Erica L Locke

US Patent:

20210393453, Dec 23, 2021

Filed:

Sep 2, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/465170

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Henner SOLLMANN - Gronau, DE
Georg BALDAUF - Laer, DE
Urmish Popatlal DALAL - Milford OH, US
Miguel Alberto HERRERA - Loveland OH, US
Erica Lynne LOCKE - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

A61F 13/49
A61F 13/15
A61L 15/24

Abstract:

An absorbent article includes a chassis includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis. The elastically elongatable panel includes an ultrasonically bonded stretch laminate. The stretch laminate includes a first nonwoven and a second nonwoven, and an elastomeric film sandwiched between the first and second nonwovens. The elastomeric film has two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces. The stretch laminate further incudes a zone that is unactivated. The laminate is elastically extensible in a stretch direction. The elastomeric film includes activation stripes.

US Patent:

20210077315, Mar 18, 2021

Filed:

Nov 24, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/102810

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Henner SOLLMANN - Gronau, DE
Georg BALDAUF - Laer, DE
Urmish Popatlal DALAL - Milford OH, US
Miguel Alberto HERRERA - Loveland OH, US
Erica Lynne LOCKE - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

A61F 13/49
A61F 13/15
A61L 15/24

Abstract:

An absorbent article includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis. The elastically elongatable panel includes an ultrasonically bonded stretch laminate. The stretch laminate has at least one cover layer; and an elastomeric film having two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces. The stretch laminate has a first zone that is not elastically extensible along a stretch direction and a second zone that is elastically extensible along the stretch direction; and at least a portion of the skin of the elastomeric film is located in the first zone and wherein said portion of the skin has a plurality of wrinkles and the wrinkles have furrows.

US Patent:

20210077316, Mar 18, 2021

Filed:

Nov 24, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/102825

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Henner SOLLMANN - Gronau, DE
Georg BALDAUF - Laer, DE
Urmish Popatlal DALAL - Milford OH, US
Miguel Alberto HERRERA - Loveland OH, US
Erica Lynne LOCKE - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

A61F 13/49
A61F 13/15
A61L 15/24

Abstract:

An absorbent article includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis. The elastically elongatable panel includes an ultrasonically bonded stretch laminate. The stretch laminate includes a first nonwoven and a second nonwoven, and an elastomeric film sandwiched between the first and second nonwovens. The elastomeric film has two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces. The stretch laminate further incudes a first zone and second zone. In the second zone, the laminate is elastically extensible in a stretch direction. In the first zone, the laminate is unactivated and the elastomeric film comprises activation stripes.

US Patent:

20210077317, Mar 18, 2021

Filed:

Nov 24, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/102833

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Henner SOLLMANN - Gronau, DE
Georg BALDAUF - Laer, DE
Urmish Popatlal DALAL - Milford OH, US
Miguel Alberto HERRERA - Loveland OH, US
Erica Lynne LOCKE - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

A61F 13/49
A61F 13/15
A61L 15/24

Abstract:

An absorbent article includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis. The elastically elongatable panel includes a stretch laminate having layers that are joined by ultrasonic bonding. The stretch laminate has at least one cover layer, an elastomeric film attached to the cover layer, the elastomeric film having two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces. The stretch laminate has at least one anchoring zone and at least one stretch zone. A portion of the skin is located in the anchoring zone and has a plurality of wrinkles, and the wrinkles have furrows.

US Patent:

20210000656, Jan 7, 2021

Filed:

Jun 30, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/916655

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Erica Lynne LOCKE - Cincinnati OH, US
Urmish Popatlal DALAL - Milford OH, US
Marcus SCHÖNBECK - Versmold, DE
Maria OUDE-LANSINK - Gronau, DE
Jan Michael TRINKAUS - Euskirchen, DE
Marius JANAS - Oberhausen, DE
Marcel GROSSMANN - Essen, DE

International Classification:

A61F 13/15
A61F 13/49
A61F 13/511
A61F 13/53
A61F 13/514

Abstract:

An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions. The absorbent article further includes a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a laminate. The laminate has an elasticized region. The laminate includes a first nonwoven, a second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens in the elasticized region. The laminate includes a bonding region with a bond density of at least 4% and at least partially overlapping the elastomeric material. The laminate exhibits an Unload Force at 50% of at least 0.90 N.

US Patent:

20200046576, Feb 13, 2020

Filed:

Oct 21, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/658225

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Henner SOLLMANN - Gronau, DE
Georg BALDAUF - Laer, DE
Urmish Popatlal DALAL - Milford OH, US
Miguel Alberto HERRERA - Loveland OH, US
Erica Lynne LOCKE - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

A61F 13/49
A61L 15/24
A61F 13/15

Abstract:

An absorbent article includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis. The elastically elongatable panel includes a stretch laminate having layers that are joined by ultrasonic bonding. The stretch laminate has at least one cover layer, an elastomeric film attached to the cover layer, the elastomeric film having two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces. The stretch laminate has at least one anchoring zone and at least one stretch zone. A portion of the skin is located in the anchoring zone and has a plurality of wrinkles, and the wrinkles have furrows.

US Patent:

20190125597, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Oct 18, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/163662

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
He Su - Beijing, CN
Erica Lynne Locke - Cincinnati OH, US
Koichi Morimoto - Beijing, CN
Urmish Popatlal Dalal - Milford OH, US

International Classification:

A61F 13/56
A61F 13/15
A61F 13/513
A61F 13/514
A61F 13/49

Abstract:

An absorbent article has a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet; first and second opposing longitudinal side edges, a front waist region and a back waist region; and a first and second back ear extending outwardly from the first and longitudinal side edges in the back waist region, respectively. The first and second back ears have an engineering strain greater than about 8% at about or below 2N of force when measured according to the Back Ear Extension Test, and a roughness Ra lower than about 300 μm when measured according to the Roughness Test.

US Patent:

20170071800, Mar 16, 2017

Filed:

Nov 23, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/360289

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Henner Sollmann - Gronau, DE
Georg Baldauf - Laer, DE
Urmish Popatlal Dalal - Milford OH, US
Miguel Alberto Herrera - Loveland OH, US
Erica Lynne Locke - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

A61F 13/49
A61F 13/15
A61L 15/24

Abstract:

An absorbent article includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis. The elastically elongatable panel includes a stretch laminate that has at least one cover layer, an elastomeric film attached to the cover layer, the elastomeric film having two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces, and an adhesive disposed between the skin and the cover layer. The stretch laminate has at least one anchoring zone and at least one stretch zone, the skin that is located in the anchoring zone has a plurality of wrinkles, and the wrinkles have furrows, and at least some of the adhesive is disposed in at least some of the furrows. An absorbent article including the stretch laminate is also provided.