Patents by Inventor Jacqueline Ann Gross
Jacqueline Ann Gross 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).
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Patent number: 7344524Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is disclosed having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. The absorbent article has first, second and third pairs of leg elastics secured between an outer cover and an inner liner. The first, second and third leg elastics are arranged around each of the pair of leg openings with each of the third pair of leg elastics being positioned intermediate one of each of the first and second pairs of leg elastics. Each of the third pair of leg elastics is also separated from one of the first pair of leg elastics by a first gap and from one of the second pair of leg elastics by a second gap.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2004Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Tim Richard Cazzato, Paul Joseph Datta, Jacqueline Ann Gross, Michael Barth Venturino, Steven Lambert Weyenberg, Michael Scott Brunner
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Patent number: 7150731Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is disclosed having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. The absorbent article has first, second and third pairs of leg elastics secured between an outer cover and an inner liner. The first, second and third leg elastics are arranged around each of the pair of leg openings with each of the third pair of leg elastics being positioned intermediate one of each of the first and second pairs of leg elastics. Each of the third pair of leg elastics is also separated from one of the first pair of leg elastics by a first gap and from one of the second pair of leg elastics by a second gap.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2004Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Tim Richard Cazzato, Paul Joseph Datta, Jacqueline Ann Gross, Michael Barth Venturino, Steven Lambert Weyenberg, Michael Scott Brunner
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Publication number: 20040210205Abstract: A disposable pant-like undergarment is disclosed which has a stretchable front panel and a stretchable back panel. An absorbent assembly having a liquid pervious bodyside liner, a liquid-impervious outer cover, and an absorbent positioned therebetween is secured to an outer surface of the front and back panels. The bodyside liner is partially overlapped by the front and back panels such that a physical barrier is established between a portion of the bodyside liner and the user's skin. The absorbent assembly is folded to enable the first and second panels to overlap one another and a pair of seams are formed which join the front and back panels together to create a pant-like undergarment having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Paul VanGompel, Jacqueline Ann Gross, Russell Evan Thorson
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Patent number: 6676648Abstract: A disposable absorbent garment has a front region, a back region, and a central region, each region having a length along a longitudinal axis of one third of the length of the absorbent garment. An absorbent pad positioned within the regions has a length of absorbent pad in the back region divided by a length of absorbent pad in the front region and central region less than 0.10, and the length in the front region is greater than the length in the back region.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Mary Anne Bruemmer Prestley, Marianne Keevill Leick, Gregory James Hess, David Arthur Fell, Sarah Jane Marie Freiburger, Amy Lynn Fletcher, Cornelis Jacobus Bosselaar, Joseph Patrick Fell, Jacqueline Ann Gross, John Anthony Rooyakkers, Kenneth Raymond Schueler, Jr.
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Publication number: 20020177829Abstract: A three dimensional disposable underpant is disclosed having an absorbent core skewed forward by a factor of no more than 0.10. The absorbent core is positioned within the front, central, and back sections of the disposable underpant such that the length of the absorbent core in the back section of the disposable underpant divided by the length of the absorbent core in the front and central sections of the disposable underpant is less than 0.10, and the length of the absorbent core in the front section of the disposable underpant is greater than the length of the absorbent core in the back section of the disposable underpant. In one aspect, the disposable underpant includes elasticized leg and waist openings, resulting in the underpant being stretchable about the hip and stomach regions of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2001Publication date: November 28, 2002Inventors: David Arthur Fell, Jacqueline Ann Gross, Joseph Patrick Fell, Amy Lynn Fletcher, Sarah Jane Marie Freiburger
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Publication number: 20020152540Abstract: A three dimensional disposable panty for holding a sanitary pad. The panty may have elasticized leg and waist openings and be stretchable about the hip and stomach regions of a user. The panty provides backup leakage protection to the sanitary pad. The panty includes an absorbent barrier composite positioned in the crotch area and extending into the body of the disposable panty front and back and over the leg elastics to trap pad leakage inside the pant and prevent liquid strike through onto outer clothing and bed linen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Paul Theodore Van Gompel, Joyce Ann Damico, Jacqueline Ann Gross, Veronica Maria Lingnowski, Patricia Ann Mitchler, Gregory John Rajala, Shelley Rae Rasmussen, Mark Scott Sehrading, Paul Daniel Suke, Jody Dorothy Suprise
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Patent number: 6367089Abstract: A three dimensional disposable panty for holding a sanitary pad. The panty may have elasticized leg and waist openings and be stretchable about the hip and stomach regions of a user. The panty provides backup leakage protection to the sanitary pad. The panty includes an absorbent barrier composite positioned in the crotch area and extending into the body of the disposable panty front and back and over the leg elastics to trap pad leakage inside the pant and prevent liquid strike through onto outer clothing and bed linen.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2001Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Paul Theodore Van Gompel, Joyce Ann Damico, Jacqueline Ann Gross, Veronica Maria Lingnowski, Patricia Ann Mitchler, Gregory John Rajala, Shelley Rae Rasmussen, Mark Scott Schrading, Paul Daniel Suke, Jody Dorothy Suprise
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Publication number: 20010031957Abstract: An article and method are disclosed including a disposable absorbent garment having an initial expanded shape, a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, a front region, and a back region. In one aspect, the front region and the back region are oppositely positioned on the longitudinal axis, and a central region is positioned between the front region and the back region. The front region, the back region, and the central region each have a length along the longitudinal axis of one third of the length of the absorbent garment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2001Publication date: October 18, 2001Inventors: Mary Anne Bruemmer Prestley, Marianne Keevill Leick, Gregory James Hess, David Arthur Fell, Sarah Jane Marie Freiburger, Amy Lynn Fletcher, Cornellis Jacobus Bosselaar, Joseph Patrick Fell, Jacqueline Ann Gross, John Anthony Rooyakkers, Kenneth Raymond Schueler
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Publication number: 20010007935Abstract: A three dimensional disposable panty for holding a sanitary pad. The panty may have elasticized leg and waist openings and be stretchable about the hip and stomach regions of a user. The panty provides backup leakage protection to the sanitary pad. The panty includes an absorbent barrier composite positioned in the crotch area and extending into the body of the disposable panty front and back and over the leg elastics to trap pad leakage inside the pant and prevent liquid strike through onto outer clothing and bed linen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2001Publication date: July 12, 2001Inventors: Paul Theodore Van Gompel, Joyce Ann Damico, Jacqueline Ann Gross, Veronica Maria Lingnowski, Patricia Ann Mitchler, Gregory John Rajala, Shelley Rae Rasmussen, Mark Scott Schrading, Paul Daniel Suke, Jody Dorothy Suprise
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Patent number: 6240569Abstract: A three dimensional disposable panty for holding a sanitary pad. The panty may have elasticized leg and waist openings and be stretchable about the hip and stomach regions of a user. The panty provides backup leakage protection to the sanitary pad. The panty includes an absorbent barrier composite positioned in the crotch area and extending into the body of the disposable panty front and back and over the leg elastics to trap pad leakage inside the pant and prevent liquid strike through onto outer clothing and bed linen.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1996Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Paul Theodore Van Gompel, Joyce Ann Damico, Jacqueline Ann Gross, Veronica Maria Lingnowski, Patricia Ann Mitchler, Gregory John Rajala, Shelley Rae Rasmussen, Mark Scott Schrading, Paul Daniel Suke, Jody Dorothy Suprise