Patents by Inventor Patrick Caceres

Patrick Caceres 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: 9717624
    Abstract: The invention concerns the manufacture of personal care articles consisting of compresses having a cooling effect by swelling with water which are presented individually in vacuum packaging. According to the invention, successive doses of powder comprising absorbent particles are placed in grooves formed by elastic deformation in a lower sheet made of water-permeable textile material, which is continuously unwound, and covered with an upper sheet, which is continuously unwound at the same time as the lower sheet. The lower sheet is then heat-welded in the intervals between adjacent grooves thus isolating the grooves from each other. Successive compartments each containing a dose of the powder are then enclosed in each groove by heat-welding the sheets along transverse weld lines across the width of the moving sheet assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ALKANTIS SA
    Inventors: Patrick Caceres, Franck Caceres
  • Publication number: 20130218245
    Abstract: The invention concerns the manufacture of personal care articles consisting of compresses having a cooling effect by swelling with water which are presented individually in vacuum packaging. According to the invention, successive doses of powder comprising absorbent particles are placed in grooves formed by elastic deformation in a lower sheet made of water-permeable textile material, which is continuously unwound, and covered with a upper sheet, which is continuously unwound at the same time as the lower sheet. Said lower sheet is then heat-welded in the intervals between adjacent grooves thus isolating the grooves from each other. Successive compartments each containing a dose of said powder are then enclosed in each groove by heat-welding said sheets along transverse weld lines across the width of the moving sheet assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: ALKANTIS SA
    Inventors: Patrick Caceres, Franck Caceres
  • Patent number: 7794485
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compress with a cooling effect, based on particles (6) of a polymer that has a high water absorption capacity, which comes enclosed with a reserve of water to activate it in an item (2) which comprises, inside a watertight outer sachet (3), on the one hand an inner pouch (4) filled with water and sealed in a watertight manner by a wall comprising a frangible region (10) and, on the other hand, the compress (1) produced in the form of a wrapper (5) at least partially permeable to water and containing the polymer particles (6) in the dry state. The sachet (3) is made of a material of a nature able to keep the pouch (4) and the compress (1) sterile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventors: Patrick Caceres, Franck Caceres
  • Patent number: 7048976
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling article comprising a polymer absorbent enclosed within a bag delimited by a collapsible envelope having non-watertight walls, wherein said polymer absorbent is under the form of particles each of which comprises a core of less cross-linked polymer sequences more active in retaining absorbed water and a shell of more cross-linked polymer sequences apt to retard diffusion of water from a particle to another during desorption of absorbed water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Cryomed France
    Inventors: Patrick Caceres, Frank Caceres
  • Publication number: 20050283212
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compress with a cooling effect, based on particles (6) of a polymer that has a high water absorption capacity, which comes enclosed with a reserve of water to activate it in an item (2) which comprises, inside a watertight outer sachet (3), on the one hand an inner pouch (4) filled with water and sealed in a watertight manner by a wall comprising a frangible region (10) and, on the other hand, the compress (1) produced in the form of a wrapper (5) at least partially permeable to water and containing the polymer particles (6) in the dry state. The sachet (3) is made of a material of a nature able to keep the pouch (4) and the compress (1) sterile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Patrick Caceres, Frank Caceres
  • Publication number: 20020076533
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling article comprising a polymer absorbent enclosed within a bag delimited by a collapsible envelope having non-watertight walls, wherein said polymer absorbent is under the form of particles each of which comprises a core of less cross-linked polymer sequences more active in retaining absorbed water and a shell of more cross-linked polymer sequences apt to retard diffusion of water from a particle to another during desorption of absorbed water
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Patrick Caceres, Frank Caceres