Patents by Inventor Balaji K. Kandadai

Balaji K. Kandadai 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).

  • Article with heat-activatable expandable structures
    Patent number: 8987544
    Abstract: An absorbent article has a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, a first major surface which forms a body-facing surface of the absorbent article, and a second major surface disposed distally from the first major surface which forms a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article. The article includes an absorbent core positioned between the first major surface and the second major surface. The article also includes at least one heat-activatable expandable structure. The at least one heat-activatable expandable structure is disposed on or below the first major surface. Application of heat to the heat-activatable expandable structure causes the heat-activatable expandable barrier structure to form distinctive designs, barriers and/or channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Poruthoor, Rebecca Griffin, Lei Huang, Balaji K. Kandadai, Suzanne Murray, Hue Scott Snowden, Herb Velazquez, Dean M. Wydeven, Ali Yahiaoui
  • ARTICLE WITH HEAT-ACTIVATABLE EXPANDABLE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20120157952
    Abstract: An absorbent article has a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, a first major surface which forms a body-facing surface of the absorbent article, and a second major surface disposed distally from the first major surface which forms a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article. The article includes an absorbent core positioned between the first major surface and the second major surface. The article also includes at least one heat-activatable expandable structure. The at least one heat-activatable expandable structure is disposed on or below the first major surface. Application of heat to the heat-activatable expandable structure causes the heat-activatable expandable barrier structure to form distinctive designs, barriers and/or channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Simon Poruthoor, Rebecca Griffin, Lei Huang, Balaji K. Kandadai, Suzanne Murray, Hue Scott Snowden, Herb Velazquez, Dean M. Wydeven, Ali Yahiaoui