Patents by Inventor Jay Tanner
Jay Tanner 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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Publication number: 20240106862Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing a virtual cloud workload protection platform. One method may include determining, by a device, whether a data stream is approved or unapproved; and transmitting, by the device, a fetch request to a renderer requesting a network resource requested by a protected client. Another method may include receiving, by a rendering device, a fetch request from a device requesting at least one network resource requested by a protected client; requesting, by the rendering device, the requested at least one requested resource; and rendering, by the rendering device, the at least one requested resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Tommy Joe HEAD, Blake DUMAS, Jeremy HAMLYN, Jay PICKETT, Max Tanner THOMAS, Stephen BLYSTONE, S Tanner Kline, A. Benjamin GARTON, Adam JENKINS
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Patent number: 7950925Abstract: Educating a consumer about a personal care product. A request for information regarding a personal care product is received from a consumer. A description of one or more physical characteristics associated with the consumer and related to the personal care product is also received from the consumer. In response to the received request and description, a visual representation of a three-dimensional model is provided to the consumer. The three-dimensional model is a function of the received physical characteristics and the personal care product.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Mary Lou McDaniel, Mary Jo Meyer, Jennifer Marvin, Kurtis F. Schweitzer, James Jay Tanner
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Patent number: 7885598Abstract: Generating a visual three-dimensional model specific to a user for personal care education. A request for instruction regarding a personal care product is received from a user. Data defining physical characteristics of the user that relate to the personal care product is also received from the user. A three-dimensional model demonstrating use of the personal care product is generated. The three-dimensional model is a function of the received data and the personal care product. The generated three-dimensional model is provided to the user for display.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Mary Lou McDaniel, Mary Jo Meyer, Jennifer Marvin, Kurtis F. Schweitzer, James Jay Tanner
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Patent number: 7497990Abstract: A process for the destruction of microorganisms on a product using ultrasonic energy is disclosed. The process comprises contacting a product with an ultrasonic horn assembly and generating ultrasonic energy sufficient to result in a microorganism destruction rate of at least a 1-log kill.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc.Inventors: Timothy James Blenke, Tom Ehlert, James Jay Tanner, David W. Koenig, Bernard Cohen
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Publication number: 20090035178Abstract: A process for the destruction of microorganisms on a product using ultrasonic energy is disclosed. The process comprises contacting a product with an ultrasonic horn assembly and generating ultrasonic energy sufficient to result in a microorganism destruction rate of at least a 1-log kill.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2004Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Timothy James Blenke, Tom Ehlert, James Jay Tanner, David W. Koenig, Bernard Cohen
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Patent number: 7178554Abstract: An ultrasonically operated valve a source of ultrasonic energy for excitation of a pressurized liquid. The vibration of the ultrasonic horn imparts a pulsing of the pressure of the liquid within the valve. Selection of a sealing mechanism that responds at a different natural frequency than that of the valve body causes the sealing mechanism to unseat and therefore to enable liquid flow. The sealing mechanism will stay unseated as long as the source is imparting energy to the system and therefore inducing pressure pulses in the liquid thus keeping the sealing mechanism away from the valve seat.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2005Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: James Jay Tanner, Robert A. Cool, Thomas D. Ehlert
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Patent number: 6807702Abstract: Absorbent, multilayer cleaning fabrics are provided which have (i) a porous, abrasion resistant liquid pervious top layer, (ii) a liquid impervious bottom layer, and (iii) an absorbent mat sealed between the top and bottom layers. The top and/or bottom layers form highly flexible tabs that extend beyond the absorbent mat and allow the cleaning fabric to be easily attached and removed from a cleaning tool having fasteners. The multilayer cleaning fabrics are well suited for wiping wet surfaces and/or cleaning surfaces with soap and water or other liquid cleaners.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2002Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Laura Elizabeth Keck, James Jay Tanner, Jeanette Ann Allen
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Patent number: 6773545Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for fiberizing bales of pulp into substantially dry fibers and fiber aggregates, i.e., dry fluff, and metering the resulting dry fluff to a receptacle or other process, such as an airlaid process for making disposable absorbent articles.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2003Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: James Jay Tanner, Harold Jay Koller
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Patent number: 6649251Abstract: An inexpensive breathable protective outer garment is produced from a breathable laminated fabric having a breathable film adhesively bonded to a nonwoven fabric. The film constitutes the outer layer of the garment and the nonwoven layer is on the inside. The seams of the garment are ultrasonically bonded such that the film sides of the laminate are in contact with each other during seaming.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1997Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Kimberly- Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Frank Gerald Druecke, James Jay Tanner, Richard Howard Bell
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Patent number: 6589634Abstract: Webs can be embossed and laminated using irregular bonding patterns with the pin-on-pin embossing process. Different patterns are provided onto each web and the webs are joined in a bonding nip to form a laminate. The bonding pattern formed in the bonding nip is irregular. The irregularity of the bonding pattern reduces vibrations within the machinery and allows increased machine speed. The irregularity of the pattern can be determined using the Self-Similarity Count or the Energy Suppression Factor method.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Walter T. Schultz, William J. Raynor, Jr., James Jay Tanner, David G. Biggs, Bernhardt E. Kressner, Mark D. Perkins
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Publication number: 20030121116Abstract: Absorbent, multilayer cleaning fabrics are provided which have (i) a porous, abrasion resistant liquid pervious top layer, (ii) a liquid impervious bottom layer, and (iii) an absorbent mat sealed between the top and bottom layers. The top and/or bottom layers form highly flexible tabs that extend beyond the absorbent mat and allow the cleaning fabric to be easily attached and removed from a cleaning tool having fasteners. The multilayer cleaning fabrics are well suited for wiping wet surfaces and/or cleaning surfaces with soap and water or other liquid cleaners.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Laura Elizabeth Keck, James Jay Tanner, Jeanette Ann Allen
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Publication number: 20030089478Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for fiberizing bales of pulp into substantially dry fibers and fiber aggregates, i.e., dry fluff, and metering the resulting dry fluff to a receptacle or other process, such as an airlaid process for making disposable absorbent articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2003Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventors: James Jay Tanner, Harold Jay Koller
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Patent number: 6524442Abstract: An apparatus for fiberizing bales of pulp into substantially dry fibers and fiber aggregates. One embodiment includes: a bale support member for supporting a bale of pulp, the bale support member defining two openings; two rotatable fiberizing assemblies having disrupting elements protruding through the openings an adjustable distance above the bale support member to contact a surface layer of the bale of pulp, the surface layer having a dimension parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fiberizing assembly, a transportation assembly for moving the bale of pulp back and forth along the bale support member and over the openings so that the disrupting elements contact a surface layer in the bale, an adjustable reciprocating assembly permitting adjustment of the frequency by which the transportation assembly moves back and forth over the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2000Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: James Jay Tanner, Harold Jay Koller
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Patent number: 6479061Abstract: The present invention pertains to an airlaid composite which is made of pulp fibers, at least about 2% by weight bicomponent fiber, and moisture. This airlaid composite is unique in that a uniformly even composite is made which upon calendering, becomes a thin structure which maintains significant absorbency when saturated. The bicomponent fibers of the present invention include a first polymer component and a second polymer component, and the first polymer component melts at a temperature lower than the melting temperature of the second polymer component. Mixing of the pulp fibers with the bicomponent fibers is done in such a way that the fibers are evenly dispersed in the airlaid composite. This airlaid composite is then heated such that at least a portion of the first polymer component of the bicomponent fiber is melted, which bond the bicomponent fibers to many of the pulp and bicomponent fibers when cooled.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Monica C. Fontenot, Terry Pearce Ford, James Jay Tanner, Jonathan Robert Owen, John Joseph Lassig, Barbara Jean Burns, Alan Grady Shuman, Victor Michael Gentile
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Publication number: 20020155257Abstract: Webs can be embossed and laminated using irregular bonding patterns with the pin-on-pin embossing process. Different patterns are provided onto each web and the webs are joined in a bonding nip to form a laminate. The bonding pattern formed in the bonding nip is irregular. The irregularity of the bonding pattern reduces vibrations within the machinery and allows increased machine speed. The irregularity of the pattern can be determined using the Self-Similarity Count or the Energy Suppression Factor method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2001Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Walter T. Schultz, William J Raynor, James Jay Tanner, David G. Biggs, Bernhardt E. Kressner, Mark D. Perkins
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Publication number: 20020068081Abstract: The present invention pertains to an airlaid composite which is made of pulp fibers, at least about 2% by weight bicomponent fiber, and moisture. This airlaid composite is unique in that a uniformly even composite is made which upon calendering, becomes a thin structure which maintains significant absorbency when saturated. The bicomponent fibers of the present invention include a first polymer component and a second polymer component, and the first polymer component melts at a temperature lower than the melting temperature of the second polymer component. Mixing of the pulp fibers with the bicomponent fibers is done in such a way that the fibers are evenly dispersed in the airlaid composite. This airlaid composite is then heated such that at least a portion of the first polymer component of the bicomponent fiber is melted, which bond the bicomponent fibers to many of the pulp and bicomponent fibers when cooled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventors: Monica C. Fontenot, Terry Pearce Ford, James Jay Tanner, Jonathan Robert Owen, John Joseph Lassig, Barbara Jean Burns, Alan Grady Shuman, Victor Michael Gentile
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Publication number: 20020059993Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for fiberizing bales of pulp into substantially dry fibers and fiber aggregates, i.e., dry fluff, and metering the resulting dry fluff to a receptacle or other process, such as an airlaid process for making disposable absorbent articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2000Publication date: May 23, 2002Inventors: James Jay Tanner, Harold Jay Koller
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Patent number: 6368609Abstract: The present invention pertains to an airlaid composite which is made of pulp fibers, at least about 2% by weight bicomponent fiber, and moisture. This airlaid composite is unique in that a uniformly even composite is made which upon calendering, becomes a thin structure which maintains significant absorbency when saturated. The bicomponent fibers of the present invention include a first polymer component and a second polymer component, and the first polymer component melts at a temperature lower than the melting temperature of the second polymer component. Mixing of the pulp fibers with the bicomponent fibers is done in such a way that the fibers are evenly dispersed in the airlaid composite. This airlaid composite is then heated such that at least a portion of the first polymer component of the bicomponent fiber is melted, which bond the bicomponent fibers to many of the pulp and bicomponent fibers when cooled.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1999Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Monica C. Fontenot, Terry Pearce Ford, James Jay Tanner, Jonathan Robert Owen, John Joseph Lassig, Barbara Jean Burns, Alan Grady Shuman, Victor Michael Gentile
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Publication number: 20010051485Abstract: An absorbent member is disclosed which has a high absorbent capacity and which exhibits exceptional expansion properties when wetted by an aqueous fluid. The absorbent member includes a multitude of randomly oriented cellulosic fibers having an average length of from between about 1 mm to about 5 mm and containing at least about 20% lignin within each fiber. The absorbent member also has a moisture content of from between about 1% to about 20% water by weight of fiber. The absorbent member further has a bulk density in the range of from between about 0.5 g/cc to about 1 g/cc and a compression factor of at least about 5. The fibers are stressed and bonded by hydrogen bonds and are retained in an elastically stressed condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2001Publication date: December 13, 2001Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Victor Michael Gentile, James Jay Tanner
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Patent number: 6296929Abstract: An absorbent member is disclosed which has a high absorbent capacity and which exhibits exceptional expansion properties when wetted by an aqueous fluid. The absorbent member includes a multitude of randomly oriented cellulosic fibers having an average length of from between about 1 mm to about 5 mm and containing at least about 20% lignin within each fiber. The absorbent member also has a moisture content of from between about 1% to about 20% water by weight of fiber and has a density in the range of from between about 0.1 g/cc to about 1 g/cc. The fibers are stressed and bonded by hydrogen bonds and are retained in an elastically stressed condition.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1999Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Victor Michael Gentile, James Jay Tanner