Patents by Inventor Yasushi Sayama
Yasushi Sayama 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: 8287511Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a body fluid absorbing zone extending over a crotch region further into front and rear waist regions, side flaps extending in a longitudinal direction outside transversely opposite side edges of the zone, and end flaps extending in a transverse direction outside longitudinally opposite ends of the zone. The side flaps in the front waist region are formed from a composite nonwoven fabric composed of a first fibrous nonwoven fabric facing away from the wearer's skin and a second fibrous nonwoven fabric laminated on the first fibrous nonwoven fabric and facing the wearer's skin. The first fibrous nonwoven fabric has a kinetic friction coefficient higher than a kinetic friction coefficient of the second fibrous nonwoven fabric.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2004Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Koichiro Mitsui, Hironao Minato, Yasushi Sayama
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Patent number: 7749213Abstract: In a disposable diaper includes a pair of side flaps respectively extending from an end portion in a lateral direction of the diaper main body and a fixing tape disposed in proximity of a farthest edge of the respective side flaps, the fixing tape is provided with a hook member, the fixing tape and the side flaps are to be engaged via the hook member, and an engaging region on the side flaps where the fixing tape is to be engaged includes portions having a different engaging force with the hook member. As a result, the fixing tape can be temporarily fixed with a modest engaging force, despite the hook member having a greater engaging force.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Koichiro Mitsui, Yasushi Sayama, Hironao Minato, Koichiro Tani
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Patent number: 7662137Abstract: A disposable diaper is formed in one of front and rear waist regions with first wings which are elastically stretchable in a waist-surrounding direction and these first wings are provided on respective body facing surfaces with first fastener elements. The other waist region is provided on its undergarment facing surface with, in addition to second fastener elements, anti-slip zones exhibiting a desired average kinetic frictional force relative to the body facing surface of the first wings.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Yasushi Sayama, Hironao Minato, Koichiro Tani, Koichiro Mitsui, Kengo Ochi, Masato Isono
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Patent number: 7582076Abstract: Here is disclosed an open-type disposable wearing article composed of a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region extending between these waist regions wherein tape fasteners used to connect the front and rear waist to each other are attached to side flaps in the rear waist region and each of the side flaps has a first zone adapted to cover a surface facing a wearer's body of the fixed end portion of the associated tape fastener and a second zone defined by the side flap except for the first zone and wherein the first zone has a basis weight higher than that of the second zone.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2002Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Toshiyasu Yoshioka, Yasushi Sayama
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Patent number: 7524312Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a basic absorbent batt structure having front and rear waist regions and a crotch region, a pair of barrier cuffs extending along opposite sides of the basic absorbent batt structure and at least one supplementary absorbent batt structure placed on the front waist region of the basic absorbent batt structure between the barrier cuffs. The supplementary absorbent batt structure has a proximal end portion thereof joined to the front waist region of the basic absorbent batt structure and has the vicinity of a distal end portion thereof joined to the vicinities of the barrier cuffs.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2002Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Onishi, Yasushi Sayama, Hiroyuki Tanji
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Patent number: 7252658Abstract: A diaper has two pairs of means adapted to connect transversely opposite side edge portions of a front waist region and a rear waist region. These connecting means are elastically stretchable in a transverse direction of the diaper and the connecting means lying at a lower portion of the side edge portions have a stretch stress a great as that of the connecting means lying at a upper portion of the side edge portions.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventor: Yasushi Sayama
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Patent number: 7238175Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a basic absorbent batt structure and a supplementary absorbent batt structure placed thereon. An elastic member is provided between the two batt structures so as to transversely cross them. Contraction of the elastic member causes opposite side edge regions of the two batt structures to be pulled nearer to a longitudinal center line thereof. This results in a zone of the former batt structure underlying a distal end portion of the latter batt structure to curving downward with respect to a lower surface of the latter batt structure while the distal end portion of the latter batt structure curves upward with respect to a body facing surface of the basic absorbent batt structure. The curving of the batt structures forms a pocket opening from a front waist region toward a crotch region of the disposable diaper.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2002Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Onishi, Yasushi Sayama, Hiroyuki Tanji
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Patent number: 7227051Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet, a liquid-absorbent core interposed between the top- and backsheets, a pair of liquid-impervious leak-barrier sheets and a pair of elastically stretchable sheets. Each portion of the aforesaid sheets placed one upon another are joined together by means of adhesives and the core is joined to inner surfaces of the top- and backsheets by means of adhesives. Adhesives are defined by a plurality of adhesive lines continuously extending in a given direction and each of the adhesive lines includes first and second zones arranged alternately in the given direction along the adhesive line. A quantity of adhesives in the first zone is much more than a quantity of adhesives in the second zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2003Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Koichiro Mitsui, Masakazu Shiraishi, Yasushi Sayama
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Patent number: 7160282Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet, a liquid-absorbent base panel interposed between these two sheets, a pair of side flaps lying outside transversely opposite side edges of the base panel so as to extend in a longitudinal direction, a pair of leak-barrier cuffs attached to the respective side flaps, elastic members secured to distal side edge portions of the cuffs. The article further includes a pair of liquid-absorbent side panels attached to opposed surfaces of the leak-barrier cuffs.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2002Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventor: Yasushi Sayama
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Patent number: 7118557Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a liquid-impermeable topsheet, a liquid-permeable backsheet and an absorbent core therebetween. A pair of barrier cuffs which are elastically extendable in a longitudinal direction of the diaper are provided along transversely opposite side flaps of the diaper. Front and rear ends of the barrier cuffs are bonded to the diaper at longitudinally opposite ends thereof. Outer side edges of the barrier cuffs are bonded to outer edges of the flaps and inner side edges of the barrier cuffs are bonded to the flaps along lines defined between the outer side edges and transversely opposite side edges of the core.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2003Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Hironao Minato, Yasushi Sayama
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Patent number: 6921394Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes liquid-pervious topsheets, a liquid-impervious chassis and first and second liquid-absorbent panels. A first absorbent panel is covered with the topsheet and lies on the side of a front waist region. A second absorbent panel is interposed between the topsheet and chassis and continuously lies in a crotch region and a rear waist region. The first absorbent panel has a proximal end extending close to one of end flaps in a transverse direction and a first distal end supposed, along its transversely opposite side edges, to distal side edges of respective leakage-barrier cuffs so that an excrement receiving pocket adapted to open from the front waist region toward a crotch region is defined between the chassis and the first distal end of the first absorbent panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2002Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Yasushi Sayama, Toshiyasu Yoshioka
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Patent number: 6869423Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a basic absorbent batt structure and a supplementary absorbent batt structure placed on the basic absorbent batt structure. The diaper is formed with a feces receiving space surrounded by the supplementary absorbent batt structure and bottom and side surfaces of a cavity and extending from a crotch region toward a front waist region so that an upper opening of the cavity is partially uncovered in the crotch region 31 and thereby forms a feces inlet leading to the space.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2002Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Onishi, Yasushi Sayama, Hiroyuki Tanji
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Publication number: 20040243079Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a body fluid absorbing zone extending over a crotch region further into front and rear waist regions, side flaps extending in a longitudinal direction outside transversely opposite side edges of the zone, and end flaps extending in a transverse direction outside longitudinally opposite ends of the zone. The side flaps in the front waist region are formed from a composite nonwoven fabric composed of a first fibrous nonwoven fabric facing away from the wearer's skin and a second fibrous nonwoven fabric laminated on the first fibrous nonwoven fabric and facing the wearer's skin. The first fibrous nonwoven fabric has a kinetic friction coefficient higher than a kinetic friction coefficient of the second fibrous nonwoven fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventors: Koichiro Mitsui, Hironao Minato, Yasushi Sayama
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Publication number: 20040127865Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet, a liquid-absorbent core interposed between the top- and backsheets, a pair of liquid-impervious leak-barrier sheets and a pair of elastically stretchable sheets. Each portion of the aforesaid sheets placed one upon another are joined together by means of adhesives and the core is joined to inner surfaces of the top- and backsheets by means of adhesives. Adhesives are defined by a plurality of adhesive lines continuously extending in a given direction and each of the adhesive lines comprises first and second zones arranged alternately in the given direction along the adhesive line. A quantity of adhesives in the first zone is much more than a quantity of adhesives in the second zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Koichiro Mitsui, Masakazu Shiraishi, Yasushi Sayama
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Patent number: 6756522Abstract: A disposable diaper that includes a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region extending therebetween. An end portion of the rear waist region is provided with an elastic member associated with a waist-opening. The diaper has transversely opposite side edges and upper and lower edges. A plurality of slits extend through the diaper in its thickness direction and in a longitudinal direction so as to be spaced one from another by a predetermined dimension in a waist-surrounding direction between the side edges. The slits are also spaced one from another by a predetermined dimension in the longitudinal direction between a vicinity of the upper edge and a vicinity of the lower edge.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2001Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Yasushi Sayama, Hironao Minato, Naomi Suzuki, Rumiko Shiraishi, Yasushi Inoue
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Publication number: 20040111076Abstract: A disposable diaper is formed in one of front and rear waist regions with first wings which are elastically stretchable in a waist-surrounding direction and these first wings are provided on respective body facing surfaces with first fastener means. The other waist region is provided on its undergarment facing surface with, in addition to second fastener means, anti-slip zones exhibiting a desired average kinetic frictional force relative to the body facing surface of the first wings.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Yasushi Sayama, Hironao Minato, Koichiro Tani, Koichiro Mitsui, Kengo Ochi, Masato Isono
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Publication number: 20040073188Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable diaper. In a disposable diaper comprising a pair of side flaps respectively extending from an end portion in a lateral direction of the diaper main body and a fixing tape disposed in proximity of a farthest edge of the respective side flaps, the fixing tape is provided with a hook member, the fixing tape and the side flaps are to be engaged via the hook member, and an engaging region on the side flaps where the fixing tape is to be engaged includes portions having a different engaging force with the hook member. As a result, the fixing tape can be temporarily fixed with a modest engaging force, despite the hook member having a greater engaging force.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventors: Koichiro Mitsui, Yasushi Sayama, Hironao Minato, Koichiro Tani
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Publication number: 20040059311Abstract: A disposable diaper according to the invention include a liquid-impermeable topsheet, a liquid-permeable backsheet and an absorbent core therebetween. A pair of barrier cuffs which are elastically extendable in a longitudinal direction of the diaper are provided to a transversely opposite side flaps of the diaper. Front and rear ends of the barrier cuff are bonded to the diaper at longitudinally opposite ends thereof. Outer side edges of the barrier cuffs are bonded to outer edges of the flaps and inner side edges of the barrier cuff are bonded to the flaps along lines defined between the outer side edges and transversely opposite side edges of the core. Each of the barrier cuffs has a dimension between the outer and inner side edges thereof selected to be larger than a dimension of the flap between the outer and inner side edges thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Hironao Minato, Yasushi Sayama
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Patent number: 6692476Abstract: A disposable diaper including a laminated panel that includes a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet and a liquid-absorbent core disposed therebetween. Side flaps of the panel are provided with leg-opening elastic members rectilinearly extending longitudinally thereof between the front and rear waist regions and secured under tension to the respective side flaps, the rear waist regions of the panel is provided between the respective side edges of the core and the respective leg-opening elastic members with a pair of stretchable regions being elastically stretchable transversely of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2000Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Hironao Minato, Yasushi Sayama
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Patent number: 6685688Abstract: Here is disclosed a disposable diaper improved to be easily put on the wearer. Top- and backsheets in front and rear waist regions of the diaper includes the top- and backsheets that have an elastic stretchability transversely of the diaper, and transversely opposite side edges of the diaper includes top- and backsheets intended to surround the wearer's legs having elastic stretchability longitudinally and transversely of the diaper.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Mishima, Yasushi Sayama