Patents by Inventor Gregory Allen MacDonald

Gregory Allen MacDonald 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).

  • Publication number: 20020007162
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article such as a training pant includes wetness indicating graphics that provide an interactive training aid. The interactive graphics can include a permanent character graphic and one or more active object graphics, which “appear” or “disappear” from view in response to exposure to urine or the environment. Various mechanisms are employed to conceptually and/or visually separate the permanent character graphic from the interactive wetness indicating graphic, such that the character graphic remains independent in the child's mind from the process of toilet training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Cammarota, Mary Patricia Jordan, MeeWha Lee, Gregory Allen MacDonald, Kathleen Irene Ratliff
  • Patent number: 6307119
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article such as a training pant includes wetness indicating graphics that provide an interactive training aid. The interactive graphics can include a permanent character graphic and one or more active object graphics, which “appear” or “disappear” from view in response to exposure to urine or the environment. Various mechanisms are employed to conceptually and/or visually separate the permanent character graphic from the interactive wetness indicating graphic, such that the character graphic remains independent in the child's mind from the process of toilet training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Cammarota, Mary Patricia Jordan, MeeWha Lee, Gregory Allen MacDonald, Kathleen Irene Ratliff
  • Patent number: 6093138
    Abstract: A method is provided for making a universal packaging bag that has a window through which a component on a product can be visually perceived. The method provides for the bag to be used on differently designed bagging machines, such a right-handed bagging machine or a left-handed bagging machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Paul Sorenson, Jack Lee Couillard, William Joseph Meyer, Gregory Allen MacDonald, Michael Andrew Machurick, Glenn Chance Dunlap, III, Aric Anton Melzl
  • Patent number: 6033112
    Abstract: A universal flexible packaging bag is provided that contains a stack of products, such as a plurality of disposable absorbent training pants, in which each product has a component, such as a graphic on a front panel of a training pant, that is to be visually perceived through a window in the bag. The bag is uniquely designed to accommodate differently designed bagging machines, such as a right-handed bagging machine and a left-handed bagging machine, so that a stack of products can be positioned in the bag such that the component is visible through the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Paul Sorenson, Jack Lee Couillard, William Joseph Meyer, Gregory Allen MacDonald, Michael Andrew Machurick, Glenn Chance Dunlap, III, Aric Anton Melzl
  • Patent number: 5967665
    Abstract: A flexible polymer packaging bag is provided with an easy-open end seal feature for easily tearing through a fused seal. The bag has a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall, in which the walls form an interior space. A stack of articles are contained in the interior space. A seal is in one of the walls and includes at least one seal area and at least one weakened zone. A frangible line for opening the bag is in the one wall and intersects the seal at the weakened zone, so that the frangible line can be easily tom where it intersects the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Allen MacDonald, Thomas Michael Lager, Michael Andrew Machurick, Jesse Paul Sorenson
  • Patent number: 5941639
    Abstract: A universal flexible packaging bag is provided that contains a stack of products, such as a plurality of disposable absorbent training pants, in which each product has a component, such as a graphic on a front panel of a training pant, that is to be visually perceived through a window in the bag. The bag is uniquely designed to accommodate differently designed bagging machines, such as a right-handed bagging machine and a left-handed bagging machine, so that a stack of products can be positioned in the bag such that the component is visible through the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Paul Sorenson, Jack Lee Couillard, William Joseph Meyer, Gregory Allen MacDonald, Michael Andrew Machurick, Glenn Chance Dunlap, III, Aric Anton Melzl