Patents by Inventor Melanie Stephens Winstanley

Melanie Stephens Winstanley 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).

  • Elastic absorbent structures
    Patent number: 6362389
    Abstract: An absorbent elastic nonwoven material having improved conformability includes a matrix of thermoplastic elastomeric nonwoven filaments, present in an amount of about 3 to less than 20% by weight of the absorbent elastic nonwoven material. A plurality of absorbent fibers and a superabsorbent material are contained within the matrix, each constituting about 20-77% by weight of the absorbent elastic nonwoven material. The absorbent elastic nonwoven material is useful in a wide variety of personal care and medical absorbent articles where softness and conformability, as well as absorbency and elasticity, are important.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Debra Jean McDowall, Charles Allen Smith, Melanie Stephens Winstanley