Patents by Inventor Melinda G. Cettina

Melinda G. Cettina 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: 6964655
    Abstract: A sanitary napkin adapted to be worn in a thong undergarment, the sanitary napkin having a central absorbent pad including a liquid pervious cover layer, a liquid impervious barrier layer and an absorbent core between the cover layer and barrier layer and a pair of flaps extending laterally outward from each longitudinal side edge including a first flap being substantially adjacent the lateral centerline, the first flap being adapted to fold over a crotch portion of the thong undergarment in use along a first preferential bending axis and to contact the garment faceable surface of the thong undergarment, and a second flap being intermediate the first flap and the first distal end, the second flap being adapted to fold over the posterior portion of the thong undergarment in use along a second preferential bending axis and to contact the garment faceable surface of the thong undergarment The first flap is separated from the second flap by a flange portion, the flange portion having a lateral dimension that is i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristy M. Killeen, Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Melinda G. Cettina, Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
  • Publication number: 20030083637
    Abstract: A sanitary napkin adapted to be worn in a thong undergarment, the sanitary napkin having a central absorbent pad including a liquid pervious cover layer, a liquid impervious barrier layer and an absorbent core between the cover layer and barrier layer and a pair of flaps extending laterally outward from each longitudinal side edge including a first flap being substantially adjacent the lateral centerline, the first flap being adapted to fold over a crotch portion of the thong undergarment in use along a first preferential bending axis and to contact the garment faceable surface of the thong undergarment, and a second flap being intermediate the first flap and the first distal end, the second flap being adapted to fold over the posterior portion of the thong undergarment in use along a second preferential bending axis and to contact the garment faceable surface of the thong undergarment The first flap is separated from the second flap by a flange portion, the flange portion having a lateral dimension that is i
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Kristy M. Killeen, Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Melinda G. Cettina, Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
  • Publication number: 20030083639
    Abstract: A sanitary napkin adapted to be worn in a thong undergarment, the sanitary napkin having a central absorbent pad including a liquid pervious cover layer, a liquid impervious barrier layer and an absorbent core between the cover layer and barrier layer and a pair of flaps extending laterally outward from each longitudinal side edge. The central absorbent pad has a central absorbent pad adhesive that is in vertical alignment with at least a portion of the absorbent core and is adapted to contact a body faceable side of the thong undergarment in use. Each flap has flap adhesive adapted to contact an underside of the thong undergarment in use, the flap adhesive being spaced apart from the central absorbent pad adhesive and is not vertically aligned with any portion of the absorbent core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Kristy M. Killeen, Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Melinda G. Cettina, Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
  • Patent number: 5863524
    Abstract: The present invention is a transparent deodorant cosmetic stick product with at least 3.5% by weight of the formulation being an alkali metal bicarbonate. The product contains about 1.25% to about 6.5% of a polyamine as a mandatory clarifying component. Other required components of the formulation are a polyhydric alcohol, a C.sub.14-22 fatty acid salt, of a clarifier surfactant, and less than about 42% by weight water. Optional ingredients include antibacterial or bacteriostatic agents, a silicone copolyol, zinc pyridinethiol oxide, fragrance and color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Dawn M. Mason, Melinda G. Cettina, Wolfgang R. Bergmann
  • Patent number: D476737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristy M. Killeen, Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Melinda G. Cettina