Patents by Inventor Andrea L. BENNER

Andrea L. BENNER 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: 20210330518
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet. A wearer-facing nonwoven material comprising three-dimensional features and forming at least a portion of a wearer-facing surface of the topsheet of the absorbent article is provided. The wearer-facing nonwoven material comprises a plurality of generally planar regions that do not overlap with the three-dimensional features. The generally planar regions comprise recesses. The recesses may comprise apertures. The wearer-facing nonwoven material comprises at least 50% natural fibers, by weight of the nonwoven material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Rodrigo ROSATI, Gueltekin ERDEM, Andrea L. BENNER
  • Publication number: 20160074247
    Abstract: An absorbent article for personal hygiene comprises a longitudinal axis, a transversal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a liquid permeable topsheet, an acquisition layer, a liquid impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core. The absorbent core is located between the topsheet and backsheet and comprises an absorbent material. a width of the acquisition layer in a direction parallel to the transversal axis is less than the width of the topsheet in a direction parallel to the transversal axis. The absorbent article comprises a topsheet/acquisition layer laminate comprising the liquid permeable topsheet and the acquisition layer in a face to face relationship. The topsheet/acquisition layer laminate comprises three-dimensional protrusions extending from a plane of the topsheet/acquisition layer laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Rodrigo ROSATI, Jill Marlene ORR, Adrien GRENIER, Andrea L. BENNER, James T. KNAPMEYER, John B. STRUBE, Aniruddha CHATTERJEE