Patents by Inventor Simone Birkmann

Simone Birkmann 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).

  • Elasticated materials having bonding patterns used with low load force elastics and stiff carrier materials
    Patent number: 7905871
    Abstract: This invention relates to an elasticated materials comprising a stiff carrier material that is satisfactorily elasticated with one or more elastic strands with a low load force, due to the use of a specific bonding pattern, with specific bonding areas. The bonding areas are typically separate bonding areas positioned on separate intervals along the length direction of the carrier material, whereby each bonding area comprises one or more separate bonding zones, extending in the width (X) direction. The invention also relates to absorbent articles comprising this elasticated material and processes for making the elasticated material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joerg Mueller, Matthias Konrad Hippe, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Mattias Schmidt, Simone Birkmann, Ralf Geilich
  • Elasticated materials
    Publication number: 20050095942
    Abstract: This invention relates to an elasticated materials comprising a stiff carrier material that is satisfactorily elasticated with one or more elastic strands with a low load force, due to the use of a specific bonding pattern, with specific bonding areas. The bonding areas are typically separate bonding areas positioned on separate intervals along the length direction of the carrier material, whereby each bonding area comprises one or more separate bonding zones, extending in the width (X) direction. The invention also relates to absorbent articles comprising this elasticated material and processes for making the elasticated material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Joerg Mueller, Matthias Hippe, Cornelia Martynus, Mattias Schmidt, Simone Birkmann, Ralf Geilich