Patents by Inventor Kent Hermansson
Kent Hermansson 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).
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Publication number: 20130096525Abstract: A male incontinence guard includes a liquid permeable topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent body between the topsheet and the backsheet. The guard has a transverse direction and a longitudinal direction and is divided by a transverse dividing line into a front region with a front transverse edge and a rear region with a rear transverse edge. The front region has a greater maximum extension in the transverse direction than the maximum extension of the rear region in the transverse direction, and the longitudinal extension of the rear region is 10-60% of the longitudinal extension of the guard.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS ABInventors: Kent Hermansson, Carina Hedlund
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Patent number: 8298206Abstract: An absorbent article includes a belt and an absorbent structure. The absorbent structure is fastened to the belt via an article fastening means having a form such that the article fastening means does not fold or bend upwards under the forces present when the diaper is assembled.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventor: Kent Hermansson
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Patent number: 8187245Abstract: The disclosure relates to an absorbent article including a top-sheet having an inner side and an outside and a back-sheet having an inner side and an outside and the inner side of the back-sheet being directed towards the inner side of the top-sheet. At least one elongate belt is provided which has a free end portion for fastening the absorbent article around the waist of a wearer and an attachment end portion that is fixedly attached to the outside of the back-sheet or to the outside of the top-sheet, whereas the free end portion is arranged within the boundaries of the top-sheet and/or the back-sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Pontus Winqvist, Kent Hermansson
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Patent number: 8183430Abstract: An absorbent article, especially an incontinence pad, having a length and a width extension, the length being greater than the width, and including absorbent core material, wherein the absorbent core material forms a central portion (6) and a pair of longitudinally extending side portions (7), the flexural rigidity of the article (1) at the side portions (7) is between 3 and 20% of the flexural rigidity of the article (1) of the central portion (6) at a location opposite the side portions (7), preferably between 4 and 15%, most preferred between 4 and 10%.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Carin Håkansson, Anna Klinte Olsson, Kent Hermansson, Elisabeth Boissier
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Patent number: 8092440Abstract: An absorbent article of the kind which is worn as a pair of absorbent pants with a waist opening defined by a rear waist edge and a front waist edge, and two leg openings. The absorbent article preferably includes an absorbent body attached to a covering. The covering preferably includes an elastic material arranged within an area which extends at least from the front waist edge to the leg openings. The elastic material is preferably treated. The treated elastic material preferably has no or reduced elasticity within a portion of the covering overlapping the absorbent core.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2004Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Kent Hermansson, Carina Hedlund, Niclas Norrby, Jan Wästlund-Karlsson, Margareta Wennerbäck
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Patent number: 8057457Abstract: Absorbent garment such as a diaper and an incontinence guard, said garment has a first body panel, a second body panel and a crotch portion there between. The garment is provided with opposed laterally extending belt members attached to the waist portion of the first body panel and are adapted to be wrapped around the waist of the wearer of the garment and fastened together by a first fastener. The second body panel at its waist portion is provided with second fasteners adapted to be fastened to the belt members, in such a way that the garment will assume a pant-like shape. An elastic member extends in transverse direction along the waist portion of the first body panel and extends into at least a portion of each belt member.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: SCA Hygience Products ABInventors: Lucas Bäck, Elisabeth Lakso, Stefan Nedestam, Ingela Flink-Ekwall, Kent Hermansson, Gunnel Elglund
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Publication number: 20110245794Abstract: Absorbent garment such as a diaper and an incontinence guard, said garment has a first body panel, a second body panel and a crotch portion there between. The garment is provided with opposed laterally extending belt members attached to the waist portion of the first body panel and are adapted to be wrapped around the waist of the wearer of the garment and fastened together by a first fastener. The second body panel at its waist portion is provided with second fasteners adapted to be fastened to the belt members, in such a way that the garment will assume a pant-like shape. The belt members are interconnected by a waist band extending in transverse direction along the waist portion of the first body panel. At least one of the belt members has an elastic region located at the proximal end of said belt member adjacent said waist band.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2006Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS ABInventor: Kent Hermansson
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Publication number: 20110178491Abstract: An absorbent article, especially an incontinence pad, having a length and a width extension, the length being greater than the width, and having absorbent core material, wherein the outer longitudinal edges of the absorbent material form three convex lobes (2, 3, 4), wherein a pair of folding lines (5) extend between the longitudinal ends of the middle one (3) of the three lobes (2, 3, 4), so as to divide the absorbent core material into a central portion (6) and a pair of longitudinal side portions (7), such that, when the article (1) is in use, the folding lines (5) are generally positioned so as to extend along the crotch area of the user, starting from the gracilis tendons and ending in the region of the perineum, whereby the side portions (7) may extend from the central portion (6) towards the user so as to form an arc shape as seen in a transversal direction of the article (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2005Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: SGA HYGIENE PRODUCTS ABInventors: Carin Håkansson, Anna Klinte Olsson, Kent Hermansson, Elisabeth Boissier, Maria Härsjö, Lennart Hjalmarsson
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Publication number: 20110106036Abstract: The invention refers to an absorbent product including a liquid permeable apertured top sheet facing the wearer during use, and a liquid-impermeable back sheet facing away from the wearer during use, whereby longitudinally extending textile-like edges are positioned on both longitudinal sides of the top sheet whereby the textile-like edges comprise apertures. Hereby, the textile-like edges will amongst others have the capacity to transport moisture that is formed at the interface between the textile-like edges and the wearer skin. Further, the apertures will allow a certain acquisition, i.e., liquid can be transported to the absorbent structure of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2005Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Shadi Yazarloo Ståhl, Patrik Andersson, Kent Hermansson, Elisabeth Boissier
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Publication number: 20110022018Abstract: A method of manufacturing absorbent articles having an absorbent core (18,20,22) enclosed between casing sheets (16,24) and elastic elements (26-28) located in a front part and/or rear part of the article, includes the steps of laying a row of absorbent cores (18,20,22) on a first web (16) of casing material running in a machine direction with the longitudinal direction of the cores being extended in the machine direction, applying a second web (24) of casing material onto the web containing the row of absorbent cores, applying elastic elements (26-28) to one of the webs before it contacts the row of absorbent cores, thereby forming a row of connected absorbent article blanks, and thereafter cutting individual absorbent articles out of the row of article blanks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2007Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS ABInventors: Gunnar Larsson, Carin Håkansson, Kent Hermansson, Roy Hansson
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Patent number: 7799007Abstract: An absorbent article of pants shape includes an elastic waist portion, an absorbent element (5), and a liquid-impermeable outer layer (3). The elastic waist portion is made from an elastic first piece (1) which is rectangular and is intended to form the rear portion (8) and side portions (9, 10) of the article. A second piece (2) forms the front portion (11) and crotch portion (12) of the pants-like article. The second piece (2) is elongate, and the width thereof is, at least in the crotch portion (12), smaller than the length of the first piece (1). The absorbent element (5) is in its entirety arranged on the second piece (2).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Kent Hermansson, Berith Porsö
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Patent number: 7797810Abstract: An absorbent article of pants shape including an elastic waist portion, an absorbent element (5), and a liquid-impermeable outer layer (3) which is intended to enclose the absorbent element on at least that side thereof which faces away from the wearer during use of the article. Elastic members are arranged along the edges of a second piece, along at least the crotch portion for the forming of leg elastics.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventor: Kent Hermansson
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Patent number: 7789985Abstract: A method to produce an absorbent article using a blank, includes the following steps: folding the side-edge portions of the side parts of either the rear portion or front portion in towards the inner cover sheet over supports placed on the side parts of this portion and extending along the full length of this portion, folding the blank about a transverse line in the crotch portion so that the end edges of the front portion and rear portion come to lie edge-to-edge and so that the side-edge portions of the folded-in portion overlap the folded-in side-edge portions of the second portion; and welding together the overlapping side-edge portions of the side parts within the area of the supports by way of ultrasonic or thermal welding.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Cécile Sandin, Kenneth Strannemalm, Kent Hermansson, Hans Een
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Publication number: 20100217218Abstract: Absorbent garment such as a diaper and an incontinence guard, said garment comprises a first body panel (16), a second body panel (17) and a crotch portion (13) there between. The garment is provided with opposed laterally extending belt members (17) attached to the waist portion of the first body panel (11) and are adapted to be wrapped around the waist of the wearer of the garment and fastened together by means of first fastening means (18). The second body panel (12) at its waist portion is provided with second fastening means (19) adapted to be fastened to the belt members (17), in such a way that the garment will assume a pant-like shape. An elastic member (20) extends in transverse direction (x) along the waist portion (11a) of the first body panel (11) and extends into at least a portion of each belt member (17).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2006Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS ABInventors: Lucas Bäck, Elisabeth Lakso, Stefan Nedestam, Ingela Flink-Ekwall, Kent Hermansson, Gunnel Elglund
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Publication number: 20100211039Abstract: An absorbent article includes a belt and an absorbent structure. The absorbent structure is fastened to the belt via an article fastening means having a form such that the article fastening means does not fold or bend upwards under the forces present when the diaper is assembled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2007Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventor: Kent Hermansson
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Publication number: 20100069873Abstract: Absorbent article, in particular a diaper or an incontinence product, includes an absorbent structure (1) including a back-sheet (20), a top-sheet (22) and an absorbent core (24) there between. The absorbent structure (1) has a front portion (10) defining a front lateral edge (16), a rear portion (14) defining a rear lateral edge (18) and a crotch portion (12) situated between the front portion and the rear portion. A pair of belt sections (30, 32) is present for fastening the absorbent article to the waist of a wearer, the belt sections being fixedly attached to the rear portion of the absorbent structure. The absorbent article has a maximum lateral extension B between the respective lateral-most edges (302, 322) of the belt sections that is governed by the following expression: 0.3<A/B<0.7 where A is the maximum lateral extension of the front lateral edge of the absorbent structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2006Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Camilla Elfsberg, Pontus Winqvist, Kent Hermansson
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Patent number: 7662138Abstract: An absorbent article has an elastic waist portion, an absorbent element (5), and a liquid-impermeable outer layer (3) which is intended to enclose the absorbent element on at least that side thereof which faces away from the wearer during use of the article. The absorbent element (5) is in its entirety arranged on the second piece (2). The liquid-impermeable outer layer (3) is breathable, at least over a portion of this which covers the absorbent element (5).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Kent Hermansson, Cécile Sandin, Hans Eén, Kenneth Strannemalm, Anna-Carin Elfström, Karin Lindmark
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Publication number: 20100036355Abstract: An absorbent article, especially an incontinence pad, having a length and a width extension, the length being greater than the width, and including absorbent core material, wherein the absorbent core material forms a central portion (6) and a pair of longitudinally extending side portions (7), the flexural rigidity of the article (1) at the side portions (7) is between 3 and 20% of the flexural rigidity of the article (1) of the central portion (6) at a location opposite the side portions (7), preferably between 4 and 15%, most preferred between 4 and 10%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2005Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Carin Håkansson, Anna Klinte Olsson, Kent Hermansson, Elisabeth Boissier
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Publication number: 20100010465Abstract: The disclosure relates to an absorbent article including a top-sheet having an inner side and an outside and a back-sheet having an inner side and an outside and the inner side of the back-sheet being directed towards the inner side of the top-sheet. At least one elongate belt is provided which has a free end portion for fastening the absorbent article around the waist of a wearer and an attachment end portion that is fixedly attached to the outside of the back-sheet or to the outside of the top-sheet, whereas the free end portion is arranged within the boundaries of the top-sheet and/or the back-sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2006Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Pontus Winqvist, Kent Hermansson
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Patent number: 7632259Abstract: An absorption article such as a pant diaper, having a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorption body positioned therebetween, the article having a front end portion, a rear end portion, and a crotch portion lying therebetween, the rear end portion and the adjacent part of the crotch portion having a transverse elastic system, a rear leg elastic system which runs between the two longitudinal side edges of the article along the leg cutout of the article in the rear part of the crotch portion and crosses the crotch portion essentially parallel to the transverse center line of the article. The article has, on each side of the absorption body, a pocket for temporary storage of liquid, the extent of the pocket being limited by the longitudinal side edge of the absorption body, the transverse elastic system and the rear leg elastic system.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2002Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products ABInventors: Anna-Karin Elfström, Cécile Sandin, Kent Hermansson, Kenneth Strannemalm, Carina Mare, Lennart Nilsson