Patents by Inventor Hitomi Nakao

Hitomi Nakao 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: 10357408
    Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a crotch section sheet member that is long in one direction, a belly side sheet member, and a back side sheet member. The crotch section sheet member includes first adhesive sections having first adhesive-coated regions coated continuously in the lengthwise direction of the crotch section sheet member, and the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member include second adhesive sections having second adhesive-coated regions coated continuously in the widthwise direction of the crotch section sheet member, at sections where the crotch section sheet member is to contact with the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member. The crotch section sheet member is bonded to the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member with the first adhesive-coated regions and the second adhesive-coated regions crossing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitomi Nakao, Yusuke Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20160331595
    Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a crotch section sheet member that is long in one direction, a belly side sheet member, and a back side sheet member. The crotch section sheet member includes first adhesive sections having first adhesive-coated regions coated continuously in the lengthwise direction of the crotch section sheet member, and the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member include second adhesive sections having second adhesive-coated regions coated continuously in the widthwise direction of the crotch section sheet member, at sections where the crotch section sheet member is to contact with the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member. The crotch section sheet member is bonded to the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member with the first adhesive-coated regions and the second adhesive-coated regions crossing each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Hitomi NAKAO, Yusuke KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 9089457
    Abstract: A bodily fluid absorbent article adapted to absorb bodily fluid over a wide range thereof. An absorbent structure in the bodily fluid absorbent article includes an upper absorbent component and a lower absorbent component. The absorbent structure further includes one of a dispersing surface constituting the upper absorbent component and kept in contact with the lower absorbent component and a dispersing surface constituting the lower absorbent component and kept in contact with the upper absorbent component. Such dispersing surface exhibits a dispersion velocity for bodily fluid higher than those exhibited by the absorbent sections defined immediately above and under this dispersing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Kawakami, Atsushi Tsukuda, Hitomi Nakao
  • Publication number: 20150005729
    Abstract: The present invention provides a disposable absorbent article improved so that a desired flexibility can be assured and the thickness dimension of the article can be locally reduced without decreasing the absorbent capacity of the article. In the article according to the present invention, at least one of a first end region and a second end region, a plurality of first depressed spots concaved from an upper surface side toward a rear surface side to an absorbent layer and a plurality of second depressed spots concaved from the rear surface side toward the upper surface side are arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction as well as in a transverse direction wherein a part of the first depressed spots and a part of the second depressed spots overlap each other in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORTION
    Inventors: Hitomi Nakao, Kaiyo Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20130165882
    Abstract: A bodily fluid absorbent article adapted to absorb bodily fluid over a wide range thereof. An absorbent structure in the bodily fluid absorbent article includes an upper absorbent component and a lower absorbent component. The absorbent structure further includes one of a dispersing surface constituting the upper absorbent component and kept in contact with the lower absorbent component and a dispersing surface constituting the lower absorbent component and kept in contact with the upper absorbent component. Such dispersing surface exhibits a dispersion velocity for bodily fluid higher than those exhibited by the absorbent sections defined immediately above and under this dispersing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kawakami, Atsushi Tsukuda, Hitomi Nakao
  • Publication number: 20130066290
    Abstract: A bodily fluid absorbent structure adapted to be stably secured in a state in which a liquid-absorbent core is wrapped with a core wrapping sheet and ensuring a high workability for a process of manufacturing the bodily fluid absorbent structure. A bodily fluid absorbent structure has a first surface and a second surface wherein, on the side of the first surface, a core wrapping sheet and a liquid-absorbent core are bonded to each other by the intermediary of a bond region defined by hot melt adhesive intermittently applied to substantially entire opposite surfaces of the core wrapping sheet and the liquid-absorbent core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kawakami, Hitomi Nakao
  • Patent number: 4917920
    Abstract: A fragrant fibrous structure, such as fabrics, apparels or the like, provided with microcapsules encapsulating a perfume and a resinous binder, preferably a silicone resin, in a weight ratio of 2/1 to 1/5, an add-on amount in the aggregate of said microcapsules and resinous binder being 0.3.about.7.0% based on the weight of the portion to which said microcapsules and resinous binder are adhered, of the fibrous structure. The process for preparing the above fibrous structures comprises applying a treating liquid comprising microcapsules composed of an external wall of a formaldehyde based resin enclosing a perfume and a resinous binder, preferably a low temperature reactive organopolysiloxane prepolymer emulsion, preferably together with a pressure absorbing agent, to at least a part of a fibrous structure and then drying the fibrous structure at a temperature of less than 150.degree. C. to fix said microcapsules on fiber surfaces of the fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Kanebo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Toshikazu Fuse, Osamu Miyamoto, Shoso Makino, Yoshihisa Yamato, Hiroshi Kametani, Susumu Tokura, Hiromi Tanaka, Toru Ito, Hitomi Nakao, Shuji Tokuoka, Toshihide Takeda
  • Patent number: 4882220
    Abstract: A fragrant fibrous structure, such as fabrics, apparels or the like, provided with microcapsules encapsulating a perfume and a resinous binder, preferably a silicone resin in a weight ratio of 2/1 to 1/5, an add-on amount in the aggregate of said microcapsules and resinous binder being 0.3.about.7.0% based on the weight of the portion to which said microcapsules and resinous binder are adhered, of the fibrous structure. The process for preparing the above fibrous structures comprises applying a treating liquid comprising microcapsules composed of an external wall of a formaldehyde based resin enclosing a perfume and a resinous binder, preferably a low temperature reactive organopolysiloxane prepolymer emulsion, preferably together with a pressure absorbing agent, to at least a part of a fibrous structure and then drying the fibrous structure at a temperature of less than 150.degree. C. to fix said microcapsules on fiber surfaces of the fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: Kanebo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Toshikazu Fuse, Osamu Miyamoto, Shoso Makino, Yoshihisa Yamato, Hiroshi Kametani, Susumu Tokura, Hiromi Tanaka, Toru Ito, Hitomi Nakao, Shuji Tokuoka, Toshihide Takeda