Disposable article having a responsive system including a mechanical actuator

US6186991A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Donald Carroll Roe · Sharonville, US
• Patrick J. Allen · Cincinnati, US
• Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger · Bad Soden, DE
• Mattias Schmidt · Idstein, DE
• Karl Ronn · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 1998
• Grant date: Feb 13, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/8479
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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 and a mechanical actuator that is adapted to perform a responsive function upon bodily waste, a wearer, the article or a component or components thereof.