Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Sasano
Yasuhiro Sasano 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: 20200390058Abstract: An animal excrement process sheet includes: a liquid permeable top sheet; a liquid impermeable back sheet; an absorbent body disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet; a first surface that is a supply surface of excrement; a second surface opposite to the first surface; a center portion disposed, in a plan view, at a center of the animal excrement process sheet; an outer periphery portion that surrounds the center portion and that extends from an outer edge of the center portion toward an outer edge of the animal excrement process sheet; and a water preventing portion that extends in the outer periphery portion to surround the center portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Hideyuki Onishi, Yasuhiro Sasano
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Publication number: 20200367465Abstract: An absorbent sheet for a pet toilet is provided. The pet toilet includes: a sheet accommodating portion that accommodates the absorbent sheet in a space surrounded by a bottom portion and side walls standing from the bottom portion; and an excretion receiving portion that receives excretions above the sheet accommodating portion and guides the excretions to the sheet accommodating portion. The absorbent sheet includes: a topsheet on a top side of the absorbent sheet and that includes fibers; a backsheet on a back side of the absorbent sheet; an absorber between the topsheet and the backsheet; a central region in which the absorber is disposed in plan view; and side regions that extend outside the central region and in which at least the topsheet is disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Ayano Okawa, Yasuhiro Sasano, Shinya Kaneko
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Publication number: 20200323167Abstract: A pet absorbent sheet includes: an absorbent core; and a liquid-permeable sheet disposed closer to a top side of the pet absorbent sheet than the absorbent core and that includes a plurality of hydrophilic fibers. The liquid-permeable sheet has waterproof regions that contain a water resisting agent. The water resisting agent is formed to surround gaps between fibers formed of the plurality of hydrophilic fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Sasano, Satoshi Hasegawa, Takeshi Ikegami
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Publication number: 20200288665Abstract: An absorbent sheet for pets includes: a top sheet disposed on a top side of the absorbent sheet; a back sheet disposed on a back side of the absorbent sheet; and an absorbent body disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, the absorbent body including: top recessed portions, each recessed toward the back side from the top side and comprising a top bottom portion; and back recessed portions, each recessed toward the top side from the back side and comprising a back bottom portion. At least some of the top bottom portions are located either: at the same position as some of the back bottom portions in a thickness direction, or closer to the back side than the back bottom portions in the thickness direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Sasano, Satoshi Hasegawa, Takeshi Ikegami
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Publication number: 20200187451Abstract: The present invention provides an animal excreta disposal sheet capable of ensuring sufficient bonding strength between a surface sheet and a back sheet and preventing urine excreted from an animal from leaking to the outer side in the planar direction. This animal excreta disposal sheet (1) comprises: a center part (A1) that is located at the center of the animal excreta disposal sheet (1) and that is defined as a part in which a surface sheet (2), an absorbent body (3) and a back sheet (4) overlap one another in the thickness direction; and an outer circumferential part (A2) extending from the outer edge of the center part (A1) toward the outer edge of the animal excreta disposal sheet (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2016Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Hideyuki Onishi, Yasuhiro Sasano
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Patent number: 10631518Abstract: It is possible to provide an absorbent sheet for pets capable of making a trace of excreta of a pet difficult to be visually recognized. The absorbent sheet for pets comprising: a liquid-permeable top sheet; a liquid-impermeable back sheet; an absorbent core provided between the top sheet and the back sheet; a colored area covered with the top sheet and visually recognizable from the top sheet side; and an aroma chemical provided on the top sheet side relative to the absorbent core. L*value of the colored area in an L*a*b*color system is 50 or less. A total light transmittance of the top sheet is in a range of 40 to 80%.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Sasano, Yumei Takahashi
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Publication number: 20200120894Abstract: The absorbent sheet for pets which can suppress the spread of the excreta of a pet and can withstand the excretion action a plurality of times is provided. An absorbent sheet (10) for pets includes a topsheet (12) disposed on a top side, a backsheet (14) disposed on a back side, and an absorber (20) provided between the topsheet and the backsheet. A recess (50) is formed at least in the absorber. The recess forms a continuous line (IL) or intermittent line (IL). The line (IL) has a curved portion which does not branch.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Sasano, Satoshi Hasegawa, Takeshi Ikegami
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Patent number: 10617095Abstract: An absorbent sheet 10 for pets comprises: a liquid-permeable top sheet 12; a liquid-impermeable back sheet 14; an absorbent core provided between the top sheet 12 and the back sheet 14; and a colored area visually recognizable from a top sheet side. An antimicrobial and/or a bacteriostat is provided on the top sheet side relative to the absorbent core.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Sasano, Yumei Takahashi
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Publication number: 20200100453Abstract: the absorbent sheet for pets which can suppress the outflow of a functional material is provided. An absorbent sheet (10) for pets includes a topsheet (12), a backsheet (14), an absorber (20) provided between the topsheet and the backsheet, a functional (40) material, and a recess (50)that is recessed in a direction from the topsheet toward the backsheet. The functional material (40) is provided at a position of the recess (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Yasuhiro Sasano, Satoshi HASEGAWA, Takesshi IKEGAMI
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Patent number: 10602715Abstract: An absorbent sheet includes a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and a liquid-absorbent structure interposed between the top- and backsheets. In the sheet, the topsheet faces itself and is bonded to itself by a joining means extending in a transverse direction so as to define a fold edge extending in a transverse direction. The absorbent structure includes a first absorbent section extending between a front end edge and the fold edge, a second absorbent section extending between the fold edge and the joining means and a third absorbent section extending between the joining means and a rear end edge. Outboard of the third absorbent section of the sheet in the longitudinal direction, a non-absorbent region in which the absorbent structure is not present is formed. A portion of the backsheet of the sheet within the non-absorbent region is attached to a wall by attachments.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Sasano, Takeshi Ikegami, Yumei Komuro
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Patent number: 10383309Abstract: An absorbent sheet for pets that is highly effective in concealing pet excrement. The absorbent sheet includes: a liquid-permeable front-surface sheet; a liquid-impermeable back-surface sheet; an absorbent body that is provided between the front-surface sheet and the back-surface sheet, and that absorbs liquid that has permeated through the front-surface sheet; an intermediate sheet that is arranged between the front-surface sheet and the absorbent body; and a color arrangement region that forms a color arrangement pattern together with at least one of the front-surface sheet, the back-surface sheet, and the absorbent body. The front-surface sheet is formed so as to have a lower total light transmittance than the intermediate sheet.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Sasano, Yumei Takahashi
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Publication number: 20180338468Abstract: An excrement disposal sheet for animals is provided with a liquid-permeable front surface seat composed of white fibers, a liquid-impermeable back surface sheet and an absorbent material arranged between these sheets, wherein the front surface seat has a first surface that is a surface onto which excrement is to be supplied and a second surface that is opposed to the first surface, and the first surface in the front surface sheet has an average absorbance of 700 or more, a floc average value of 6.0 or less and a floc ratio of 0.6 to 1.7.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yumei TAKAHASHI, Yasuhiro SASANO
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Patent number: 10104866Abstract: Provided are a sheet for pets which contains carbon and has a superior appearance, and a method of manufacturing the sheet for pets. A sheet for pets is provided with a liquid-permeable front surface sheet, a liquid-impermeable back surface sheet, an absorbent layer that contains carbon and is positioned between the front surface sheet and the back surface sheet, and a front surface-side liquid-permeable sheet that is black and is positioned on the front surface sheet-side of the absorbent layer. The front surface-side liquid-permeable sheet is preferably formed from pulp fibers that have been dyed black.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Sasano
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Patent number: 10080344Abstract: Provided are: a sheet for pets which contains carbon and has a superior appearance, and a method of manufacturing the sheet for pets. A sheet for pets is provided with a liquid-permeable front surface sheet, a liquid-impermeable back surface sheet, an absorbent layer that contains carbon and organic acid and is positioned between the front surface sheet and the back surface sheet, and a front surface-side liquid-permeable sheet that is black and is positioned on the front surface sheet-side of the absorbent layer. The front surface-side liquid-permeable sheet is preferably formed from pulp fibers that have been dyed black.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Sasano
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Publication number: 20170311564Abstract: It is possible to provide an absorbent sheet for pets capable of making a trace of excreta of a pet difficult to be visually recognized. The absorbent sheet for pets comprising: a liquid-permeable top sheet; a liquid-impermeable back sheet; an absorbent core provided between the top sheet and the back sheet; a colored area covered with the top sheet and visually recognizable from the top sheet side; and an aroma chemical provided on the top sheet side relative to the absorbent core. L*value of the colored area in an L*a*b*color system is 50 or less. A total light transmittance of the top sheet is in a range of 40 to 80%.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Yasuhiro SASANO, Yumei TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20170303499Abstract: An absorbent sheet 10 for pets comprises: a liquid-permeable top sheet 12; a liquid-impermeable back sheet 14; an absorbent core provided between the top sheet 12 and the back sheet 14; and a colored area visually recognizable from a top sheet side. An antimicrobial and/or a bacteriostat is provided on the top sheet side relative to the absorbent core.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro SASANO, Yumei TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20170223923Abstract: Provided are: a sheet for pets which contains carbon and has a superior appearance, and a method of manufacturing the sheet for pets. A sheet for pets is provided with a liquid-permeable front surface sheet, a liquid-impermeable back surface sheet, an absorbent layer that contains carbon and organic acid and is positioned between the front surface sheet and the back surface sheet, and a front surface-side liquid-permeable sheet that is black and is positioned on the front surface sheet-side of the absorbent layer. The front surface-side liquid-permeable sheet is preferably formed from pulp fibers that have been dyed black.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2014Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Satoshi HASEGAWA, Yasuhiro SASANO
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Patent number: 9532547Abstract: An absorbent sheet for pets which has a strong pet-excrement concealing effect, and makes it possible to recognize the time for an exchange of the pet sheet. The absorbent sheet has an excrement surface, a placement surface, a body-outer-edge section, an outside direction, an inside direction, an absorbent, an absorbent-outer-edge section, an absorbent-outer-edge region which is a region containing the absorbent-outer-edge section, an absorbent-center region formed in the inside direction in relation to the absorbent-outer-edge region, and a color-scheme region which is recognizable from the excrement-surface side. The color-scheme region has a first color-scheme region, a second color-scheme region and a third color-scheme region, and forms a color-scheme pattern from the first color-scheme region, the second color-scheme region and the third color-scheme region.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Yumei Takahashi, Yasuhiro Sasano
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Patent number: 9526227Abstract: To allow a consumer to easily recall a product image derived from the scent of an animal excretion disposal sheet from the appearance of the product, to thereby improving the product image of the scented animal excretion disposal sheet. The animal excretion disposal sheet including the liquid permeable top sheet, the liquid impermeable back sheet, and the absorbent body disposed between the top sheet and the back surface sheet is configured to be an animal excretion disposal sheet in which the fragrance ingredient is applied to the top sheet or the absorbent body; the evocative information composed of at least one of color, graphic, and character that can evoke the scent of the fragrance ingredient is displayed on the top sheet or the absorbent body; and the evocative information can be visually recognized from the back sheet side.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Yumei Takahashi, Yasuhiro Sasano, Takayuki Matsuo
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Publication number: 20160338313Abstract: Provided are a sheet for pets which contains carbon and has a superior appearance, and a method of manufacturing the sheet for pets. A sheet for pets is provided with a liquid-permeable front surface sheet, a liquid-impermeable back surface sheet, an absorbent layer that contains carbon and is positioned between the front surface sheet and the back surface sheet, and a front surface-side liquid-permeable sheet that is black and is positioned on the front surface sheet-side of the absorbent layer. The front surface-side liquid-permeable sheet is preferably formed from pulp fibers that have been dyed black.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2014Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Satoshi HASEGAWA, Yasuhiro SASANO