Patents by Inventor Joseph Nelson

Joseph Nelson 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: 20020005153
    Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous process for the manufacture of a garment. A web of fabric including opposing web side edges wherein one of the opposing web side edges is proximate the garment bottom edge of the garment is provided. The web of fabric is cut, thereby forming a fabric web wherein the fabric web includes one of the opposing web side edges opposed to an octagonal shape pattern defining pairs of shoulder side edges having a side edge located between the shoulder side edges of each pair of the shoulder side edges and edges located between the pairs of shoulder side edges. The side edges of the fabric web are cut, thereby forming edges defining neck openings in the fabric web. The fabric web is cut, thereby defining discrete garment-sized pieces wherein each of the discrete garment-sized pieces of the fabric web includes at least one neck opening, a front panel having a pair of opposing garment side edges, a garment end portion, and a bottom edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Brendon Frank Ribble, Joseph Richard Alberts, Michael Joseph Nelson
  • Publication number: 20020005155
    Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous process for the manufacture of a garment. A web of fabric including opposing web side edges is provided. The web of fabric is intermittently cut, thereby forming edges defining neck openings in the web of fabric. The opposing web side edges of the web of fabric are intermittently cut, thereby defining pairs of opposing indentations in the opposing web side edges of the web of fabric. The web of fabric is cut, thereby defining discrete garment-sized pieces. Each of the discrete garment-sized pieces of the web of fabric includes at least one neck opening, a front panel having a pair of opposing garment side edges, a back panel having a pair of opposing garment side edges, a portion of two pairs of the opposing indentations in the web side edges of the web of fabric, a pair of sleeve flaps, two garment end portions, and a pair of opposing piece side edges. The opposing piece side edges are proximate a pair of opposing garment bottom edges of the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Nelson, Brendon Frank Ribble, Josph Richard Alberts
  • Publication number: 20020006855
    Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous process for the manufacture of a garment. A web of fabric including opposing web side edges wherein the opposing web side edges are proximate a pair of opposing garment bottom edges of the garment is provided. The web of fabric is intermittently cut, thereby forming edges defining neck openings in the web of fabric. The opposing web side edges of the web of fabric are intermittently cut, thereby defining pairs of opposing indentations in the opposing web side edges of the web of fabric. The web of fabric is cut, thereby defining discrete garment-sized pieces. Each of the discrete garment-sized pieces of the web of fabric includes at least one neck opening, a front panel having a pair of opposing garment side edges, a back panel having a pair of opposing garment side edges, a portion of two pairs of the opposing indentations in the web side edges of the web of fabric, two garment end portions, and the pair of opposing garment bottom edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Alberts, Michael Joseph Nelson, Brendon Frank Ribble
  • Publication number: 20020002938
    Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous process for the manufacture of a garment. A web of fabric including opposing web side edges is provided. The web of fabric is intermittently cut, thereby forming edges defining neck openings in the web fabric. The web of fabric is cut, thereby defining discrete garment-sized pieces. Each of the discrete garment-sized pieces of the web of fabric includes at least one neck opening, a front panel having a pair of opposing garment side edges, a back panel having a pair of opposing garment side edges, two opposing garment end portions, and a pair of opposing piece side edges. The opposing piece side edges of the discrete garment-sized piece are proximate a pair of opposing garment bottom edges of the garment. The discrete garment-sized piece of the web of fabric is folded, whereby one of the garment bottom edges of the pair of opposing garment bottom edges is brought into contact with the other garment bottom edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Alberts, Michael Joseph Nelson, Brendon Frank Ribble
  • Patent number: 6292838
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a MAC layer address of a network interface on a remote device, based on an IP address associated with the same network interface on the remote device. The disclosed system identifies an internetworking device, for example a router, that is attached to the remote subnet to which the network interface of the remote device is attached. The system identifies the network interface of the router that is attached to the remote subnet, and obtains the MAC address of that network interface from an address resolution protocol (ARP) cache associated with it. The system transmits a series of request packets having an IP destination address equal to the provided IP address of the remote device, each including a time to live value, indicating a maximum number of network hops over which each particular packet may be forwarded. The time to live values of the request packets result in each successive request packet being forwarded one hop further along the path to the remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventor: William Joseph Nelson
  • Patent number: 6192521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of a shorts garment from four single layer webs of fabric, each web having two side edges. Two of the four webs are aligned in a side by side orientation. The side edges of the two webs are bonded together, defining a first composite web. The remaining two webs are aligned in a side by side orientation. The side edges of the two remaining webs are bonded together, defining a second composite web. The first and second composite webs are aligned together in a face to face orientation, defining an arrangement having two layers of fabric and two top side edges and two bottom side edges. The composite webs are intermittently bonded in an alternating orientation near the center of the webs. The interior portion of fabric is removed, defining a cavity. One pair of side edges are folded and bonded together. The other pair of side edges are folded and bonded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Alberts, Edward Anthony Drezdzon, II, Donald Merlin Fries, Richard Mark Konetzke, Thomas Theodore Kvitek, Michael Joseph Muhlebach, Michael Joseph Nelson, Gerald Leigh Rabe, Brendon Frank Ribble, James Frederick Roth, Jon Mark Wittmann
  • Patent number: 5999948
    Abstract: One or more form descriptions are expressed in the form description language (FDL) and are entered into an FDL file. The FDL file is then registered with a dynamic forms software module using a dynamic forms API. Upon registration, the file is parsed and software "specification" objects containing a data from the file or added to the internal catalogue of compiled form descriptions. When the application requests a form to be displayed, the dynamic form software finds the entry for the form in the catalogue, constructs the form using the information from the specification objects, and displays the information to the user. The form construction process includes the selection of widgets, the binding of each widget to a data source, the layout and alignment of all widgets, and the construction of rule objects that respond to the users interaction with the form and validate the users input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventors: William Joseph Nelson, Paul B. Greizerstein
  • Patent number: 5915536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of a shorts garment from four single layer webs of fabric, each web having two side edges. Two of the four webs are aligned in a side by side orientation. The side edges of the two webs are bonded together, defining a first composite web. The remaining two webs are aligned in a side by side orientation. The side edges of the two remaining webs are bonded together, defining a second composite web. The first and second composite webs are aligned together in a face to face orientation, defining an arrangement having two layers of fabric and two top side edges and two bottom side edges. The composite webs are intermittently bonded in an alternating orientation near the center of the webs. The interior portion of fabric is removed, defining a cavity. One pair of side edges are folded and bonded together. The other pair of side edges are folded and bonded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Alberts, Edward Anthony Drezdzon, II, Donald Merlin Fries, deceased, Richard Mark Konetzke, Thomas Theodore Kvitek, Michael Joseph Muhlebach, Michael Joseph Nelson, Gerald Leigh Rabe, Brendon Frank Ribble, James Frederick Roth, Jon Mark Wittmann
  • Patent number: 5907872
    Abstract: A continuous process for the manufacture of a camisole garment wherein the fabric is cut, defining openings that serve as arm holes in the finished garment. A portion of the fabric is folded back above the openings, defining shoulder straps. The camisole garment has a body seam that may be refastenable or non-refastenable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Alberts, Edward Anthony Drezdzon II, Donald Merlin Fries, deceased, Richard Mark Konetzke, Thomas Theodore Kvitek, Michael Joseph Muhlebach, Michael Joseph Nelson, Gerald Leigh Rabe, Brendon Frank Ribble, James Frederick Roth, Jon Mark Wittmann
  • Patent number: 4827766
    Abstract: A digital rain gauge which collects rainwater and then internally discharges the collected water in the form of individual droplets of equal volume. The discharge of each droplet is then detected and transmitted to a signal processor, which, in turn computes the amount of rainfall accumulated based upon the drop discharge rate and the determined drop volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Inventor: Joseph A. Nelson
  • Patent number: 4520667
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a raingauge which is fully automatic and free of any mechanical moving parts, comprising a receiver for collecting rain water, a water transfer device designed to transfer the water received by the collector to the discharge orifice in such a way as to isolate the discharge orifice from the effects of pressure fluctuations due to wind, the momentum of the rainfall, and the impurities that may be in the rain, and a discharge orifice which is designed to discharge an equal volume of water from the device by utilizing the surface tension characteristics of water, the restriction in the discharge orifice, and the force of gravity. The net effect then, of these three forces or characteristics acting upon the water accumulating in the funnel orifice combination, being that the water will discharge in the form of a droplet and be in equal and consistent volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Inventor: Joseph A. Nelson
  • Patent number: 4007733
    Abstract: A posture training device having adjustable shoulder straps connected to opposite points on a waistband of clothing of a user and including signalling means to apply a sensory stimulus to the user and means to detect the relaxation of tension in the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: Vaxar Ltd.
    Inventors: Victor Celeste, David Charles Drum, Brian Joseph Nelson