Patents by Inventor Tomoko Sugito
Tomoko Sugito 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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Publication number: 20070100305Abstract: An absorbent article is provided which has such a structure that a bled portion of the colored indicator is unnoticeable. The absorbent article includes a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable back sheet, an absorbing core interposed between the two sheets, and an indicator making it possible to visually ascertain that the absorbing core is in the wet state. The back sheet has an average hole diameter of 0.3 ?m to 3 ?m, and has a light transmittance of not less than 20% and not more than 45% in a state in which the absorbing core is dry.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari ISOGAI, Tomoko SUGITO
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Patent number: 7141132Abstract: An elastically stretchable disposable wearing article has a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region. This wearing article is formed with a first elastic zone, a second elastic zone and third elastic zones respectively exhibiting stretch stress adjusted to be decreased in this order. An elastically stretchable web is continuously fed in a machine direction, formed with pairs of slits in desired patterns so that two slits constituting each of the pairs may be symmetrically laid about a transversely middle zone of the web and then folded in a cross direction orthogonal to the machine direction so that the web may be alternately overlapped on itself about the transversely middle zone to form the wearing article.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2003Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Taiji Shimakawa, Yoshitaka Mishima, Tomoko Sugito, Kaiyo Nakajima
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Patent number: 7122024Abstract: An open-type disposable wearing article composed of a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region. These regions are all elastically stretchable. The article includes first and second stretchable zones respectively bifurcated at a transverse middle of the crotch region so as to extend to lateral zones of the front and rear waist regions, respectively, and third stretchable zones defined by zones other than the first and second stretchable zones. The first and second stretchable zones exhibit a stretch stress higher than a stretch stress of the third stretchable zones. Loop members are provided to the second stretchable zone in the lateral zones of the rear waist region and hook members are provided to the first stretchable zone in the lateral zones of the front waist region.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Inventors: Kaiyo Nakajima, Yoshitaka Mishima, Tomoko Sugito
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Publication number: 20060161126Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes connector sheet strips used to connect front and rear waist regions of the article which respectively includes proximal sections and flap-like sections. The proximal sections are fixed to the rear waist region on its inner surface along zones immediately adjacent to transversely opposite side edges of the rear waist region and the flap-like sections extend from the respective zones to the inside of the article in a circumferential direction. The flap-like sections are formed with folding guide means facilitating the flap-like sections to be folded so that these flap-like sections may extend from the inside toward the outside of the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2006Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Tomoko Sugito, Yoshio Ono
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Publication number: 20060161127Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes connector sheet strips used to connect front and rear waist regions of the article which respectively have proximal sections and flap-like sections. The proximal sections are fixed to the rear waist region on its inner surface along zones contiguous to transversely opposite side edges of the rear waist region and the flap-like sections extend from the respective zones to the inside of the article in a circumferential direction. Flexural rigidity of the flap-like sections as measured in a transverse direction X of the wearing article is set to be higher than that of the article as measured in regions lying immediately inside the respective zones which are, in turn, contiguous to the respective side edges of the article so that a direction in which the connector sheet strips extend can be easily reversed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2006Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Tomoko Sugito, Yoshio Ono
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Publication number: 20060084936Abstract: A wearing article includes a pair of connector sheet strips extending inward from transversely opposite side edges of the wearing article and serving as fastener means to connect front and rear waist regions improved so that the connector sheet strips can be easily turned around so as to extend outward from the side edges. Each of the connector sheet strips includes a proximal end overlapped and bonded together with an inner surface of a lateral margin of the wearing article and a deformable flap portion extending inward from the proximal end in a transverse direction of the wearing article and provided with fastener means. The proximal end bows together with the lateral margin so that the proximal end lies on convex side and the lateral margin lies on a concave side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2005Publication date: April 20, 2006Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoko Sugito
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Publication number: 20060000007Abstract: A disposable wearing article has longitudinally extending side edges of a front waist region. The side edges are defined by a pair of hydrophobic fibrous nonwoven fabric layers having mutually opposed surfaces tightly bonded to each other. Fastening zones are formed by an adhesive applied on longitudinally extending side edges of the rear waist region. Landing zones are formed from plastic film strip tightly bonded to the side edges of the front waist region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoko Sugito
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Publication number: 20050267431Abstract: A pull-on disposable wearing article has a first waist region and a second waist region. The first waist region has its full range in a transverse direction adapted to be elastically stretch- and contractible in the transverse direction. The second waist region is formed with a pair of finger-grip zones which are non-stretchable in the transverse direction and an elastically stretch- and contractible middle zone. The finger-grip zones respectively have a dimension in a range of 10 to 100 mm as measured in the transverse direction and extend from a peripheral edge of a waist-hole to one of peripheral edges of respective leg-holes and vicinities of these peripheral edges along a pair of bonded zones defined by transversely opposite side edges of the first and second waist regions bonded together. The middle zone extends between a pair of the finger-grip zones and has its full range in the transverse direction adapted to be elastically stretch- and contractible.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2005Publication date: December 1, 2005Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Sasaki, Yoshio Ono, Satoru Sakaguchi, Tomoko Sugito
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Patent number: 6926703Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a liquid absorbent core having upper and lower surfaces and extending over a crotch region and further into front and rear waist regions, a liquid-pervious first sheet having an upper section covering the upper surface of the core and a lower section covering the lower surface of the core, and a liquid-impervious second sheet lying outside the lower section of the first sheet. The core is formed with a slit extending completely through in the thickness direction from the upper surface to the lower surface and extending in the longitudinal direction from the front waist region to the crotch region. The upper and lower sections of the first sheet define a tubular liquid passage extending along a longitudinal center line from the front waist region to the crotch region.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2004Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Tomoko Sugito, Yoshitaka Mishima
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Publication number: 20050080394Abstract: A disposable absorbent article such as a disposable diaper including fastener means by means of which front and rear waist regions are releasably connected with each other improved so that the fastener means are not affected by contraction of elastic members arranged in these waist regions In this absorbent article, a waist region and/or a waist region is or are divided into elasticized intermediate zone provided with elastic means and inelasticized transversely opposite side edge zones provided with none of the elastic means and contiguous to transversely opposite side edges of the intermediate zone. Fastener means are provided in the transversely opposite side edge zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2004Publication date: April 14, 2005Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Hiroki Yamamoto, Tomoko Sugito
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Publication number: 20050043700Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes first and second engagement members attached to the outer surface of a front waist region along transversely opposite side edge portions thereof so as to be spaced from each other by a given dimension in a longitudinal direction and third engagement members attached to in the inner surface of a rear waist region along transversely opposite side edge portions thereof. The first engagement embers are laid on the respective side edge portions in longitudinally upper zones, the second engagement members are laid on the side edge portions in longitudinally lower zones, the third engagement members are laid on the side edge portions in longitudinally intermediate zones and hooks are respectively formed on the outer surface of the first and second engagement members and on the inner surface of the third engagement members.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2004Publication date: February 24, 2005Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Tomoko Sugito
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Publication number: 20050043701Abstract: A disposable wearing article has front and rear waist regions, a crotch region extending between these waist regions and a pair of engagement members respectively to inner surfaces of transversely opposite side edge portions of the rear waist region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2004Publication date: February 24, 2005Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Tomoko Sugito
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Publication number: 20050043698Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes elastic members interposed between inner and outer sheets and attached in a stretched state to these inner and outer sheets. A base sheet constituting a component of a hook part of a mechanical fastener is oriented to extend across the elastic members and attached to the outer sheet. Of the outer sheet, a region in which the outer sheet is attached to the base sheet and peripheral regions having dimensions m, n as measured from side edges of the base sheet in a width direction of the article are attached neither to the elastic members nor to the inner sheet. The outer sheet is attached to the inner sheet in regions defined outside those peripheral regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2004Publication date: February 24, 2005Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Tomoko Sugito
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Publication number: 20040153043Abstract: Here is disclosed a wearing article made of an elastically stretchable chassis defining a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region. This sheet is composed of a first elastic segment extending, substantially in parallel to peripheral portions destined to form leg-holes, from a transversely middle zone of the crotch region to lateral portions of the front and rear waist regions, and a second elastic segment defined by the remaining portion except for the first elastic segment wherein the first elastic segment has a stretch stress higher than that of the second elastic segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Tomoko Sugito, Yoshitaka Mishima, Kaiyo Nakajima
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Publication number: 20040147891Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a liquid absorbent core having upper and lower surfaces and extending over a crotch region and further into front and rear waist regions, a liquid-pervious first sheet having an upper section covering the upper surface of the core and a lower section covering the lower surface of the core, and a liquid-impervious second sheet lying outside the lower section of the first sheet. The core is formed with a slit extending completely through in the thickness direction from the upper surface to the lower surface and extending in the longitudinal direction from the front waist region to the crotch region. The upper and lower sections of the first sheet define a tubular liquid passage extending along a longitudinal center line from the front waist region to the crotch region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2004Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Tomoko Sugito, Yoshitaka Mishima
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Publication number: 20040138638Abstract: Here is disclosed a disposable wearing article comprising a holder member which is composed of a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region and a bodily discharge receiving member. The holder member is formed with a through-hole in the crotch region while the receiving member has a protrusion adapted to be inserted into the through-hole from the outer side of the wearing article and to define a concavity which can receive and retain bodily discharges.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Yoshitaka Mishima, Taiji Shimakawa, Kaiyo Nakajima, Tomoko Sugito
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Publication number: 20040138637Abstract: A disposable diaper as a disposable wearing article has a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region extending between these two waist regions. The crotch region is formed on its surface facing a wearers s body with a protrusion formed by flexible and elastic foamed plastic prepared separately of an absorbent pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Yoshitaka Mishima, Kaiyo Nakajima, Tomoko Sugito
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Publication number: 20040127864Abstract: A diaper includes a liquid-absorbent core extending between front and rear waist regions, a liquid-pervious first sheet covering upper and lower surfaces of the core and a liquid-impervious second sheet. The diaper is formed with a cleaved zone continuously extending in the front waist region and the crotch region in a longitudinal direction of the diaper and extending through the core. Along the cleaved zone, an upper covering section of the first sheet extends downward from the upper surface of the core and a lower covering section of the first sheet also extends downward along the cleaved zone. The upper and lower covering sections extend outward in a transverse direction of the diaper symmetrically about the cleaved zone to define a penis pocket below the cleaved zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventor: Tomoko Sugito
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Publication number: 20040118505Abstract: An elastically stretchable disposable wearing article has a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region. This wearing article is formed with a first elastic zone, a second elastic zone and third elastic zones respectively exhibiting stretch stress adjusted to be decreased in this order. An elastically stretchable web is continuously fed in a machine direction, formed with pairs of slits in desired patterns so that two slits constituting each of the pairs may be symmetrically laid about a transversely middle zone of the web and then folded in a cross direction orthogonal to the machine direction so that the web may be alternately overlapped on itself about the transversely middle zone to form the wearing article.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventors: Taiji Shimakawa, Yoshitaka Mishima, Tomoko Sugito, Kaiyo Nakajima
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Publication number: 20040006326Abstract: An open-type disposable wearing article composed of a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region. These regions are all elastically stretchable. The article includes first and second stretchable zones respectively bifurcated at a transverse middle of the crotch region so as to extend to lateral zones of the front and rear waist regions, respectively, and third stretchable zones defined by zones other than the first and second stretchable zones. The first and second stretchable zones exhibit a stretch stress higher than a stretch stress of the third stretchable zones. Loop members are provided to the second stretchable zone in the lateral zones of the rear waist region and hook members are provided to the first stretchable zone in the lateral zones of the front waist region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: Kaiyo Nakajima, Yoshitaka Mishima, Tomoko Sugito