Patents by Inventor Anna-Karin Elfstrom

Anna-Karin 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).

  • Patent number: 7632259
    Abstract: An absorption article such as a pant diaper, having a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorption body positioned therebetween, the article having a front end portion, a rear end portion, and a crotch portion lying therebetween, the rear end portion and the adjacent part of the crotch portion having a transverse elastic system, a rear leg elastic system which runs between the two longitudinal side edges of the article along the leg cutout of the article in the rear part of the crotch portion and crosses the crotch portion essentially parallel to the transverse center line of the article. The article has, on each side of the absorption body, a pocket for temporary storage of liquid, the extent of the pocket being limited by the longitudinal side edge of the absorption body, the transverse elastic system and the rear leg elastic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Anna-Karin Elfström, Cécile Sandin, Kent Hermansson, Kenneth Strannemalm, Carina Mare, Lennart Nilsson
  • Publication number: 20030093055
    Abstract: The invention relates to an absorption article such as an incontinence device of the pant type, or a pant diaper, comprising a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorption body positioned therebetween, the absorption body having an elongate shape with two longitudinal side edges and two transverse side edges, the article having two longitudinal side edges, a longitudinal center line, a transverse center line, a front end portion which is intended during normal use to lie against or in proximity to the abdomen of the wearer, a rear end portion which is intended during normal use to lie against or in proximity to the bottom of the back of the wearer, and a crotch portion lying therebetween, the rear end portion and the adjacent part of the crotch portion having a transverse elastic system, a rear leg elastic system which runs between the two longitudinal side edges of the article along the leg cutout of the article in the rear part of the crotch portion and crosses the crotch port
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Anna-Karin Elfstrom, Cecile Sandin, Kent Hermansson, Kenneth Strannemalm, Carina Mare, Lennart Nilsson