Patents by Inventor Gerd Fihn

Gerd Fihn 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).

  • Absorbent article having improved fit and enhanced absorption capacity
    Patent number: 7022114
    Abstract: An absorbent article with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and including an absorption body enclosed in a cover, wherein the cover has a fluid-permeable surface and a fluid-impermeable surface and wherein the absorption body has at least one absorption layer, exhibiting a penetrating slit with a first cut edge and a second cut edge. The absorption layer is shaped by the material on both sides of the two cut edges being moved in a direction essentially at right angles to the slit and being locked in the moved position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Ingemar Fernfors, Gerd Fihn
  • Absorbent article having improved fit and enhanced absorption capacity
    Publication number: 20030023213
    Abstract: An absorbent article with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and comprising an absorption body (104) enclosed in a cover (102,103), wherein the cover (102,103) has a fluid-permeable surface (102) and a fluid-impermeable surface (103) and wherein the absorption body (104) comprises at least one absorption layer (124), exhibiting a penetrating slit with a first cut edge (126) and a second cut edge (127). The absorption layer is shaped by the material on both sides of the two cut edges (126, 127) being moved in a direction essentially at right angles to the slit and being locked in the moved position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Ingemar Fernfors, Gerd Fihn