Patents by Inventor Lance Garrett

Lance Garrett 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).

  • Breathable, multilayered, clothlike barrier
    Patent number: 4828556
    Abstract: A breathable, multilayer, clothlike barrier especially suitable for use as an outer cover or baffle in such disposable absorbent articles as diapers, sanitary napkins, and incontinent pads, which barrier has at least three layers:A. a first layer which is a porous meltblown nonwoven web having a first side and a second side;B. a second layer joined to the first side of the first layer, which second layer is a continuous film of a poly(vinyl alcohol), in which:the film is not microporous in that it is substantially free of voids which connect the two surfaces of the film; andthe film has an average thickness of from about 3 to about 250 microns; andC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph V. Braun, Lance Garrett, Robert J. Phelan, Richard S. Yeo