U.S. patent number D438,957 [Application Number D/117,201] was granted by the patent office on 2001-03-13 for absorbent article.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.. Invention is credited to Mark Henry Christman, Michael Edward Deremo, Steven John McMorrow, Kathy Geralyn Richardson, Vickie Marie Thomack.
United States Patent |
D438,957 |
Richardson , et al. |
March 13, 2001 |
Absorbent article
Claims
We claim the ornamental design for an absorbent article, as shown
and described.
Inventors: |
Richardson; Kathy Geralyn
(Appleton, WI), Thomack; Vickie Marie (Menasha, WI),
Christman; Mark Henry (Menasha, WI), Deremo; Michael
Edward (Algoma, WI), McMorrow; Steven John (Appleton,
WI) |
Assignee: |
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
(Neenah, WI)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/117,201 |
Filed: |
January 18, 2000 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
D24/125 |
Current International
Class: |
2404 |
Field of
Search: |
;D24/124,125
;604/358,385.1,378,379,383,384,386,387,389,390,349,354,355 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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0 249 405 B1 |
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Aug 1992 |
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EP |
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WO 86/06620 A1 |
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Nov 1986 |
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WO 94/14394 A1 |
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Jul 1994 |
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WO |
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WO 95/15139 A1 |
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Jun 1995 |
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WO |
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WO 96/18366 A1 |
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Jun 1996 |
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Primary Examiner: Reid; Stella
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Connelly; Thomas J.
Description
FIG. 1 is a top view of an absorbent article.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the absorbent article shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a left-end view of the absorbent article shown in FIG. 1;
and,
FIG. 4 is a right-end view of the absorbent article shown in FIG.
1.
The surface(s) or portion(s) of the article not shown in the
drawing or described in the specification form(s) no part of the
claimed design.
The broken line showing is for illustrative purposes only and forms
no part of the claimed design.
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