Patents by Inventor Tana Marie Kirkbride

Tana Marie Kirkbride 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 improved integrity and acquisition
    Patent number: 6319239
    Abstract: Absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, adult incontinence devices, and the like, that have components that are bonded for improved integrity and an unbonded window on their body-facing side for improved acquisition are disclosed. The absorbent articles comprise a topsheet that is fused to an underlying liquid pervious or absorbent layer at a plurality of individual bonded areas. The absorbent articles have an unbonded window that is substantially free of bonded areas, which is surrounded by regions of the absorbent article that contain bonded areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dean Jeffrey Daniels, Tana Marie Kirkbride, Stephanie Tych Craig, Anne Holland Bruce
  • Absorbent article having improved integrity and acquisition
    Patent number: 6231555
    Abstract: Absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, adult incontinence devices, and the like, that have components that are bonded for improved integrity and an unbonded window on their body-facing side for improved acquisition are disclosed. The absorbent articles comprise a topsheet that is fused to an underlying liquid pervious or absorbent layer at a plurality of individual bonded areas. The absorbent articles have an unbonded window that is substantially free of bonded areas, which is surrounded by region of the absorbent article that contain bonded areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kathy Suzanne Lynard, Anne Holland Bruce, Pamela Jean Brown, Stephanie Craig, Tana Marie Kirkbride
  • Surface pattern for disposable absorbent article
    Patent number: D403763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kathy Suzanne Lynard, Anne Holland Bruce, Pamela Jean Brown, Stephanie Tych Craig, Tana Marie Kirkbride, Wilfried Maria Kollner
  • Surface pattern for disposable absorbent article
    Patent number: D403764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kathy Suzanne Lynard, Anne Holland Bruce, Pamela Jean Brown, Stephanie Tych Craig, Tana Marie Kirkbride, Wilfried Maria Kollner
  • Surface pattern for disposable absorbent article
    Patent number: D403765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Pamela Jean Brown, Kathy Suzanne Lynard, Anne Holland Bruce, Stephanie Tych Craig, Tana Marie Kirkbride
  • Surface pattern for disposable absorbent article
    Patent number: D430665
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tana Marie Kirkbride, Wilfried Maria Kollner, Dean Jeffrey Daniels, Pamela Jean Brown
  • Surface pattern for disposable absorbent article
    Patent number: D432649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Pamela Jean Brown, Tana Marie Kirkbride
  • Surface pattern for a disposable absorbent article
    Patent number: D434849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tana Marie Kirkbride, Wilfried Maria Kollner, Dean Jeffrey Daniels, Pamela Jean Brown