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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182456 | Disposable absorbent articles with components having both plastic and elastic properties Absorbent articles having a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet are disclosed. The absorbent articles include a plasto-elastic material joined to or disposed on at least o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8124828 | Attachment areas for wearable absorbent articles A wearable absorbent article comprises an outer cover and an absorbent core assembly. At least a portion of the outer cover is joined to the absorbent core assembly over at least a first attachment area and a second attachment area. The overall lateral width of the ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8066687 | Side seam for disposable garment The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article comprising a chassis defining a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the front waist region and rear waist region. The article includes front and back ear panels... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062278 | Disposable wearable absorbent articles with extensible sides Embodiments of the present disclosure include disposable wearable absorbent articles with extensible sides. In an embodiment of the present disclosure a disposable wearable absorbent article includes a front, a back, and an extensible side configured to connect the ... | 11/22/2011 |
| D645144 | Absorbent article | 09/13/2011 |
| D645143 | Absorbent article | 09/13/2011 |
| D642382 | Absorbent article material | 08/02/2011 |
| D640371 | Absorbent article | 06/21/2011 |
| 7931636 | Simple disposable absorbent article A simple disposable pant-like garment includes a chassis and an absorbent assembly. The chassis, which can be extensible, includes a water-impermeable sheet folded laterally inward at both of its side edges to form opposing side flaps. Each side flap is attached to ... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636486 | Absorbent article | 04/19/2011 |
| 7901393 | Disposable pull-on garment A disposable pull-on garment is disclosed, The pull-on garment comprises a ring-like elastic belt. The ring-like elastic belt comprises a front belt portion and a back belt portion comprising a belt layer and a belt elastic material joined to the belt layer. Each ri... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901390 | Disposable absorbent article A disposable garment having a side elastomeric material and a waist elastomeric material is disclosed. The disposable garment has a front region, a back region, a crotch region between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis,... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7877242 | Computer based CAE FSI models for simulating the physical behavior of diapers, diaper materials, and/or diaper machines during diaper manufacturing processes Computer based CAE FSI models for simulating the physical behavior of diapers, and/or diaper materials, and/or diaper machines during diaper manufacturing processes. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7851668 | Absorbent article and method for maintaining or improving skin health Disclosed is a method for maintaining and/or improving skin health in the area of a wearer covered by an absorbent article. The absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid pervious topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet, an ab... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7828783 | Absorbent article having an umbilical notch cut A disposable absorbent article having a non-linear notch cut without the presence of a significantly laterally extending resulting piece. The resulting absorbent article having a front end edge and a back end edge which are complementary. The front end edge having a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7820875 | Disposable absorbent articles being adaptable to wearer's anatomy Absorbent articles having a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet are disclosed. The backsheet has a physical variation along at least one axis, wherein said physical variat... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7805818 | Nonwoven loop member for a mechanical fastener A loop member for a mechanical fastener comprises a nonwoven web, the nonwoven web having a pattern of intersecting bond lines. The pattern is characterized in that at least a portion comprises a first plurality of non-intersecting continuous bond lines and a second... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7794441 | Dual cuff for a unitary disposable absorbent article being spaced away from backsheet A unitary disposable absorbent article includes: an absorbent core having a garment surface and a body surface, a liquid permeable topsheet positioned adjacent said body surface of said absorbent core, a liquid impermeable backsheet positioned adjacent said garment ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794439 | Upright-stabilizing packaging for disposable diapers A stabilizer for the upright stabilizing of at least one disposable diaper product. The stabilizer may include a front panel, a bottom panel, a rear panel, and at least one standoff. In another exemplary stabilizer for the upright stabilizing of at least one disposa... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7763202 | Method of surface treating particulate material using electromagnetic radiation The present disclosure relates to a method of surface treating particulate materials with electromagnetic radiation, in particular a method of cross-linking superabsorbent polymer particles using UV irradiation. The method is carried out with a so-called roll reacto... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7743932 | Shelf display apparatus for absorbent articles packaged in flexible film A shelf display apparatus for storing absorbent articles packaged in a flexible film in a substantially upright position on a shelf. The apparatus includes a substantially horizontal top support member having a proximate end and a distal end. The apparatus includes ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7731815 | Method and apparatus for nonlinear laying of material A method and apparatus for nonlinear laying of components such as elastics on a continuous web is provided. In an apparatus embodiment, the apparatus comprises a diverter and a combining roll. The apparatus can be configured to vary an elastic profile of the elastic... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7659440 | Glow in the dark absorbent article The present invention provides an article to be worn about a wearer including features that glow in the dark, are illuminative, are light emitting, or are reflective. These features may assist in the identification, location, entertainment, or changing of the wearer... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7658811 | Letterpress application of elastomeric compositions The invention provides a process to deliver an elastomeric composition to a substrate. The elastomeric composition is cooled. The cooling also results in substantially complete transfer of the elastomeric composition from the pattern roll to the substrate with a res... | 02/09/2010 |
| D603611 | Absorbent article material | 11/10/2009 |
| 7575573 | Absorbent article having drawstring members An absorbent article has a chassis assembly with a front region, a rear region, a crotch region disposed between the front and rear region, and a pair of longitudinal edges. A chamber is positioned adjacent to each longitudinal edge and extends from the front region... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7527823 | Method and apparatus for creating a pulsed stream of particles A method of producing an absorbent article, including: metering particles at a predetermined flow rate to form a metered particle stream; carrying the metered particle stream in a carrier flow to form a carried particle stream; pulsing the carried particle stream to... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7407468 | Method of dynamically pre-fastening a disposable absorbent article having a slot-and-tab-fastening system A method and an apparatus for pre-fastening disposable absorbent articles having a slot-and-tab fastening system during manufacturing of the pre-fastened disposable articles, such as diapers, pull-on diapers, training pants, adults incontinence pads and the like. | 08/05/2008 |
| 7368027 | Method of making an edge fold having substantially uniform gathers for absorbent article A method for making an edge fold on an absorbent article having longitudinal edges including the steps of activating a portion of an absorbent article along its longitudinal edges to create substantially uniform gathers, folding a portion of the absorbent article al... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361167 | Absorbent article having complementary edges for an umbilical notch cut A disposable absorbent article having a non-linear notch cut without the presence of a significantly laterally extending resulting piece. The resulting absorbent article having a front end edge and a back end edge which are complementary. The front end edge having a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7262335 | Easy-open, re-closable package for disposable diapers An easy-open, re-closable package for a plurality of disposable diapers includes a wrapping layer which substantially surrounds the plurality of disposable diapers and a re-closable fastening system. The re-closable fastening system may be joined with the wrapping l... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7188746 | Container closure arrangement This invention relates to a closure arrangement for closing an opening in a base component. In particular—but not exclusively—this invention relates to a closure arrangement for a container, to serve as an openable lid for the container. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7169228 | Extrusion applicator having linear motion operability An applicator for application of a substance onto a material. The applicator has a housing, a valve and a nozzle. The applicator may also have a journal that is connected to the valve which together translate in a linear motion to provide shuttering functionality. T... | 01/30/2007 |
