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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120041408 | REUSABLE DIAPER The present disclosure provides reusable diaper devices, systems, and methods. One diaper embodiment includes a diaper body layer, a first casing formed from one or more layers of material and positioned on the diaper body layer, a first channel is formed by the casing ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120029458 | Bag A bag has a first, water resistant configuration and a second, water permeable configuration. The bag may contain liquid and/or solid soils in the first configuration, and be permeable to wash liquor in the second configuration. The bag may be adapted to hold a clean ar... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022485 | Two-Piece Wearable Absorbent Article With Advantageous Fastener Performance Configurations A two-piece wearable absorbent article (such as a diaper) including an outer cover and an absorbent insert for use therewith, are disclosed. The outer cover may have a first hook-and-loop fastening system that provides for removable and refastenable and adjustable faste... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016333 | REUSABLE DIAPERS A reusable diaper may include an inner layer to wick moisture and an outer layer substantially impervious to liquids. A waist portion may include a corner region for securing the diaper in a desired position. The corner region may be resiliently stretchable and substant... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010585 | REUSABLE DIAPERS A reusable diaper includes forward and rearward waist portions. At least one corner tab may be releasably attachable to the forward and rearward waist portions. The diaper may include at least one pocket configured to receive therein at least a portion of the corner tab... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110319854 | DISPOSABLE BODILY FLUID HANDLING COMPOSITE PAD The present invention aims to provide a disposable bodily fluid handling composite pad improved so that, when it is desired to peel off each of component pads from the composite pad, an appropriate position of the composite pad to be pinched by the finger can be easily ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110301561 | DIAPER SHEATH A diaper sheath having a shell with an inner panel and an outer panel forming a front edge, a back edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. The diaper sheath also includes a first intermediate pocket and a second intermediate pocket set along the first side edge ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295223 | REUSABLE DIAPER A reusable diaper comprising: a waterproof cover; a removable cloth lining, where the cloth lining removably attaches inside the waterproof cover; an elastic waist band; a set of elastic leg bands, where the leg bands encircle a set of leg openings; and a set of adjustm... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288516 | Insert With Advantageous Fastener Configurations And End Stiffness Characteristics For Two-Piece Wearable Absorbent Article A two-piece wearable absorbent article (such as a diaper) including an outer cover, and particularly, an absorbent insert for use therewith, are disclosed. The insert has a fastener component disposed at either or both a forward region and a rearward region thereof, for... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288518 | Insert With Advantageous Fastener Configurations And End Stiffness Characteristics For Two-Piece Wearable Absorbent Article A two-piece wearable absorbent article (such as a diaper) including an outer cover, and particularly, an absorbent insert for use therewith, are disclosed. The insert has a fastener component disposed at either or both a forward region and a rearward region thereof, for... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288515 | Insert With Advantageous Fastener Configurations and End Stiffness Characteristics for Two-Piece Wearable Absorbent Article A two-piece wearable absorbent article (such as a diaper) including an outer cover, and particularly, an absorbent insert for use therewith, are disclosed. The insert has a fastener component disposed at either or both a forward region and a rearward region thereof, for... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110276018 | REUSABLE DIAPER LINER The present disclosure provides reusable diaper liner devices, systems, and methods. In various embodiments, a reusable diaper liner can include an absorption layer that includes a first surface and a second surface, opposite the first surface. The reusable diaper liner... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270211 | Two-Piece Wearable Absorbent Articles A two-piece wearable absorbent article including a chassis and a disposable absorbent insert is disclosed. The chassis may be asymmetric across a lateral axis, with front and rear regions, and have a pair of elasticized leg band portions, an insert fastener component, a... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264068 | DISPOSABLE BODILY FLUID HANDLING COMPOSITE PAD The present invention aims to provide a disposable bodily fluid handling composite pad allowing the wearer to recognize what number component pad is being used and how many useful component pads remain. A menstruation napkin 1 as a typical example of the bodily f... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110213327 | Reusable insert for a diaper A reusable insert for a diaper having a tubular shape with an absorbent material with an upper half and a lower half, and a sheet of water proof material sewn onto an outer side of the upper half so that the lower half of the absorbent material can be inserted inside th... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110213326 | DIAPER SHEATH The present invention provide with a diaper sheath comprising: an inner and outer panel, each of said inner and outer panels having front and back portion connected by an intermediate portion, said front portion of the inner panel having an opening; and a front flap att... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110202030 | REUSABLE DIAPER The present invention relates to a reusable diaper shaped as a pair of pants and designed to house a removable absorbent insect (6). The diaper comprises an elongated central piece (5) impermeable to water and designed to house said insert, and two side pi... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110178492 | PROTECTIVE UNDERGARMENT INCLUDING A SLING WITH A POCKET-END CUFF A protective undergarment, such as a diaper, includes a sling that is suspended from an outer shell. The sling forms a pocket in which a reusable or disposable absorbent pad can be positioned. The sling has an S-pocket or overlapping pocket at the front end and a cuff a... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110172621 | CLEANABLE AND REUSABLE BODY FLUID-ABSORBING FABRIC PAD Disclosed is a cleanable and reusable body fluid-absorbing fabric pad to move moisture including sweat and urine away from the skin of a wearer, the body fluid-absorbing fabric pad including, a diffusive fabric layer coming into contact with the skin of the wearer to re... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110172622 | Article of Commerce Including Two-Piece Wearable Absorbent Article A wearable absorbent article having features for the containment and absorption of bodily exudates. The article may comprise an outer cover and an absorbent insert. The outer cover may be formed of durable or semi-durable materials and be launderable. The insert may be ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110144611 | Pants-Type Disposable Diaper Cover Provided is a pants-type disposable diaper cover, which can mount an absorptive pad easily and which can hold the mounted absorptive pad snugly without any positional displacement. The pants-type disposable diaper cover has a structure, in which elastically extensible m... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110137278 | SOAKER PAD FOR CLOTH DIAPER A soaker pad for a cloth diaper comprising an outer layer, absorbent pad, inner layer, and side panels. The inner longitudinal edge of each side panel is folded inward to create a fold line and fold area. Elastics are located just inside the fold line to create an inner... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110077611 | REUSABLE DIAPER The present disclosure provides reusable diaper devices, systems, and methods. One diaper embodiment includes a diaper body layer, a first casing formed from one or more layers of material and positioned on the diaper body layer, a first channel is formed by the casing ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20100305534 | REUSABLE ONE-SIDE ABSORPTION CUSHION A reusable one-side absorption cushion mainly includes an absorption layer made of a woven fiber, and a waterproof layer made of a waterproof material for being adhered to one side of the absorption layer. By attaching the reusable one-side absorption cushion to a conve... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100298801 | WASHABLE DIAPER AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY A washable diaper having an outer article with an inner liner system detachably coupled to the outer article. The outer article has front and back ends, with opposing side edges connecting the ends, and inner and outer surfaces, with at least one fastening mechanism on ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100241098 | DIAPERING SYSTEM USING RE-USABLE DIAPER SHELL WITH REPLACEABLE ABSORBENT INSERT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF SAME A two-piece diaper system having a re-usable shell and a removable and replaceable absorbent pad is provided. The re-usable diapering system consists of a non-absorbent outer liquid impervious shell, as in a standard disposable diaper but without an integral central abs... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100179500 | Two-Piece Wearable Absorbent Article A wearable absorbent article having features for the containment and absorption of bodily exudates. The article may comprise an outer cover and an absorbent insert. The outer cover may be formed of durable or semi-durable materials and be launderable. The insert may be ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100179499 | Reusable Outer Covers For Wearable Absorbent Articles Reusable outer covers for wearable absorbent articles.... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100179498 | Reusable Wearable Absorbent Articles With Anchoring Systems Reusable wearable absorbent articles with anchoring systems.... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100179497 | COMPOSTABLE DIAPERING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME A two-piece diaper system which is partially or wholly compostable is provided. The system has a re-usable shell and a removable and replaceable absorbent pad, parts or all of which are manufactured of compostable material. The re-usable shell consists of a non-absorben... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100179496 | Disposable Absorbent Insert for Two-Piece Wearable Absorbent Article A wearable absorbent article having features for the containment and absorption of bodily exudates. The article may comprise an outer cover and an absorbent insert. The outer cover may be formed of durable or semi-durable materials and be launderable. The insert may be ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100179501 | Outer Cover for Two-Piece Wearable Absorbent Article A wearable absorbent article having features for the containment and absorption of bodily exudates. The article may comprise an outer cover and an absorbent insert. The outer cover may be formed of durable or semi-durable materials and be launderable. The insert may be ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100168709 | ADJUSTABLE DIAPER COVER WITH POCKETS A reusable diaper cover adapted to fit infants and toddlers of various sizes enabling the use of the same reusable cloth diaper insert. The diaper cover includes an outer waterproof layer and a corresponding inner layer of non-absorbent material. The inner layer include... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100152696 | AUXILIARY PAD AND ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE WITH AUXILIARY PAD An absorbent article having an absorbent body capable following movement of the wear's body. An auxiliary pad is a pad used along with a base absorbent body and has a pad side absorbent body as a pad side absorption layer, a surface side layer as a liquid permeable surf... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100087794 | REUSABLE DIAPERS According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of reusable diapers. In an exemplary embodiment, a reusable diaper may generally include a forward portion, a rearward portion, a crotch portion, and first and second waist portions. At least a three-by-th... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100036354 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ABSORBENT ARTICLE The invention provides an absorbent article that is small and that can be easily worn by a user and a method for producing the absorbent article. The absorbent article that is used in abutment against a user's body includes: an absorbent bo... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100005570 | Disposable Sanitary Panty with System for Packaging and Marketing A semi-disposable sanitary panty to be used by women comprising a supportive portion that can be wear more then one time and from an attached and removable portion includes pad with absorbent materials, that can be replaced and thrown after one time use. The semi-dispos... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090299311 | ABSORBENT GARMENT A washable, reusable garment for retention of body fluids when worn on a person's lower body part. The garment has a crotch portion and a body portion. The crotch portion has an absorbent composite, and a pocket adapted for receiving a removable absorbent pad. The body ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090216209 | DOUBLE GUSSET CLOTH DIAPER ALONG WITH METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME A double gusset cloth diaper including an inner surface and an outer surface forming an hourglass shape, having a groin area proximate a center line of the reusable diaper and defining at least one recess therebetween. A fluid absorbent material is removably located in ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090149827 | Disposable Undergarment with Stretch Areas for Optimal Fit A disposable incontinent underwear product can comprise areas having different stretch characteristics and thereby fit persons of varying body shape in a more comfortable and/or visually appealing manner. Additionally, in some embodiments, the different areas of stretch... | 06/11/2009 |