Patents by Inventor David Kevin Oldroyd

David Kevin Oldroyd 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).

  • Tampon
    Patent number: 11285052
    Abstract: In the manufacture of a tampon, an absorbent structure composed of an absorbent material can be formed into a tampon blank. In various embodiments, a withdrawal element can be attached to the absorbent structure either before or after the absorbent structure is formed into a tampon blank. The tampon blank can then undergo a compression step which can result in the pledget of the tampon. The pledget, and resultant tampon, can have at least one linear channel and at least one non-linear channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bliss Elizabeth Cohen, Steven Craig Gehling, David Kevin Oldroyd
  • Method of manufacturing a tampon
    Patent number: 10667959
    Abstract: In the manufacture of a tampon, an absorbent structure composed of an absorbent material can be formed into a tampon blank. In various embodiments, a withdrawal element can be attached to the absorbent structure either before or after the absorbent structure is formed into a tampon blank. The tampon blank can then undergo a compression step which can result in the pledget of the tampon. The pledget, and resultant tampon, can have at least one linear channel and at least one non-linear channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Craig Gehling, Lars Nilsen Nordang, Charles Robert Tomsovic, David Kevin Oldroyd
  • TAMPON
    Publication number: 20190269561
    Abstract: In the manufacture of a tampon, an absorbent structure composed of an absorbent material can be formed into a tampon blank. In various embodiments, a withdrawal element can be attached to the absorbent structure either before or after the absorbent structure is formed into a tampon blank. The tampon blank can then undergo a compression step which can result in the pledget of the tampon. The pledget, and resultant tampon, can have at least one linear channel and at least one non-linear channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Bliss Elizabeth Cohen, Steven Craig Gehling, David Kevin Oldroyd
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TAMPON
    Publication number: 20190216655
    Abstract: In the manufacture of a tampon, an absorbent structure composed of an absorbent material can be formed into a tampon blank. In various embodiments, a withdrawal element can be attached to the absorbent structure either before or after the absorbent structure is formed into a tampon blank. The tampon blank can then undergo a compression step which can result in the pledget of the tampon. The pledget, and resultant tampon, can have at least one linear channel and at least one non-linear channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Craig Gehling, Lars Nilsen Nordang, Charles Robert Tomsovic, David Kevin Oldroyd
  • Tampon
    Patent number: D834189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bliss Elizabeth Cohen, Steven Craig Gehling, David Kevin Oldroyd
  • Tampon
    Patent number: D1004080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Bliss Elizabeth Cohen, Steven Craig Gehling, David Kevin Oldroyd