Patents by Inventor PATRICK MCNICHOLS

PATRICK MCNICHOLS 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).

  • ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING A DEPLOYABLE GASKET ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20030050616
    Abstract: An absorbent article adapted to fit about the waist of a wearer and having front and rear waist sections, an intermediate section and a gasketing assembly operatively joined with a first portion of the rear waist section. A first portion of the rear waist section is formed of a stretchable material to which the gasketing assembly is operatively joined. Upon tensioning of the stretchable material, the gasketing assembly deploys a gasket element configured to inhibit a longitudinal flow of human discharge along a bodyfacing surface of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: GARY M. REYNOLDS, PATRICK MCNICHOLS