Patents by Inventor Michael Brent Kottek

Michael Brent Kottek 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).

  • Absorbent articles with simplified compositions having good stability
    Patent number: 6689932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent articles including skin care compositions. The skin care compositions of the invention are stable on the bodyside liners of absorbent articles despite not containing an immobilizing agent. Surprisingly, the skin care compositions of the invention even demonstrate less migration away from the bodyside liner than do other compositions that contain so-called “immobilizing agents”. The compositions of the invention possess physical properties, such as melting points, viscosities and hardnesses, comparable to compositions containing immobilizing agents, making them suitable for use on absorbent articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Joseph Kruchoski, Michael Brent Kottek, Duane Gerard Krzysik, Corey Thomas Cunningham, Lewis Preole Orchard, IV
  • Stabilized absorbent material and systems for personal care products having controlled placement of visco-elastic fluids
    Patent number: 6608236
    Abstract: There is provided a distribution material for personal care products which is a fabric which wicks artificial menses according to a horizontal wicking test a distance of about 1 inch in less than about 1.5 minutes. Materials meeting this performance criteria generally have a pore size distribution with a high percentage (usually more than 50 percent) of pore diameters between about 80 and 400 microns and a density below about 0.15 g/cc. There is also provided a personal care product system having a distribution/retention layer and a pad shaping layer wherein each layer has a stain length ratio of 0.5 or less and the distribution/retention layer has a saturation profile of 4 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Scott Burnes, Rebecca Lyn Dilnik, Connie Lynn Hetzler, Thomas Patrick Jorgenson, Tamara Lee Mace, David Michael Matela, Jayne Bramstedt Nelson, Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Alexander Manfred Schmidt-Foerst, Heather Anne Sorebo, James Allyn Spiers, Laura Jane Walker, Rodney Lawrence Abba, Charles John Chappell, Valerie Victoria Finch, Ann Marie Giencke, Michael Brent Kottek, Allan James Krueger, Andrew Michael Lake, MeeWha Lee, Sarah Elizabeth Long-Radloff, Janice Gail Nielsen, Ann Margaret Vanevenhoven
  • Absorbent articles with simplified compositions having good stability
    Publication number: 20020128621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent articles including skin care compositions. The skin care compositions of the invention are stable on the bodyside liners of absorbent articles despite not containing an immobilizing agent. Surprisingly, the skin care compositions of the invention even demonstrate less migration away from the bodyside liner than do other compositions that contain so-called “immobilizing agents”. The compositions of the invention possess physical properties, such as melting points, viscosities and hardnesses, comparable to compositions containing immobilizing agents, making them suitable for use on absorbent articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Benjamin Joseph Kruchoski, Michael Brent Kottek, Duane Gerard Krzysik, Corey Thomas Cunningham, Lewis Preole Orchard