Patents by Inventor Nancy A. Haynes

Nancy A. Haynes 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).

  • Process of making a non-continuous absorbent composite
    Patent number: 5919411
    Abstract: A non-continuous absorbent composite having a plurality of interconnected strands separated by voids. The strands comprise a porous, absorbent macrostructure and a substrate. The porous macrostructure has interconnected absorbent gelling particles that are surface crosslinked with cationic, preferably polymeric, amino-epichlorohydrin adducts. Upon contacting liquids such as water or body exudates (e.g., urine), the absorbent composite can absorb the liquids without undesirable planer expansion. The composite is useful in absorbent articles such as diapers, adult incontinence pads, and sanitary napkins are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ebrahim Rezai, Michael S. Kolodesh, Yung-Wei Tai, Kesyin Hsueh, Albert C. Dierckes, Jr., Kyoko Naga, Nancy A. Haynes
  • Non-continuous absorbent cores comprising a porous macrostructure of absorbent gelling particles
    Patent number: 5868724
    Abstract: A non-continuous absorbent core having a plurality of interconnected strands separated by voids. The strands comprises a porous absorbent macrostructure. The porous macrostructure has interconnected absorbent gelling particles that are surface crosslinked with cationic, preferably polymeric, amino-epichlorohydrin adducts. Upon contacting liquids such as water or body exudates (e.g., urine), the absorbent core can absorb the liquids without undesirable planer expansion. The core is useful in absorbent articles such as diapers, adult incontinence pads, and sanitary napkins are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Albert C. Dierckes, Jr., Kyoko Naga, Ebrahim Rezai, Yung-Wei Tai, Michael S. Kolodesh, Nancy A. Haynes
  • Absorbent members for body fluids having good wet integrity and relatively high concentrations of hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer
    Patent number: 5599335
    Abstract: Absorbent members useful in the containment of body fluids such as urine, that have at least one region containing hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer in a concentration of from about 60 to 100% by weight and providing a gel-continuous fluid transportation zone when in a swollen state. This hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer has: (a) a Saline Flow Conductivity (SFC) value of at least about 30.times.10.sup.-7 cm.sup.3 sec/g; (b) a Performance under Pressure (PUP) capacity value of at least about 23 g/g under a confining pressure of 0.7 psi (5 kPa); and (c) a basis weight of at least about 10 gsm. In addition, the region where this hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer is present has, even when subjected to normal use conditions, sufficient wet integrity such that the gel-continuous zone substantially maintains its ability to acquire and transport body fluids through the gel-continuous zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephen A. Goldman, Nancy A. Haynes, Todd L. Mansfield, Manfred Plischke, Herbert L. Retzsch, Trevor Walker, Gerald A. Young