Patents by Inventor Mary Alice Berceau

Mary Alice Berceau 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: 20200307149
    Abstract: The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Jun G. Zhang, April Montoya Vaverka, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Richmond R. Cohen, Mary Alice Berceau, Charles Wilson Colman, David Glen Biggs
  • Publication number: 20200306107
    Abstract: The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Jun G. Zhang, April Montoya Vaverka, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Richmond R. Cohen, Mary Alice Berceau, Joseph K. Baker, Udaykumar Raval, David Glen Biggs
  • Publication number: 20200306106
    Abstract: The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Jun G. Zhang, April Montoya Vaverka, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Richmond R. Cohen, Mary Alice Berceau, Charles Wilson Colman, David Glen Biggs
  • Publication number: 20190269564
    Abstract: The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Jun G. Zhang, April Montoya Vaverka, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Richmond R. Cohen, Mary Alice Berceau, Charles Wilson Colman, David Glen Biggs
  • Patent number: 9789013
    Abstract: An absorbent article having improved leakage protection when the wearer of the absorbent article is lying on their side. The absorbent article has a surge layer in liquid communication with a portion of the garment facing region and a portion of a side edge of the absorbent core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC
    Inventors: David Fleger Bishop, Brooke Ashley Berg, Angela Ann Johnston, Marcille Faye Ruman, Stephen Carl Baumgartner, Mary Alice Berceau, Joseph Daniel Coenen, Richard Norris Dodge, II, Adrienne Rae Loyd, Connie May McMorrow, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Katherine Carol Shaw
  • Publication number: 20160262957
    Abstract: An absorbent article having improved leakage protection when the wearer of the absorbent article is lying on their side. The absorbent article has a surge layer in liquid communication with a portion of the garment facing region and a portion of a side edge of the absorbent core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: David Fleger Bishop, Brooke Ashley Berg, Angela Ann Johnston, Marcille Faye Ruman, Stephen Carl Baumgartner, Mary Alice Berceau, Joseph Daniel Coenen, Richard Norris Dodge, II, Adrienne Rae Loyd, Connie May McMorrow, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Katherine Carol Shaw
  • Patent number: 9339420
    Abstract: An absorbent article having improved leakage protection when the wearer of the absorbent article is lying on their side. The absorbent article has a surge layer in liquid communication with a portion of the garment facing region and a portion of a side edge of the absorbent core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark WorldWide, Inc.
    Inventors: David Fleger Bishop, Brooke Ashley Zimmer, Angela Ann Johnston, Marcille Faye Ruman, Stephen Carl Baumgartner, Mary Alice Berceau, Joseph Daniel Coenen, Richard Norris Dodge, II, Adrienne Rae Loyd, Connie May McMorrow, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Katherine Carol Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20120330260
    Abstract: An absorbent article having improved leakage protection when the wearer of the absorbent article is lying on their side. The absorbent article has a surge layer in liquid communication with a portion of the garment facing region and a portion of a side edge of the absorbent core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: David Fleger Bishop, Brooke Ashley Zimmer, Angela Ann Johnston, Marcille Faye Ruman, Stephen Carl Baumgartner, Mary Alice Berceau, Joseph Daniel Coenen, Richard Norris Dodge, II, Adrienne Rae Loyd, Connie May McMorrow, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Katherine Carol Wheeler
  • Patent number: 7479578
    Abstract: An absorbent core comprising fluff pulp fiber treated with polysiloxane, wherein the absorbent core has a density of about 0.15 g/cm3 or greater and a Young's modulus of about 75 psi or less. The polysiloxane may comprise an amino-functional moiety, The absorbent core may comprise superabsorbent, and may be employed in a disposable absorbent product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Gil Bernard Didier Garnier, Elizabeth Ann Allison, Mary Alice Berceau, Troy Michael Runge