Patents by Inventor Aaron Drake Smith

Aaron Drake Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Easy donning Garment
    Patent number: 10729189
    Abstract: A protective garment configured to facilitate easy donning of the garment is described. The sleeves and legs are shorted and held in a donning configuration by releaseably affixing at least a portion of upper and lower segments of the interior surface of each limb. This allows the garment to be handled and donned by the wearer, without the wearer touching an exterior surface of the garment. A method of preparing a protective garment for donning and a method of donning such a garment is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Drake Smith, Frances W. Mayfield, Theresa M. McCoy, Ruthlyn M. Reyes, Normand Gagnier, Dennis Yi-Der Lee
  • Easy Donning Garment
    Publication number: 20160165971
    Abstract: A protective garment configured to facilitate easy donning of the garment is described. The sleeves and legs are shorted and held in a donning configuration by releaseably affixing at least a portion of upper and lower segments of the interior surface of each limb. This allows the garment to be handled and donned by the wearer, without the wearer touching an exterior surface of the garment. A method of preparing a protective garment for donning and a method of donning such a garment is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Aaron Drake Smith, Frances W. Mayfield, Theresa M. McCoy, Ruthlyn M. Reyes, Normand Gagnier, Dennis Yi-Der Lee
  • Easy donning garment
    Patent number: 9265292
    Abstract: A protective garment configured to facilitate easy donning of the garment is described. The sleeves and legs are shorted and held in a donning configuration by releaseably affixing at least a portion of upper and lower segments of the interior surface of each limb. This allows the garment to be handled and donned by the wearer, without the wearer touching an exterior surface of the garment. A method of preparing a protective garment for donning and a method of donning such a garment is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Drake Smith, Frances W. Mayfield, Theresa M. McCoy, Ruthlyn M. Reyes, Normand Gagnier, Dennis Yi-Der Lee
  • Vacuum packaged products and methods for making same
    Patent number: 8323562
    Abstract: A vacuum packaged product and method for reducing tensile strength loss associated with sterilization of polyolefin-based products by gamma radiation, and reducing odors commonly produced by such sterilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Andrew Schorr, Aaron Drake Smith, Sean Gorman
  • Vacuum Packaged Products And Methods For Making Same
    Publication number: 20120012496
    Abstract: A vacuum packaged product and method for reducing tensile strength loss associated with sterilization of polyolefin-based products by gamma radiation, and reducing odors commonly produced by such sterilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Schorr, Aaron Drake Smith, Sean Gorman
  • Garment With Interior Surface Indicator
    Publication number: 20100031427
    Abstract: A protective garment with an interior surface indicator to facilitate proper donning of the garment is described. The garment includes at least one indicia on the central portion of the interior surface of the garment to communicate to the wearer which is the interior surface of the garment. This allows the garment to be handled and donned by the wearer, without the wearer touching an exterior surface of the garment. A method of preparing a protective garment for donning is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Aaron Drake Smith, David Aaron Lilley, Damon Richard Larkin
  • VACUUM PACKAGED PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20090288366
    Abstract: A vacuum packaged product and method for reducing tensile strength loss associated with sterilization of polyolefin-based products by gamma radiation, and reducing odors commonly produced by such sterilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Phillip Andrew Schorr, Aaron Drake Smith, Sean Gorman
  • Easy Donning Garment
    Publication number: 20090019616
    Abstract: A protective garment configured to facilitate easy donning of the garment is described. The sleeves and legs are shorted and held in a donning configuration by releaseably affixing at least a portion of upper and lower segments of the interior surface of each limb. This allows the garment to be handled and donned by the wearer, without the wearer touching an exterior surface of the garment. A method of preparing a protective garment for donning and a method of donning such a garment is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Aaron Drake Smith, Frances W. Mayfield, Theresa M. McCoy, Ruthlyn M. Reyes, Normand Gagnier, Dennis Yi-Der Lee