Patents by Inventor Kimberly Bradshaw Dennis

Kimberly Bradshaw Dennis 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).

  • Liquid-distribution garment
    Patent number: 5770529
    Abstract: A liquid-distribution garment worn in body-side combination with substantially impermeable protective apparel. The garment is composed of at least one layer of a hydrophilically transmuted reinforcing fabric; and at least one layer of a hydrophilically transmuted absorbent nonwoven fabric joined to the layer of reinforcing fabric so that the joined layers have a water wicking rate of at least about 4 centimeters per 30 seconds in at least one direction. The garment may contain a body portion, sleeve portions and/or leg portions, at least one of those portions being formed from the material composed of at least one layer of a hydrophilically transmuted reinforcing fabric and at least one layer of a hydrophilically transmuted absorbent nonwoven fabric. The garment may have sub-portions that contain superabsorbents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Kimberly Bradshaw Dennis, Ronald Francis Cook, Craig Farrell Thomaschefsky