Patents by Inventor Daisuke Komatsubara
Daisuke Komatsubara 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: 12678345Abstract: An absorbent article for a pet includes: a liquid absorber disposed between a liquid-permeable top sheet and a liquid-impermeable back surface layer; a first leakage suppressing portion including a first joining portion that is joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet and a first rising portion that is not joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet; and a second leakage suppressing portion including a second joining portion that is joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet and a second rising portion that is not joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet. The first and second leakage suppressing portions are disposed on a side of the liquid-permeable top sheet along a longitudinal direction on two widthwise sides of the absorbent article. A longitudinal contracting force in the second rising portion is smaller than a longitudinal contracting force in the first rising portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2023Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Yumi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 12599509Abstract: A cat diaper has a lateral direction along a waistline of a cat and a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the lateral direction, and includes: a body portion that includes an absorbent core, and has a stomach region, a crotch region, and a back region, and a fastening tape that extends from each side of the body portion in the lateral direction, and joins the stomach region and the back region, the absorbent core having a constricted portion that tapers toward an inner side of the absorbent core in the lateral direction, and a stomach-side end of an innermost edge of the constricted portion in the lateral direction being positioned between a center of the absorbent core in the longitudinal direction and a back side of the cat diaper.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Yumi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 12575545Abstract: A pet diaper extending in a lateral direction along a waist of a pet and in a longitudinal direction from a ventral side to a dorsal side of the pet, the lateral direction being orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and the pet diaper including: a main body including an absorbent core and a tail hole configured to pass feces of the pet; and a first elastic string attached to the main body in a stretched state and extending at least from a ventral-side edge of the tail hole and a dorsal-side edge of the absorbent core in the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2023Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Daichi Fukumoto
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Patent number: 12433255Abstract: A pet diaper extends in a lateral direction along a waist of a pet and in a longitudinal direction from a ventral side to a dorsal side of the pet, the lateral direction being orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and the pet diaper includes: a main body including: an absorbent core; and a tail hole having a longitudinally elongated shape with a largest opening width in the longitudinal direction that is larger than a largest opening width in the lateral direction; a pair of fastening tabs, disposed closer to the ventral side than is the tail hole, that extend outward from a lateral side edge of the main body; and a target portion, disposed closer to the dorsal side than is the tail hole, that engages with the pair of fastening tabs.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2023Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Yumi Koido, Daisuke Komatsubara, Hitomi Nakashima
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Publication number: 20250261615Abstract: An absorbent article for a pet according to one aspect is an absorbent article for a pet that is wound around a body of a pet to be worn. The absorbent article includes a body portion having a laterally long shape having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction. The body portion includes a front surface sheet disposed on a skin surface side, a back surface sheet disposed on a non-skin surface side, an absorber disposed between the front surface sheet and the back surface sheet, and a pair of leakage-preventing gathers disposed outside the absorber in the lateral direction. At least a part of one or both of the pair of leakage-preventing gathers is colored in a color different from the front surface sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2025Publication date: August 21, 2025Inventor: Daisuke KOMATSUBARA
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Patent number: 12356964Abstract: A cat diaper has a lateral direction along a waistline of a cat and a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the lateral direction, and includes: a body portion that has a top-surface sheet, a back-surface sheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the top-surface sheet and the back-surface sheet; and a tail hole formed in the body portion, the tail hole including a hole body through which a tail of the cat is inserted, the hole body bulging toward a stomach side or a back side of the cat diaper, and a lateral length of the hole body being not less than 1.90 times a longitudinal length of the hole body.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Yumi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20250008927Abstract: A pet diaper includes a main body portion composed of at least a front sheet, a back sheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the front sheet and the back sheet. The main body portion has a ventral side configured to cover a ventral side of a pet and a dorsal side configured to cover a dorsal side of the pet. The main body portion includes a first cut portion configured to form a first opening through which a tail of the pet is inserted and a second cut portion configured to form a second opening through which feces of the pet pass, the second opening having a larger area than the first opening. At least a part of the first cut portion and a part of the second cut portion are disposed on an outer surface of the main body portion in a folded state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Yumi Koido, Daisuke Komatsubara
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Publication number: 20240342014Abstract: A disposable diaper for a pet includes: a main body including a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet; a tail hole for a tail of the pet, formed through the main body; a first linear cut part formed in the main body and configured to be torn by a user hand to enlarge the tail hole; a second linear cut part formed in the main body to be on a same line as the first linear cut part and farther from the tail hole than is the first linear cut part, the second linear cut part being configured to be torn by the user hand to connect to the first linear cut part and further enlarge the tail hole; and a tail mark portion that is formed on the backsheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
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Publication number: 20240325217Abstract: A pet diaper for a pet includes an absorbent body including an absorbent core and a pair of fastening tabs extending outward from edges of the absorbent body in a width direction. The absorbent body, having a tail hole through which a tail of the pet passes, includes a center portion in which the absorbent core is disposed and a pair of side portions protruding outward from edges of the absorbent core in the width direction. In the width direction, a maximum width of the absorbent core is larger than a maximum width of either of the pair of side portions. A width in the width direction of at least a portion of a region of the absorbent core between the pair of fastening tabs is narrowed toward the tail hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Yumi Koido, Daichi Fukumoto
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Publication number: 20240188531Abstract: A pet sheet includes a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet, and an absorbent body disposed between the liquid-permeable top sheet and the liquid-impermeable back sheet. The liquid-impermeable back sheet has an adhesive surface. The liquid-permeable top sheet, the liquid-impermeable back sheet, and the absorbent body are disposed such that a light transmittance is 60% or less. The pet sheet is configured to be overlaid on an animal excrement disposal sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Mami Yamashita, Hideyuki Onishi, Daisuke Komatsubara
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Patent number: 11938007Abstract: A pet diaper includes: a top sheet; a back-surface sheet; an absorbent core disposed between the top sheet and the back-surface sheet; a tail hole portion including a hole body through which a tail of a pet is inserted; and an upright leak-proof gather including a rising portion including a contraction portion in which a leak-proof elastic member is disposed in a stretched state in a longitudinal direction, and a lateral fixed portion that is disposed away from the rising portion toward a lateral outer side and that functions as a rising fulcrum of the rising portion. The tail hole portion is disposed at a position that is away from an end edge of the absorbent core on the rear side toward the rear side. The contraction portion is disposed straddling a region between the tail hole portion and the absorbent core.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Yumi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20240000043Abstract: A pet diaper extends in a lateral direction along a waist of a pet and in a longitudinal direction from a ventral side to a dorsal side of the pet, the lateral direction being orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and the pet diaper includes: a main body including: an absorbent core; and a tail hole having a longitudinally elongated shape with a largest opening width in the longitudinal direction that is larger than a largest opening width in the lateral direction; a pair of fastening tabs, disposed closer to the ventral side than is the tail hole, that extend outward from a lateral side edge of the main body; and a target portion, disposed closer to the dorsal side than is the tail hole, that engages with the pair of fastening tabs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Yumi Koido, Daisuke Komatsubara, Hitomi Nakashima
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Publication number: 20230413784Abstract: A pet diaper extending in a lateral direction along a waist of a pet and in a longitudinal direction from a ventral side to a dorsal side of the pet, the lateral direction being orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and the pet diaper including: a main body including an absorbent core and a tail hole configured to pass feces of the pet; and a first elastic string attached to the main body in a stretched state and extending at least from a ventral-side edge of the tail hole and a dorsal-side edge of the absorbent core in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Daichi Fukumoto
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Publication number: 20230232790Abstract: An absorbent article for a pet includes a main body portion including: a liquid-permeable top sheet; a liquid-impermeable back surface layer; a liquid absorber disposed between the liquid-permeable top sheet and the liquid-impermeable back surface layer; a first leakage suppressing portion including a first joining portion that is joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet and a first rising portion that is not joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet; and a second leakage suppressing portion including a second joining portion that is joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet and a second rising portion that is not joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet. The absorbent article is configured such that a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article extends along a waist of the pet wearing the absorbent article.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Yumi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20230190543Abstract: An absorbent article for a pet includes: a liquid absorber disposed between a liquid-permeable top sheet and a liquid-impermeable back surface layer; a first leakage suppressing portion including a first joining portion that is joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet and a first rising portion that is not joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet; and a second leakage suppressing portion including a second joining portion that is joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet and a second rising portion that is not joined to the liquid-permeable top sheet. The first and second leakage suppressing portions are disposed on a side of the liquid-permeable top sheet along a longitudinal direction on two widthwise sides of the absorbent article. A longitudinal contracting force in the second rising portion is smaller than a longitudinal contracting force in the first rising portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Yumi Matsumoto
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Patent number: D1010241Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Yumi Matsumoto
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Patent number: D1033756Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Daisuke Komatsubara, Yumi Matsumoto
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Patent number: D1048586Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventor: Daisuke Komatsubara
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Patent number: D1052193Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Yumi Koido, Daisuke Komatsubara
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Patent number: D1052825Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Yumi Koido, Daisuke Komatsubara