Absorbent (17) Patents (Class D24/124)
  • Patent number: 7014637
    Abstract: An array of disposable absorbent articles. The array has a first absorbent article and a second absorbent article. The first absorbent article is enclosed in a first tampon applicator having i.) an outer surface wherein the outer surface has an outer surface area and ii.) a first identifier having a first surface area. The first identifier is disposed on the first absorbent article and corresponds to a first absorbency. The first identifier is disposed on the first absorbent article. A second absorbent article is enclosed in a second tampon applicator having i.) an outer surface wherein the outer surface has an outer surface area and ii.) a second identifier having a second surface area. The second identifier is disposed on the second absorbent article and corresponds to a second absorbency. The first surface area is different than the second surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Federica Denti, Beate Rosemarie Stellbrink
  • Patent number: D504509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Bruce William Lavash
  • Patent number: D504510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Shunsuke Takino, Nariaki Shimoe, Toru Sasaki
  • Patent number: D506254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Giovanni Carlucci, Marco DiGiacomantonio
  • Patent number: D510434
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Giovanni Carlucci, Marco DiGiacomantonio
  • Patent number: D512505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Paragon Trade Brands
    Inventor: Laurette Y. Vinson
  • Patent number: D516728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Lisa Wall
  • Patent number: D521149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dannette ReNee Adams, Kathyrn Rebecca Zink, Matthew Joseph Macura, Bryan Keith Feller
  • Patent number: D525358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Cumberland Device Research, LLC
    Inventors: Milton Passmore, Martin Krecker
  • Patent number: D525706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Paragon Trade Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Sunita Pargass
  • Patent number: D527102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael W. Mills, Mark A. Peltier
  • Patent number: D476415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Lee Edens, James John Hlaban, Laura Jay Keely, Thomas Patrick Keenan, Sylvia Bandy Little, Mary Lou McDaniel, Stephen Lanard Nunn, William Grover Reeves, Heather A. Sorebo, Susan Marie Weyenberg
  • Patent number: D476736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Hantke, James John Hlaban, Thomas Patrick Keenan, Mary Lou McDaniel, Patricia Ann Mitchler, Stephen Lanard Nunn, Heather A. Sorebo, Susan Marie Weyenberg
  • Patent number: D476738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industria E Comercio, LTDA
    Inventor: Igor Philip Passos Proglhof
  • Patent number: D476739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Indsutria E Comercio LTDA
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Carvalho, Igor Philip Passos Proglhof
  • Patent number: D476740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industria & Comercio, LTDA
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ribeiro De Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
  • Patent number: D477075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson GmbH
    Inventor: Hans Werner Schoelling
  • Patent number: D477077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industria E Comercio LTDA
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Carvalho, Igor Philip Passos Proglhof
  • Patent number: D477402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industria e Comercio LTDA
    Inventor: Maria Monika Neumann de Camacho
  • Patent number: D477403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industria & Comercio LTDA
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ribeiro De Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
  • Patent number: D477870
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industria E Comerico, LTDA
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ribeiro De Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
  • Patent number: D477871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industria E Comercio LTDA
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ribeiro De Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
  • Patent number: D478167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industria E Comercio LTDA
    Inventor: Igor Philip Passos Proglhof
  • Patent number: D478168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industria & Comerio, LTDA
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ribeiro De Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
  • Patent number: D480812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Inventor: Robin B. Moore-Steele
  • Patent number: D482445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industria & Comercio, LTDA
    Inventors: Antonio Carlos Ribeiro De Carvalho, Marcia Helena Teixeira Fajolli, Flavia Guimaraes Guaragna
  • Patent number: D482781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AG
    Inventors: Frank S. Glaug, Robert Theodore Cole, Ryan K. Hood
  • Patent number: D482782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AG
    Inventors: Frank S. Glaug, Robert Theodore Cole, Ryan K. Hood
  • Patent number: D482783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AG
    Inventors: Frank S. Glaug, Robert Theodore Cole, Jean A. Serafino
  • Patent number: D482784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AG
    Inventor: Kim Babusik
  • Patent number: D482785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AG
    Inventor: Liz Lord
  • Patent number: D483117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AG
    Inventors: Frank S. Glaug, Robert Theodore Cole, Jean A. Serafino
  • Patent number: D483118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AG
    Inventors: Frank S. Glaug, Robert Theodore Cole, Jean A. Serafino
  • Patent number: D483119
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AG
    Inventors: Frank S. Glaug, Robert Theodore Cole, Ryan K. Hood
  • Patent number: D486230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Douglas A. Swenson, David M. Kielb
  • Patent number: D486231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David M. Kielb, Douglas A. Swenson
  • Patent number: D486577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Douglas A. Swenson, David M. Kielb
  • Patent number: D490522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: TJ Utveckling
    Inventor: Torgny Jansson
  • Patent number: D490892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Folke Schlueter, Silvia Reichel
  • Patent number: D491658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Inventor: Peter Malcic
  • Patent number: D491659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Shunsuke Takino, Nariaki Shimoe, Toru Sasaki
  • Patent number: D491660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Shunsuke Takino, Nariaki Shimoe, Toru Sasaki
  • Patent number: D492409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Shunsuke Takino, Nariaki Shimoe, Toru Sasaki
  • Patent number: D492410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Shunsuke Takino, Nariaki Shimoe, Toru Sasaki
  • Patent number: D493525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: James Po-Shan Chen
  • Patent number: D496100
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Cornelia Ecker
  • Patent number: D497991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Shunsuke Takino, Nariaki Shimoe, Toru Sasaki
  • Patent number: D498298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Shunsuke Takino, Nariaki Shimoe, Toru Sasaki
  • Patent number: D498841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl S. Bell, Kenneth R. Casson, Jeremy S. LeMere
  • Patent number: D498843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David M. Kielb, Douglas A. Swenson