Patents by Inventor Kaiyo Nakajima

Kaiyo Nakajima 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: 8029486
    Abstract: A disposable wearing article is provided with a skin-contactable panel laid in a front half of a crotch region of the article and a liquid-impervious partition laid in a vicinity of a transverse center line of the article. The panel has transversely opposite side edges bonded to transverse opposite side portion of the article and a intermediate region defined between these side edges. The partition has an upper edge bonded to the panel, a lower edge bonded to a topsheet of the article transversely opposite side edges bonded to the side portions of the article and a middle portion defined between the upper and lower edges. The intermediate region of the panel describes an upward convex circular arc above the topsheet and the middle portion of the partition is unfolded in a thickness direction of the article so as to form a pocket-like barrier against movement of bodily wastes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Kaiyo Nakajima, Yoshitaka Mishima
  • Publication number: 20110184369
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a chassis, a liquid-absorbent structure placed the chassis and a separate sheet adapted to be spaced from the chassis. Opposite lateral regions of the separate sheet are joined to an inner sheet via first joint zones. First joint zones continuously extend in a longitudinal direction Y and substantially overlap the absorbent structure as viewed in a thickness direction. Leak-barrier cuffs provided on the side of the separate sheet are joined to the inner sheet via second joint zones lying outside the separate sheet as viewed in a transverse direction X, joined to the separate sheet via third joint zones, and joined to the separate sheet via fourth joint zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaiyo Nakajima, Hironao Minato
  • Publication number: 20110125121
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an absorbent article with a barrier sheet preventing body waste from coming in contact with a wearer's skin and thereby to alleviate skin trouble such as eczema the wearer might suffer from. The article includes an absorbent chassis, a barrier sheet and a leak-barrier cuffs. An absorbent panel is disposed on the inner surface of the chassis, the barrier sheet is disposed above the absorbent panel and the leak-barrier cuffs are disposed along a lateral side of the barrier sheet. The barrier sheet has lateral zones a middle zone connecting the lateral zones, and front and rear through-holes defined by the lateral zones and the middle zone. Barrier sheet elastic members are provided along the lateral zones. Folds are formed so as to cross the middle zone in a transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reiko Nitta, Kaiyo Nakajima, Hironao Minato
  • Patent number: 7942859
    Abstract: A wearing article includes a flexible chassis and a semi-rigid absorbent panel laid on inner surface of the chassis. A liner defining an innermost layer of the chassis is bonded to the absorbent panel in a fixed zone defined in a crotch region. A passage is formed through the liner at a position put aside from the fixed zone toward a rear waist region to guide feces through this passage. A first elastic member extends along a peripheral edge of the passage so as to be stretchable and contractible. A second elastic member and a third elastic member are paired and laid outside opposite side edges of the passage so as to be stretchable and contractible in a longitudinal direction in a vicinity of the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Kaiyo Nakajima, Naoko Takada, Hironao Minato
  • Publication number: 20110098666
    Abstract: An absorbent article is improved to restrict a possibility that through-hole(s) formed in a separate sheet might have width dimension(s) narrowed as the separate sheet is spaced from a liquid-absorbent structure. The absorbent includes first front and rear elasticized regions outside of opposite lateral regions as viewed in a transverse direction of the separate sheet. Each of these first front and rear elasticized regions is paired and spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction and between respective pairs of first front and rear elasticized regions. Front and rear non-elasticized regions are free from any influence by the contractile force of the front and rear waist elastic members. The sub-regions of the front and rear waist regions unoccupied by a liquid-absorbent structure extend in the transverse direction between respective pairs of opposite side edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaiyo Nakajima, Hironao Minato, Ryuichi Kamiyama
  • Patent number: 7918838
    Abstract: A disposable diaper including, a covering chassis having front and rear waist regions, and a crotch region; a body fluid absorbent structure disposed at least in the crotch region; and an elastic isolating sheet covering at least the absorbent structure. The elastic isolating sheet has a front opening and a rear opening. The absorbent structure is provided on a bottom thereof with an elastic panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Hironao Minato, Kaiyo Nakajima, Naoko Takada
  • Publication number: 20110060307
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a void space between a separator sheet and a liquid-absorbent structure. The separator sheet has opposite lateral zones extending in a longitudinal direction, a middle zone via which the opposite lateral zones are contiguous to each other, a front through-hole formed on the side of a front waist region, a rear through-hole formed on the side of rear waist region, and separator sheet biasing elastic members attached under tension to the respective lateral zones. A chassis includes a front leg elastic member laid on the side of the front waist region and a rear leg elastic member laid on the side of the rear waist region wherein at least the rear leg elastic member includes a rear transverse segment extending across the crotch region and a position of the rear transverse segment corresponds to a position of the middle zone of the separator sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaiyo Nakajima, Hironao Minato
  • Publication number: 20110015606
    Abstract: A diaper is provided on a liquid-absorbent panel with a barrier sheet and leak-barrier cuffs both extending in a longitudinal direction. The leak-barrier cuffs raise themselves apart from the liquid-absorbent panel and the barrier sheet is pulled upward as well as outward in a transverse direction under contraction of cuff-biasing elastic members. Front joint zones extend from a front end to points lying aside from a front center line toward the middle zone and front segments of first and second barrier sheet-biasing elastic members have front maximally spaced points to define the maximum distance between the points. Rear joint zones extend from a rear end to a rear center line and rear segments of the respective elastic members have rear maximally spaced points between which the rear segments are maximally spaced from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaiyo Nakajima, Hironao Minato
  • Publication number: 20110009842
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an absorbent article to prevent stuffiness generated between a barrier sheet and a wearer's skin and thereby to prevent eczema due to such stuffiness. An absorbent article including a chassis and a barrier sheet. The barrier sheet has a pair of lateral zones opposed to each other in a transverse direction and a middle zone connecting the lateral zones and the middle zones lies on a crotch region. Front and rear through-holes, are defined by the lateral zones and the middle zone. The lateral zones lying outside the middle zone as viewed in the transverse direction are partially cutaway to form notches. The notches are formed by the lateral zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironao Minato, Kaiyo Nakajima, Ryuichi Kamiyama, Reiko Nitta
  • Publication number: 20100331805
    Abstract: It is intended to provide an absorbent article which has a barrier sheet for insulating the wearer's skin from excretory substances and in which the opening area in the connecting section formed in the barrier sheet is prevented from narrowing. An absorbent article which comprises a barrier sheet (3) which is located in the body side of a chassis and formed in a separable manner from the chassis in the crotch area, and a pair of leakage-blocking cuffs (4) which are located in the body side of the barrier sheet (3) and extend along the front-back direction (Z). The barrier sheet (3) is bonded to the leakage-blocking cuffs (4) via a bonding site (48). The bonding site (48) is located at a free marginal section of the leakage-blocking cuffs (4) separable from the chassis and overlaps an elastic member of the barrier sheet (39).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaiyo Nakajima, Hironao Minato
  • Publication number: 20100324514
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a disposable diaper improved so that, when the diaper is put on a wearer's body, an area of the wearer's skin defined between his or her external genital and anus can reliably protected from being soiled with body waste. The disposable diaper is provided on the inner surface of a liquid-pervious inner sheet 32 with a separator sheet 33b formed with a front opening 38 and a rear opening 39. The separator sheet 33 has end regions 34, 36 opposite in a front-back direction A both bonded to the inner sheet 32 and a middle region 35 left free from the inner sheet 32. The separator sheet 33b further includes elastic members 37L, 38R extending under tension in the front-back direction A along inner edges of the front and rear openings 38, 39. The separator sheet 33b is bonded along lateral zones 48L, 48R thereof to the inner sheet 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironao Minato, Kaiyo Nakajima, Naoko Takada
  • Publication number: 20100262101
    Abstract: A liquid-absorbent chassis includes front and rear passage openings defined by lateral portions and a middle portion, and barrier sheet elastic members functioning to space a barrier sheet upwardly from the liquid-absorbent chassis. The barrier sheet includes first adhesion sites at which front and rear end portions are bonded to the barrier sheet, second adhesion sites at which convex segments of the barrier sheet elastic members are bonded to the barrier sheet and third adhesion sites defined between respective pairs of first adhesion sites and a pair of the second adhesion sites and at which segments of the barrier sheet elastic members occupying these sites are bonded to the barrier sheet. The adhesive forming the second and third adhesion sites has a basis weight lower than the basis weight of the adhesive forming the first adhesion sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Hironao Minato, Kaiyo Nakajima, Ryuichi Kamiyama
  • Publication number: 20100262113
    Abstract: In an absorbent article, a liquid-absorbent chassis is provided on the inner surface facing the wearer's skin, with a barrier sheet which is, in turn, formed with front and rear passage openings. A sheet region of the barrier sheet defined between barrier sheet elastic members and side edges is provided with tucks serving as means to prevent the sheet region from sagging toward the front and rear passage openings. These tucks are formed by folding back the sheet in the sheet region onto itself. These tucks extend in a longitudinal direction in regions of opposite lateral portions including convex segments of the barrier sheet elastic members extending therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Kaiyo Nakajima, Hironao Minato
  • Publication number: 20100241099
    Abstract: A diaper includes an absorbent chassis which, in turn, includes a cover sheet 6 and a liquid-absorbent structure, and a barrier sheet allowing passage of body waste. The barrier sheet 8 is spaced from the liquid-absorbent structure in the thickness direction under an effect of barrier sheet constricting means. The barrier sheet is formed with front and rear passage openings defined by a middle portion and the middle portion is provided, in addition to the barrier sheet constricting means, with middle portion elastic members which function to constrict the middle portion in a longitudinal direction Y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironao Minato, Kaiyo Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7766888
    Abstract: In a disposable diaper having a feces retaining pocket formed by body fluid absorbent panel sections overlapping each other in a crotch covering region so that the feces retaining pocket can be largely opened, a second panel section overlaps on a first panel section in the crotch covering region of the diaper to form the feces retaining pocket. The crotch covering region is provided along transversely opposite side edges thereof with elastically stretch- and contractable leak-barrier cuffs. Inner side edges of the respective leak-barrier cuffs are bonded to the second panel section in the vicinity of a rear end of the second panel section lying in the crotch covering region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mishima, Kaiyo Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20100114055
    Abstract: A disposable diaper is provided with a skin-contactable sheet piece above a liquid-pervious topsheet. The skin-contactable sheet piece is formed with openings extending in a back-and-forth direction through which body waste is guided toward the topsheet and both lateral zones of the sheet piece on both sides of these openings as viewed in a transverse direction B are provided with elastic members attached under tension. Outside the skin-contactable sheet piece as viewed in the transverse direction B, leak-barriers are provided and the lateral zones of the skin-contactable sheet piece are bonded to the leak-barriers along regions defined between proximal edges and free edges of the respective leak-barriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironao Minato, Kaiyo Nakajima, Naoko Takada
  • Publication number: 20100106127
    Abstract: A disposable diaper is provided with a skin-contactable sheet piece above a liquid-pervious topsheet. The skin-contactable sheet piece is formed with openings extending in a back-and-forth direction through which body waste is guided toward the topsheet and both lateral zones of the sheet piece on both sides of these openings as viewed in a transverse direction B are provided with elastic members attached under tension. Outside the skin-contactable sheet piece as viewed in the transverse direction B, leak-barriers are provided and the lateral zones of the skin-contactable sheet piece are bonded to the leak-barriers along regions defined between proximal edges and free edges of the respective leak-barriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironao Minato, Kaiyo Nakajima, Naoko Takada
  • Publication number: 20100069871
    Abstract: A disposable diaper is provided with a skin-contactable sheet piece above a liquid-pervious topsheet. The skin-contactable sheet piece is formed with openings extending in a back-and-forth direction through which body waste is guided toward the topsheet and both lateral zones of the sheet piece on both sides of these openings as viewed in a transverse direction are provided with elastic members attached under tension. Outside the skin-contactable sheet piece as viewed in the transverse direction, leak-barriers are provided and the lateral zones of the skin-contactable sheet piece are bonded to the leak-barriers along regions defined between proximal edges and free edges of the respective leak-barriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Hironao Minato, Kaiyo Nakajima, Naoko Takada
  • Publication number: 20100063471
    Abstract: A disposable diaper[[1]] is provided with a skin-contactable sheet piece[[33b]] above a liquid-pervious topsheet[[32]]. The skin-contactable sheet piece[[33b]] is formed with openings extending in a back-and-forth direction through which body waste is guided toward the topsheet[[32]] and both lateral zones[[40]] of the sheet piece[[33b]] on both sides of these openings as viewed in a transverse direction B are provided with elastic members[[37]] attached under tension. Outside the skin-contactable sheet piece[[33b]] as viewed in the transverse direction B, leak-barriers[[58]] are provided and the lateral zones [[40]] of the skin-contactable sheet piece[[33b]] are bonded to the leak-barriers[[58]] along regions defined between proximal edges and free edges of the respective leak-barriers[[58]].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Hironao Minato, Kaiyo Nakajima, Naoko Takada
  • Patent number: 7666173
    Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes a partition provided in a front half of a crotch region divided by a transverse centerline bisecting a longitudinal dimension of the article so that the partition extends in the transverse direction on a topsheet. During use of the article, the partition curves in the transverse direction so as to describe a generally circular arc which is convex upward above the topsheet. The partition is thus spaced upward from the topsheet and the wearer's genital organ in contact with an outer surface of the partition is also spaced from the topsheet. In this way, the genital organ is protected from soiling with loose passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Mishima, Kaiyo Nakajima