate the permanent character graphic from the interactive wetness indicating graphic, such that the character graphic remains independent in the child's mind from the process of toilet training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Cammarota, Mary Patricia Jordan, MeeWha Lee, Gregory Allen MacDonald, Kathleen Irene Ratliff
  • Absorbent articles having wetness indicating graphics incorporating a training zone
    Patent number: 6307119
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article such as a training pant includes wetness indicating graphics that provide an interactive training aid. The interactive graphics can include a permanent character graphic and one or more active object graphics, which “appear” or “disappear” from view in response to exposure to urine or the environment. Various mechanisms are employed to conceptually and/or visually separate the permanent character graphic from the interactive wetness indicating graphic, such that the character graphic remains independent in the child's mind from the process of toilet training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Cammarota, Mary Patricia Jordan, MeeWha Lee, Gregory Allen MacDonald, Kathleen Irene Ratliff
  • Self-contained, interactive toilet training kit for children and caregivers
    Patent number: 5725382
    Abstract: A child's self-contained, interactive toilet training kit made from a relatively rigid material and having a lid that is moveable between an open position and a closed position. The kit includes a plurality of training pants, a plurality of interactivity devices adapted for use by a caregiver for instructing a child in toilet training, and a plurality of activity devices adapted for use by the child for encouraging the child in toilet training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: James Andrew Walter, Shirlee Ann Weber, Mark Thomas Cammarota