Patents by Inventor Kenji Nakaoka

Kenji Nakaoka 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: 20230329925
    Abstract: First welds each slope downward toward the outer side in the width direction. Second welds each slope downward toward the outer side in the width direction. Third welds each slope upward toward the outer side in the width direction. When one first weld, one second weld, and one third weld that are adjacent to one another in the width direction form one weld group, each weld group is configured such that the upper end of the third weld is located downward of the upper end of the second weld, the upper end of the second weld is located downward of the upper end of the first weld, the lower end of the second weld is located downward of the lower end of the first weld, and an extension line extending outward in the width direction from the second weld intersects with the third weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAOKA, Masatoshi IKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220226169
    Abstract: An absorbent article (1) comprising a top sheet (2), a back sheet (3) and an absorbent body (11) provided therebetween, wherein: the absorbent body (11) comprises plural layers of a sheet member and has a sealed part (14) in which the sheet members are bonded to each other and a non-sealed part (15) in which the sheet members are not bonded to each other, and an absorbent material is disposed in the non-sealed part (15), thereby forming an absorption area (16); the absorbent material disposed in the absorption area (16) contains an absorbent polymer in a proportion of 50 mass % or more the absorption area (16) is provided in a stripe shape extending in the front-rear direction; concave grooves (17) are formed from the top sheet (2) to the absorbent body (11) on one side and the other side in the width direction on a skin facing side of the absorbent article (1); and the concave grooves (17) are arranged such that the entire concave groove (17) overlaps with the absorption area (16) and end portions in the fro
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAOKA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Shingo TAKEDA, Hiroaki TAKAKI, Takashi IZOE
  • Publication number: 20210386600
    Abstract: A disposable diaper in which an absorbent body (7) is provided on a crotch part of a pants-shaped exterior member (2), wherein the absorbent body (7) is adhered to a skin-facing side of the exterior member (2) at a first adhering region (14), an inner sheet (5) and an outer sheet (6) of the exterior member (2) are adhered to each other at a second adhering region (16), the second adhering region (16) includes a second middle adhering region (16M) provided at the crotch part, a second central front adhering region (16CF) located anterior thereto so as to overlap with the first adhering region (14) and a second central rear adhering region (16CB) located posterior thereto so as to overlap with the first adhering region (14), and second front non-adhering regions (17F) are formed on both sides of the second central front adhering region (16CF) in the width direction so as to overlap with the absorbent body (7) and/or second rear non-adhering regions (17B) are formed on both sides of the second central rear adher
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAOKA, Yuki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210386598
    Abstract: A disposable diaper in which an absorbent body (7) is provided on a crotch part of a pants-shaped exterior member (2), wherein the absorbent body (7) is adhered to a skin-facing side of the exterior member (2) at a first adhering region (14), an inner sheet (5) and an outer sheet (6) of the exterior member (2) are adhered to each other at a second adhering region (16), the second adhering region (16) includes a second middle adhering region (16M) provided at the crotch part, a second front adhering region (16F) located anterior thereto and a second rear adhering region (16B) located posterior thereto, the second front adhering region (16F) and/or the second rear adhering region (16B) is provided intermittently from one side edge to the other side edge, with respect to the width direction, of the absorbent body (7), and a second front non-adhering region (17F) and/or a second rear non-adhering region (17B) is formed at a portion which the absorbent body (7) is overlapped with and is provided so as to overlap w
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAOKA, Yuki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10857043
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an exterior sheet formed of a nonwoven fabric laminate (1) in which a first nonwoven fabric layer (2), a second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and a third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are laminated from the outer side, wherein the first nonwoven fabric layer (2), the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are joined to each other at a first joining part (6) by heat-embossing, and the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are further joined to each other at a second joining part (7) by heat-embossing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kenji Nakaoka
  • Publication number: 20200214911
    Abstract: An absorbent article (1) comprising a main body part (2) including a top sheet (3), a back sheet (4) and an absorbent core (5) disposed therebetween, and a hook member (11) provided on a non-skin facing side of the main body part (2), wherein the hook member (11) comprises a base part (12) and a plurality of engagement elements (13) projecting from the base part (12), and the base part (12) of the hook member (11) is bonded to the main body part (2) with an adhesive part (14) disposed in a stripe pattern which extends in an extending direction of the hook member (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAOKA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Masatoshi IKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 10369062
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an exterior sheet formed of a nonwoven fabric laminate (1) in which a first nonwoven fabric layer (2), a second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and a third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are laminated from the outer side, wherein the first nonwoven fabric layer (2) and the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) are joined to each other at first joining parts (6), the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are joined to each other at second joining parts (7), and a number of the first joining parts is smaller than that of the second joining parts (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kenji Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 10188561
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an exterior sheet formed of a nonwoven fabric laminate (1) in which a first nonwoven fabric layer (2), a second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and a third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are laminated from the outer side, wherein the first nonwoven fabric layer (2), the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are joined to each other at a first joining part (6) by heat-embossing, and the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are further joined to each other at a second joining part (7) by heat-embossing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kenji Nakaoka
  • Publication number: 20190008704
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an exterior sheet formed of a nonwoven fabric laminate (1) in which a first nonwoven fabric layer (2), a second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and a third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are laminated from the outer side, wherein the first nonwoven fabric layer (2), the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are joined to each other at a first joining part (6) by heat-embossing, and the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are further joined to each other at a second joining part (7) by heat-embossing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Kenji NAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160278998
    Abstract: An absorber (1) provided to an absorbent article, wherein the absorber (1) is formed by folding back an absorbent sheet body (2), which comprises a first sheet member (3) and a second sheet member (4) and contains an absorbent polymer (5) but does not contain a pulp fiber between the first sheet member (3) and the second sheet member (4), at both end parts (E) in the width direction, and an absorbent polymer is not disposed between the first sheet member (3) and the second sheet member (4) at the both end parts (E).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Masatoshi Ikeuchi, Kenji Nakaoka
  • Publication number: 20160213532
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an exterior sheet formed of a nonwoven fabric laminate (1) in which a first nonwoven fabric layer (2), a second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and a third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are laminated from the outer side, wherein the first nonwoven fabric layer (2) and the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) are joined to each other at first joining parts (6), the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are joined to each other at second joining parts (7), and a number of the first joining parts is smaller than that of the second joining parts (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Kenji NAKAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160213531
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an exterior sheet formed of a nonwoven fabric laminate (1) in which a first nonwoven fabric layer (2), a second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and a third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are laminated from the outer side, wherein the first nonwoven fabric layer (2), the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are joined to each other at a first joining part (6) by heat-embossing, and the second nonwoven fabric layer (3) and the third nonwoven fabric layer (4) are further joined to each other at a second joining part (7) by heat-embossing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Kenji NAKAOKA
  • Patent number: 9308136
    Abstract: An outer covering sheet (4) of a pants-type disposable diaper (1) has a front part and a back part (403) to be positioned on a front side and a back side of a wearer, and a middle part lying between the front and back parts. An absorbent body (20) is attached on the outer covering sheet (4) to absorb excrement from the wearer. Both end portions of the absorbent body, positioned in the front part and the back part (403), are folded toward the inner surface (40) of the outer covering sheet (4) and bonded on the inner surface (40). It is therefore possible to prevent skin of the wearer from being irritated by edges (241) of the end portions of the absorbent body (20) when the disposable diaper (1) is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Nakaoka, Yuki Takahashi, Emi Amano
  • Patent number: 9101513
    Abstract: In a pants-type disposable diaper, an outer covering sheet formed of a nonwoven fabric has front and back parts to be positioned on front and back sides of a wearer, and a middle part between the front and back sides. An absorbent body is attached on the outer covering sheet from the front part to the back part, to absorb excrement from the wearer. Sheet members are bonded on the front and back parts, and end portions of the absorbent body are positioned and fixed between the sheet members and the outer covering sheet. In the disposable diaper, since the sheet member is a laminated sheet of plastic film and nonwoven fabric, stretching of the sheet member is suppressed and it is possible to bring the absorbent body in close contact with the crotch region of the wearer when putting the disposable diaper on the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: LIVEDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Emi Amano, Kenji Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 8951239
    Abstract: A disposable diaper has an absorbent body, an outer covering sheet and two end holding sheets, and both end portions of the absorbent body are fixed between the end holding sheets and the outer covering sheet. Since a turndown portion of an upper end portion of the end holding sheet is bonded on an upper end portion of a first covering sheet, a waist covering portion has structure where the first covering sheet is laminated on the two-layered end holding sheet. Therefore, a thickness of the outer covering sheet can be reduced, while maintaining strength of the waist covering portion by appropriately selecting material of the end holding sheet, thereby to easily improve softness of the disposable diaper. Since an upper end of a second covering sheet is positioned below the turndown portion, softness and breathability in an area between the turndown portion and the second covering sheet is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Livedo Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Nakaoka, Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8808265
    Abstract: A pants-type disposable diaper 1 comprising: a diaper main body 2 having a front part P, a back part Q, and a crotch part R therebetween, and having a waist opening 3 and a pair of leg openings 4; an absorbent core 10 disposed at the crotch part R; a first elastic member 13 having a first crotch-crossing part 13A which extends intermittently across the crotch part R and a first leg opening edge part 13B which extends along edges 15 of a front side of the both leg openings 4; and a second elastic member 14 disposed continuously so as to be spaced from the first elastic member 13, and having a second crotch-crossing part 14A which extends across the crotch part R and a second leg opening edge part 14B which extends along edges 15 of a back side of the both leg openings 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Livedo Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Nakaoka, Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8808266
    Abstract: A pants-type disposable diaper 1 comprising: a diaper main body 2 having a front part P, a back part Q, and a crotch part R therebetween, and having a waist opening 3 and a pair of leg openings 4; an absorbent core 10 disposed at the crotch part R; a first elastic member 13 disposed continuously, and having a first crotch-crossing part 13A which extends across the crotch part R and a first leg opening edge part 13B which extends along edges 15 of a front side of the both leg openings 4; and a second elastic member 14 disposed so as to be spaced from the first elastic member 13, and having a second crotch-crossing part 14A which extends intermittently across the crotch part R and a second leg opening edge part 14B which extends along edges 15 of a back side of the both leg openings 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Livedo Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Nakaoka, Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8729332
    Abstract: A pants-type disposable diaper comprises: a pants-shaped outer member having a front part, a back part, and a crotch part positioned between the front part and the back part, and having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings formed by joining the front part and the back part; an absorbent main body disposed on an inner surface of the pants-shaped outer member at the crotch part, and comprising a top sheet, a back sheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet; and an end-holding sheet covering a longitudinal end of the absorbent main body at the front part and/or the back part of the pants-shaped outer member, and attached to the pants-shaped outer member and the absorbent main body with a hot-melt adhesive; wherein the end-holding sheet includes a composite nonwoven fabric in which a spunbonded nonwoven fabric layer is laminated on an inner surface of a meltblown nonwonven fabric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Livedo Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kenji Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 8535288
    Abstract: In an absorbent product (1), each of a pair of side wall parts (34) has two side wall end parts (341) bonded on both end portions of a bonded part (33) and a standing part (342) standing up from the main body part (2) between the two side wall end parts (341). The side wall part (34) is folded outwardly at an inner edge of the bonded part (33) and further folded inwardly. Each side wall end part (341) has a bonded section (3411) and a half standing part (3412) which is continuous from the standing part (342). The half standing part (3412) stands up from the main body part (2) lower than the standing part (342) and fits the vicinity of wearer's crotch in wearing. Thus, it is possible to prevent side leakage from the vicinity of end portions in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent product (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Livedo Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 8524355
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article includes an absorbent mat provided between a liquid-permeable top sheet and a liquid-impermeable back sheet. Herein, the absorbent mat includes a sheet-like water-absorbent layer that contains a water-absorbent resin powder but that does not contain pulp fibers, and a fiber assembly layer that contains both the water-absorbent resin powder and the pulp fibers, the sheet-like water-absorbent layer and the fiber assembly layer arranged sequentially in this order from a top sheet side. The fiber assembly layer includes a fiber presence region in which both the pulp fibers and the water-absorbent resin powder are present, and a fiber absence region in which both the pulp fibers and the water-absorbent resin powder are absent, the fiber presence region and the fiber absence region formed to be adjacent with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Livedo Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Nakaoka