U.S. patent number D439,971 [Application Number D/117,210] was granted by the patent office on 2001-04-03 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 |
D439,971 |
Richardson , et al. |
April 3, 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/117,210 |
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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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.
FIG. 4 is a right-end view of the absorbent article shown in FIG.
1.
The broken line showing is for illustrative purposes only and forms
no part of the claim design; and,
The surfaces or portions of the article not shown in the drawings
or described in the specification form no part of the claimed
design.
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