Title:
DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING A DISCONTINUOUS RESPONSIVE SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000000144
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Disposable articles such as diapers, incontinent briefs, diaper holders and/or inserts, training pants, feminine hygiene garments, tampons, and the like, having a responsive system. The article includes a sensor that detects an input, an actuator that is adapted to perform a responsive function upon the input, and a feedback control loop in which the actuator is adapted to perform the responsive function upon the input in a discontinuous manner. The responsive system may include an open loop or a closed loop system.
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Inventors:
ROE DONALD CARROLL
ALLEN PATRICK JAY
EHRNSPERGER BRUNO JOHANNES
SCHMIDT MATIAS
RONN KARL PATRICK
KRUCHININ MIKHAIL
LITVIN SIMON SOLOMONOVICH
KHOMJAKOV OLEG NIKOLAEVICH
ALLEN PATRICK JAY
EHRNSPERGER BRUNO JOHANNES
SCHMIDT MATIAS
RONN KARL PATRICK
KRUCHININ MIKHAIL
LITVIN SIMON SOLOMONOVICH
KHOMJAKOV OLEG NIKOLAEVICH
Application Number:
PCT/US1999/014661
Publication Date:
November 01, 2001
Filing Date:
June 29, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PROCTER & GAMBLE (US)
International Classes:
A61F5/44; A61F5/445; A61F5/452; A61F13/15; A61F13/20; A61F13/42; A61F13/472; A61F13/49; (IPC1-7): A61F13/42
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1994024974A1 | 1994-11-10 | |||
| WO1996020681A1 | 1996-07-11 | |||
| WO1998029079A1 | 1998-07-09 | |||
| WO1999007317A1 | 1999-02-18 |
Foreign References:
| US5330459A | 1994-07-19 | |||
| US4335722A | 1982-06-22 |
Other References:
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 014, no. 047 (C - 0682) 29 January 1990 (1990-01-29)
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