Patents by Inventor Anna-Carin Elfstrom
Anna-Carin Elfstrom 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).
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Patent number: 7959618Abstract: A pant-shaped garment includes an outer panty having a length direction and a transverse direction and having a rear portion, a front portion, and a crotch portion. The garment includes a waist opening with a waist edge extending in the transverse direction and two leg openings each being bordered by a leg edge having a front part of the leg edge being located generally on the front portion and a rear part of the leg edge being located generally on the rear portion and on the crotch portion. The rear and front portions are mutually connected in two side joins running in the length direction from the waist opening to each leg opening. The front and rear portions of the outer panty substantially comprise an elastically extensible material. The rear part of each leg edge is curve-shaped and exhibits a concave curved segment located mainly on the rear portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2004Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Sofia Hermansson, Catarina Linnér, Anna-Carin Elfström, Jenny Hildeberg
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Patent number: 7662138Abstract: An absorbent article has an elastic waist portion, an absorbent element (5), and a liquid-impermeable outer layer (3) which is intended to enclose the absorbent element on at least that side thereof which faces away from the wearer during use of the article. The absorbent element (5) is in its entirety arranged on the second piece (2). The liquid-impermeable outer layer (3) is breathable, at least over a portion of this which covers the absorbent element (5).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Kent Hermansson, Cécile Sandin, Hans Eén, Kenneth Strannemalm, Anna-Carin Elfström, Karin Lindmark
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Patent number: 7553300Abstract: An absorbent product for men, having an absorption body (5) which tapers from a front section (11) of the product towards a crotch section (12) of the product and which is enclosed in a sheath including a liquid-tight layer (4) and a liquid-permeable layer (3), both of which layers extend beyond the absorption body round about this and are mutually joined there. The absorption body (5) is arranged to extend, during product usage, from the front section of the product in the direction of the crotch section and is adapted to extend with its narrower end section to slightly below the penis of the user. On the liquid-permeable layer (3), at the narrower end section of the absorption body, a liquid barrier (17) is applied, which is arranged to prevent urine emitted by the user from leaking from the surface of the absorption body towards the crotch region.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2003Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Anna-Carin Elfström, Cécile Sandin, Kenneth Strannemalm
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Publication number: 20090048572Abstract: A method of production of disposable diaper pants or disposable sanitary panty with openable and resealable side panels. A row of absorption bodies is applied on a continuous web of inner or outer cover sheet material, after which a continuous web of outer or inner cover sheet material is applied and secured to the web with absorption bodies at parts lying outside the absorption bodies to form a web of diaper pants blanks. First side panels having two parts connected by a detachable and resealable connection are secured to the diaper pants blanks at a side of a front or rear portion. Second separate side panels are secured to the side portions of the front or rear portions of the diaper pants blanks which to not have side panels. Individual diaper pants blanks with side panels are cut out, folded along a transverse axis in the crotch, and secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Birgitta Karlsson, Ken Olsson, Cecile Sandin, Elisabeth Lakso, Anna-Carin Elfstrom, Robert Albino
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Patent number: 7459050Abstract: A method of production of disposable diaper pants or disposable sanitary panty with openable and resealable side panels. A row of absorption bodies is applied on a continuous web of inner or outer cover sheet material, after which a continuous web of outer or inner cover sheet material is applied and secured to the web with absorption bodies at parts lying outside the absorption bodies to form a web of diaper pants blanks. First side panels having two parts connected by a detachable and resealable connection are secured to the diaper pants blanks at a side of a front or rear portion. Second separate side panels are secured to the side portions of the front or rear portions of the diaper pants blanks which to not have side panels. Individual diaper pants blanks with side panels are cut out, folded along a transverse axis in the crotch, and secured.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AGInventors: Birgitta Karlsson, Ken Olsson, Cecile Sandin, Elisabeth Lakso, Anna-Carin Elfström, Robert Albino
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Publication number: 20040225270Abstract: A pant-shaped garment includes an outer panty having a length direction and a transverse direction and having a rear portion, a front portion, and a crotch portion. The garment includes a waist opening with a waist edge extending in the transverse direction and two leg openings each being bordered by a leg edge having a front part of the leg edge being located generally on the front portion and a rear part of the leg edge being located generally on the rear portion and on the crotch portion. The rear and front portions are mutually connected in two side joins running in the length direction from the waist opening to each leg opening. The front and rear portions of the outer panty substantially comprise an elastically extensible material. The rear part of each leg edge is curve-shaped and exhibits a concave curved segment located mainly on the rear portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2004Publication date: November 11, 2004Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Sofia Hermansson, Catarina Linner, Anna-Carin Elfstrom, Jenny Hildeberg
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Publication number: 20040097893Abstract: An absorbent product for men, having an absorption body (5) which tapers from a front section (11) of the product towards a crotch section (12) of the product and which is enclosed in a sheath including a liquid-tight layer (4) and a liquid-permeable layer (3), both of which layers extend beyond the absorption body round about this and are mutually joined there. The absorption body (5) is arranged to extend, during product usage, from the front section of the product in the direction of the crotch section and is adapted to extend with its narrower end section to slightly below the penis of the user. On the liquid-permeable layer (3), at the narrower end section of the absorption body, a liquid barrier (17) is applied, which is arranged to prevent urine emitted by the user from leaking from the surface of the absorption body towards the crotch region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Inventors: Anna-Carin Elfstrom, Cecile Sandin, Kenneth Strannemalm
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Publication number: 20030212377Abstract: A method of production of disposable diaper pants or disposable sanitary panty with openable and resealable side panels. A row of absorption bodies is applied on a continuous web of inner or outer cover sheet material, after which a continuous web of outer or inner cover sheet material is applied and secured to the web with absorption bodies at parts lying outside the absorption bodies to form a web of diaper pants blanks. First side panels having two parts connected by a detachable and resealable connection are secured to the diaper pants blanks at a side of a front or rear portion. Second separate side panels are secured to the side portions of the front or rear portions of the diaper pants blanks which to not have side panels. Individual diaper pants blanks with side panels are cut out, folded along a transverse axis in the crotch, and secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Birgitta Karlsson, Ken Olsson, Cecile Sandin, Elisabeth Lakso, Anna-Carin Elfstrom, Robert Albino
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Publication number: 20030125690Abstract: An absorbent article has an elastic waist portion, an absorbent element (5), and a liquid-impermeable outer layer (3) which is intended to enclose the absorbent element on at least that side thereof which faces away from the wearer during use of the article. The absorbent element (5) is in its entirety arranged on the second piece (2). The liquid-impermeable outer layer (3) is breathable, at least over a portion of this which covers the absorbent element (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Kent Hermansson, Cecile Sandin, Hans Een, Kenneth Strannemalm, Anna-Carin Elfstrom, Karin Lindmark
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Publication number: 20030100873Abstract: A disposable absorbent pant diaper with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, an inner cover layer (11), an outer cover layer (12), and an absorption body (10) enclosed between the two cover layers (11, 12), and having two end edges (6, 7) extending in the transverse direction forming a waist opening and two side edges (8, 9) extending in the longitudinal direction forming leg openings, the pant diaper also having a front portion (1) and a rear portion (2) which are connected by an intermediate crotch portion (3). The absorption body (10) is constructed so that the liquid-spreading in the pant diaper is limited to remain below an area of spread of 200 square centimetres in the plane of the absorption body (10) for a liquid quantity of 150 millilitres.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2002Publication date: May 29, 2003Inventors: Kent Hermansson, Anna-Carin Elfstrom, Karin Lindmark, Linda Olsson
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Patent number: D514223Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Sofia Hermansson, Catarina Linnér, Anna-Carin Elfström
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Patent number: D543275Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Sofia Hermansson, Catarina Linnér, Anna-Carin Elfström
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Patent number: D679390Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Anita Haraldsson Hedbratt, Sofia Hermansson, Catarina Linnér, Anna-Carin Elfström
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Patent number: D680216Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Anita Haraldsson Hedbratt, Sofia Hermansson, Catarina Linnér, Anna-Carin Elfström