Patents by Inventor Mika Narawa

Mika Narawa 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).

  • Disposable wearing article
    Patent number: 6306122
    Abstract: A disposable wearing article including a liquid-permeable topsheet, an outermost layer sheet located on an outer surface of the disposable wearing article, and a liquid retentive absorbent member, a waist-surrounding elastic member being arranged at a waist-surrounding portion, wherein the waist-surrounding elastic member is fixed to other members than the outermost layer sheet in an expanded state to thereby form gathers inwardly of the outermost layer sheet, a non-bonding area is provided between the waist-surrounding elastic member and the outermost layer sheet, and no gathers are formed on an outer surface of the waist-surrounding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Mika Narawa, Yoshinobu Machida, Shinobu Takei, Harumitsu Toyoda, Ken Nemoto