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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cornelia Sprengard-Eichel, Frankfurt, DE;
Mark James Kline, Okeana, OH (US);
Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Bad Soden am Taunus, DE;
Tracey Elaine Beckman, Milford, OH (US);
Constance Lee Fisher, Springdale, OH (US);
Mattias Schmidt, Idstein, DE;
Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH (US);
Bruce Ernest Tepper, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ; A61F 1/320 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ; A61F 1/320 ;
Abstract
An absorbent article which includes a thermal cell actuator capable of adding or removing heat to or from at least a portion of the absorbent article to perform a useful function on the article. The thermal cell actuator may be activated by an action of the wearer or caregiver or by environmental conditions between the article and wearer.