Patents by Inventor Pramod S. Mavinkurve
Pramod S. Mavinkurve 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).
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Patent number: 8388593Abstract: A fluid-management article, such as a sanitary napkin, comprises a body-faceable, liquid-pervious cover having a top surface, a garment-faceable, liquid-impervious barrier, and an absorbent system intermediate the cover and the barrier. The fluid-management article comprises a plurality of fluid-guiding channels that surround a plurality of isolated protrusions. The channels and the protrusions are formed through the top surface of the cover of the fluid management article. The protrusions have an apex that extends a height greater than about 0.5 millimeters (mm) above at least a portion of the plurality of channels. The protrusions have a number density greater than about 0.15 protrusions/cm2.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2003Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.Inventors: Pramod S. Mavinkurve, John T. Ulman, Steven H. White, Robert J. Graeme, III, Kenneth Anthony Pelley, Brian Michael Drzewiecki
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Patent number: 6997915Abstract: A sanitary napkin has a strip that extends rearwardly to reside in the intergluteal crevice. The pad is sized and configured to fit snugly against the wearer's body without penetrating the vaginal orifice. The strip provides improved body contact thus providing similar protection with a smaller pad and a discretion benefit to the user. The invention provides various alternative mechanisms for varying the length of the strip by the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2001Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.Inventors: Carol B. Gell, Safiyya Shabazz-Houston, James P. Barr, Tara Glasgow, Raymond J. Hull, Jr., Marina Nikitina, Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Kenneth Anthony Pelley, Kendra S. Rose, Martha Taylor
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Patent number: 6964655Abstract: 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 iType: GrantFiled: January 31, 2002Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.Inventors: Kristy M. Killeen, Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Melinda G. Cettina, Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
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Publication number: 20040254554Abstract: A fluid-management article, such as a sanitary napkin, comprises a body-faceable, liquid-pervious cover having a top surface, a garment-faceable, liquid-impervious barrier, and an absorbent system intermediate the cover and the barrier. The fluid-management article comprises a plurality of fluid-guiding channels that surround a plurality of isolated protrusions. The channels and the protrusions are formed through the top surface of the cover of the fluid management article. The protrusions have an apex that extends a height greater than about 0.5 millimeters (mm) above at least a portion of the plurality of channels. The protrusions have a number density greater than about 0.15 protrusions/cm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Pramod S. Mavinkurve, John T. Ulman, Steven H. White, Robert J. Graeme, Kenneth Anthony Pelley, Brian Michael Drzewiecki
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Publication number: 20040002686Abstract: A sanitary napkin has a strip that extends rearwardly to reside in the intergluteal crevice. The pad fits snugly against the body without penetrating. Because the strip provides improved body contact, similar protection is achieved with a smaller pad, thus providing a discretion benefit to the wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2003Publication date: January 1, 2004Inventors: Tara Glasgow, James P. Barr, Carol B. Gell, Robert Rial, Safiyya Shabazz-Houston, Joseph Luizzi, Lai Hing Louie, Pramod S. Mavinkurve
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Patent number: 6632210Abstract: A sanitary napkin has a strip that extends rearwardly to reside in the intergluteal crevice. The pad fits snugly against the body without penetrating. Because the strip provides improved body contact, similar protection is achieved with a smaller pad, thus providing a discretion benefit to the wearer.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Neil-PPC, Inc.Inventors: Tara Glasgow, James P. Barr, Carol B. Gell, Robert Rial, Safiyya Shabazz-Houston, Joseph Luizzi, Lai Hing Louie, Pramod S. Mavinkurve
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Publication number: 20030083637Abstract: 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 iType: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: Kristy M. Killeen, Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Melinda G. Cettina, Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
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Publication number: 20030083639Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2002Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: Kristy M. Killeen, Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Melinda G. Cettina, Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
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Publication number: 20020193766Abstract: A sanitary napkin has a strip that extends rearwardly to reside in the intergluteal crevice. The pad is sized and configured to fit snugly against the wearer's body without penetrating the vaginal orifice. The strip provides improved body contact thus providing similar protection with a smaller pad and a discretion benefit to the user. The invention provides various alternative mechanisms for varying the length of the strip by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2001Publication date: December 19, 2002Inventors: Carol B. Gell, Safiyya Shabazz-Houston, James P. Barr, Tara Glasgow, Raymond J. Hull, Marina Nikitina, Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Kenneth Anthony Pelley, Kendra S. Rose, Martha Taylor
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Publication number: 20020193767Abstract: A sanitary absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin is disclosed having a main body with opposite longitudinal side edges and a looping member that originates from and extends laterally outward from each longitudinal side edge and a pair of flaps affixed to a garment faceable surface of the napkin. Each flap has at least one stiffening element which creates lateral stiffness in at least a portion of the flap in an amount sufficient to provide a preferential bending line at the line of juncture between the flap and the napkin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2000Publication date: December 19, 2002Inventors: Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Tara Glasgow
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Patent number: 5895380Abstract: This invention provides absorbent products, having a permeable cover made of a microperforated fibrillated thermoplastic film that has improved properties such as intimate, but nonoccluding contact with the body, yet providing comfort and resilience and immediate fluid acceptance and distribution. The cover is characterized by having non perforate regions and perforate regions, the perforate regions having a plurality of microholes defined by a network of fiberlike elements, the perforate regions being, at least in part, at elevations that are higher than the nonperforate regions. The perforate regions are caused to be at higher elevations by methods such as tensioning the cover or by partly adhering the cover to the absorbent body of the product or by combinations thereof. The microholes may be of different sizes and shapes.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1997Date of Patent: April 20, 1999Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.Inventors: Mordechai Turi, Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Linda J. McKeekin
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Patent number: 5275591Abstract: A sanitary napkin having flaps extending laterally from each of the longitudinal sides of its central absorbent is provided with body fluid sealing means disposed between the absorbent element and at least one of the flaps for restricting the transmission of body fluid from the absorbent element into the flap. The napkin construction creates a plurality of absorption compartments that can minimize staining of undergarments by body fluid.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1992Date of Patent: January 4, 1994Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.Inventor: Pramod S. Mavinkurve
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Patent number: D476737Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2002Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.Inventors: Kristy M. Killeen, Pramod S. Mavinkurve, Melinda G. Cettina