Patents by Inventor Erica Mullen

Erica Mullen 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: 20070255248
    Abstract: An array of disposable absorbent articles adapted for a user in a particular life stage, the array manufactured by or for the same business entity. The array includes a shell-covered absorbent garment comprising a shell and an absorbent member, and a non-covered absorbent garment. The array is adapted to correspond to different types of discretion due to differences such as opacity, looseness, and/or wearer coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Cynthia Hendren, James Schermerhorn, Erica Mullen, Mark Franke, Matthew Fitton, Heather Mortell
  • Publication number: 20060247599
    Abstract: An absorbent garment having a garment-like outer shell and an absorbent assembly positioned therein as disclosed. In particular embodiments, the outer cover of the absorbent assembly has a relatively low coefficient of friction with the interior side of the garment shell. In one embodiment, the garment shell may be constructed such that the coefficient of friction between the garment shell and the outer cover of the absorbent assembly is less than, such as at least 15 percent less than the coefficient of friction between the exterior side of the garment shell and an adjacent material. The adjacent material may include, for instance, a standard bed sheet material. By carefully controlling the frictional properties of the materials as described above, problems associated with bunching and twisting of the garment are minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Erica Mullen, Cynthia Hendren
  • Publication number: 20060116656
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent garment for wear about a wearer's waist includes a garment shell and an absorbent assembly constructed to take in and retain body exudates released by the wearer, the absorbent assembly including an inner waist band. The absorbent assembly may be permanently detached from the garment shell. The garment shell has limited attachment to the absorbent assembly at front and rear attachment zones. The inner waist belt provides tension on each side of the absorbent assembly to provide effective coverage of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Cynthia Hendren, Kathleen Ratliff, Erica Mullen, Maria de Leon, Susan Weyenberg
  • Publication number: 20050008830
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes an outercover defining an interior surface and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, and an absorbent body disposed on the interior surface. The absorbent article also includes at least one non-photoluminescent graphic disposed on the outercover and at least one photoluminescent graphic disposed on said outercover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Todd Larson, Erica Mullen, Sherry Van Dyke