Patents by Inventor Eric Brian MacLean

Eric Brian MacLean 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).

  • Method for Simplifying the Donning of Refastenable Disposable Absorbent Articles
    Publication number: 20130230835
    Abstract: A method for simplified donning of a refastenable garment. The method includes configuring the article such that the first transverse side is open and such that the second transverse side is closed; thereafter positioning and fastening the first front and back side panels around a first leg; thereafter opening the second transverse side; thereafter positioning and fastening the second front and back side panels around a second leg; and thereafter drawing the article up into a wear position on the subject. Also disclosed is a method for simplifying the application of a refastenable garment that includes providing specific instructions to a user, such as via graphical images. Also disclosed is a package of refastenable garments, the package including secondary information for simplifying the application of a refastenable garment to a wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Kimberly Louise Ellefson, Charles Lewis Cooke, JR., Kristina Fries Smits, Shannon Kathleen Melius, Suzanne Marie Schmoker, Eric Brian Maclean
  • Container
    Patent number: D650286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: The J. M. Smucker Company
    Inventors: Eric Brian MacLean, Jason Robert Kallenbach, Jonathan Edward Rathbone, Stacy Alycia Thomas Castro
  • Container
    Patent number: D669788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: The J.M. Smucker Company
    Inventors: Eric Brian MacLean, Jason Robert Kallenbach, Jonathan Edward Rathbone, Stacy Alycia Thomas Castro
  • Container
    Patent number: D677564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The J.M. Smucker Company
    Inventors: Eric Brian MacLean, Lindsay Marie Cardinal, Gregory Peter Dalea, Peter Brian Clarke, James E. McCay, John Philip Kalinowsky, Edmund Farmer, Ryan Vincent Lee, Todd Anton Stricker, Timothy D. Kleiber, Loius J. Young
  • Container
    Patent number: D680424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: The J.M. Smucker Company
    Inventors: Eric Brian MacLean, Lindsay Marie Cardinal, Gregory Peter Dalea, Peter Brian Clarke, James Edward McCay, John Philip Kalinowsky, Edmund Farmer, Ryan Vincent Lee, Todd Anton Stricker, Timothy D. Kleiber, Louis J. Young
  • Set of package windows
    Patent number: D749942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jane Louise Clough, Kimberly Louise Ellefson, Eric Brian MacLean, Holly Hurley Feather, Patrick James Mickle