Patents by Inventor Lynn Faye Kroll

Lynn Faye Kroll 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).

  • Through air-drying fabric
    Patent number: 7878223
    Abstract: A through-air-drying (TAD) fabric for producing tissue paper and related products on a papermaking machine comprising a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of weft yarns to produce a paper-side surface pattern characterized by alternating first pockets and second pockets. The first and second pockets are bounded by raised warp yarns and raised weft yarns produced by knuckles in the fabric pattern. The first pockets are preferably larger in area than the second pockets. The fabric base weave in the interior of the first pocket is preferably a plain weave pattern. The interior of the second pocket may also be bisected by a raised weft yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Albany International Corp.
    Inventors: Lynn Faye Kroll, Jeffrey B. Herman, Ronald Bain
  • Through-air-drying fabric
    Publication number: 20070028994
    Abstract: A through-air-drying (TAD) fabric for producing tissue paper and related products on a papermaking machine comprising a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of weft yarns to produce a paper-side surface pattern characterized by alternating first pockets and second pockets. The first and second pockets are bounded by raised warp yarns and raised weft yarns produced by knuckles in the fabric pattern. The first pockets are preferably larger in area than the second pockets. The fabric base weave in the interior of the first pocket is preferably a plain weave pattern. The interior of the second pocket may also be bisected by a raised weft yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Lynn Faye Kroll, Jeffrey Herman, Ronald Bain