Patents by Inventor Karin Alenius

Karin Alenius 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: 20220192862
    Abstract: A menstrual cup includes a receptacle having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface defining at least in part an interior cavity adapted for collecting fluid, the receptacle further extending from an open top end to a closed bottom end, the open top end having a predetermined diameter, the receptacle further including an upper rim portion at the open top end of the receptacle, and a main portion defining a decreasing diameter of the interior cavity while extending downwards from the open top end to the closed bottom end of the receptacle. Furthermore, the receptacle is at least partly formed of a renewable thermoplastic elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Karin ALENIUS
  • Patent number: 10575995
    Abstract: An intimate skin conditioner veil, configured to be positioned in an undergarment so that it covers the mons pubis in front of the anterior labia commissure of a female user, without covering any part of the vulval vestibule area of the user, wherein the veil has a longitudinal central line extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, and a first extension in the longitudinal direction, between a front end and a rear end of the veil, and a second extension in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal central line, and wherein the veil includes a front edge and first and second side edges, and a main portion having a length in the longitudinal direction of the veil, the veil has a total longitudinal length. The length of the main portion is at least 50% of the total longitudinal length of the veil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Magdalena Hörle, Karin Alenius
  • Publication number: 20190350770
    Abstract: An intimate skin conditioner veil, configured to be positioned in an undergarment so that it covers the mons pubis in front of the anterior labia commissure of a female user, without covering any part of the vulval vestibule area of the user, wherein the veil has a longitudinal central line extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, and a first extension in the longitudinal direction, between a front end and a rear end of the veil, and a second extension in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal central line, and wherein the veil includes a front edge and first and second side edges, and a main portion having a length in the longitudinal direction of the veil, the veil has a total longitudinal length. The length of the main portion is at least 50% of the total longitudinal length of the veil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Magdalena Hörle, Karin Alenius
  • Publication number: 20190314217
    Abstract: An intimate skin conditioner veil, configured to be positioned in an undergarment so that it covers the mons pubis in front of the anterior labia commissure of a female user, without covering any part of the vulval vestibule area of the user. The main portion may be reflection symmetric about a longitudinal central line, and the veil may include a garment facing layer arranged on a garment facing side of the veil, and a space creating layer arranged on a skin contacting side of the veil. The space creating layer comprises a nonwoven material arranged at least one the skin contacting side of the veil. The nonwoven material includes non-absorbent fibres. The fibres and/or the nonwoven material is/are coated with a lubricating coating composition configured for use in hygiene products at least on the skin contacting side of the veil to be in contact with skin of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Magdalena Hörle, Karin Alenius, Shabira Abbas, Chatrine Stridfeldt
  • Publication number: 20190167535
    Abstract: An intimate skin conditioner veil, configured to be positioned in an undergarment so that it covers the mons pubis in front of the anterior labia commissure of a female user, without covering any part of the vulval vestibule area of the user, wherein the veil has a longitudinal central line extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, and wherein the veil includes a front edge and first and second side edges, and a main portion, the main portion preferably being reflection symmetric about the longitudinal central line, and wherein the veil includes a garment facing layer arranged on a garment facing side of the veil, and a space creating layer arranged on a skin contacting side of the veil, and the veil further comprises an additive composition in the form of a skin well-being agent or a carrier substance carrying a skin well-being agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Magdalena Hörle, Karin Alenius