Patents by Inventor Nancy Ellen Dawson
Nancy Ellen Dawson 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).
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Patent number: 10925780Abstract: An absorbent article includes a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region, the front waist region having a front fastener and an outermost surface, the absorbent article further including a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis. The absorbent article also includes an absorbent assembly including a bodyside liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent body disposed between the bodyside liner and the outer cover; and a gripper handle disposed in the front waist region and extending from the outermost surface, wherein the outermost surface is one of the outer cover and the front fastener.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Nicole Jeane Barna, Nancy Ellen Dawson, John T. Hahn, Eric Donald Johnson, Paul Alois Weber, Georgia Lynn Zehner
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Patent number: 10413454Abstract: A method for manufacturing an absorbent article having a body facing liner, a backsheet coupled to the body facing liner, an absorbent body positioned between the body facing liner and the backsheet, and a fluid acquisition layer having a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, the fluid acquisition layer being positioned between the body facing liner and the backsheet includes providing a web of body facing liner material in face-to-face relation to a web of fluid acquisition layer material, bonding the body facing liner material to the fluid acquisition layer material using an embossing roller, wherein the embossing roller has an axis and a circumferential surface having a circumferential lane, the circumferential lane having azimuthally-alternating target zone and channel zone embossing patterns, and phasing the embossing roller relative to the web to produce female products and male products.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Georgia Lynn Zehner, Nancy Ellen Dawson
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Publication number: 20170027768Abstract: A method for manufacturing an absorbent article having a body facing liner, a backsheet coupled to the body facing liner, an absorbent body positioned between the body facing liner and the backsheet, and a fluid acquisition layer having a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, the fluid acquisition layer being positioned between the body facing liner and the backsheet includes providing a web of body facing liner material in face-to-face relation to a web of fluid acquisition layer material, bonding the body facing liner material to the fluid acquisition layer material using an embossing roller, wherein the embossing roller has an axis and a circumferential surface having a circumferential lane, the circumferential lane having azimuthally-alternating target zone and channel zone embossing patterns, and phasing the embossing roller relative to the web to produce female products and male products.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2014Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Sara Jane Wille STABELFELDT, Georgia Lynn ZEHNER, Nancy Ellen DAWSON
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Publication number: 20160120710Abstract: An absorbent article includes a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region, the front waist region having a front fastener and an outermost surface, the absorbent article further including a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis. The absorbent article also includes an absorbent assembly including a bodyside liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent body disposed between the bodyside liner and the outer cover; and a gripper handle disposed in the front waist region and extending from the outermost surface, wherein the outermost surface is one of the outer cover and the front fastener.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Nicole Jeane Barna, Nancy Ellen Dawson, John T. Hahn, Eric Donald Johnson, Paul Alois Weber, Georgia Lynn Zehner
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Publication number: 20140296821Abstract: An absorbent article which can be applied to a wearer in a standing position. The absorbent article can be adjusted following the placement of the absorbent article on the wearer. The absorbent article can have a back fastening system and a front fastening system. The front fastening system can have a bilobate ear portion wherein each lobe can be independently adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Susan Kay Bronk, Heidi Kay Wudi, Nancy Ellen Dawson
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Publication number: 20130131625Abstract: An absorbent article includes front and back side panels, a closure component coupled to or integral with the front side panel, an anchor component coupled to or integral with one of the front and back side panels, a closure landing zone coupled to or integral with the back side panel, and an anchor landing zone coupled to or integral with the side panel opposite the anchor component. The closure component is fastened to the closure landing zone to form a closure connection and the anchor component is fastened to the anchor landing zone to form an anchor connection when the article is in a wear configuration, wherein the refastenable seam includes the closure and anchor connections, and wherein the anchor connection has higher peel and shear strengths per unit area than the peel and shear strengths per unit area of the closure connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Inventors: Daniel Robert Schlinz, Georgia Lynn Zehner, Eric Donald Johnson, Nancy Ellen Dawson
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Publication number: 20040122413Abstract: The invention relates to absorbent articles (170) that have a pair of opposed back ear portions (190) extending laterally outward from the side edges of a back waist region of the article and a pair of opposed front ear portions (180) extending laterally outward from the side edges of a front waist region of the article. The back ear portions (190) and the front ear portions (180) are formed from the same material web (100). The material web (100) can include one or more types of materials. The back ear portions and the front ear portions have shape profiles that permit the back ear portions and the front ear portions to be nested with each other in the cross direction (215) and the machine direction (205) of the material web.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Harold Roessler, Georgia Lynn Zehner, Nancy Ellen Dawson, Emily Jean Baum
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Patent number: 6336922Abstract: An absorbent article includes at least one fit panel which is located in one of the waist sections of the absorbent article adjacent an end edge of the absorbent article. The fit panel extends laterally beyond both of the side edges of an absorbent chassis of the absorbent article. The fit panel may include a center bridge panel and a pair of laterally opposed side panels which are connected to opposed lateral edges of the bridge panel. Desirably, the bridge panel and side panels provide individual zones of elasticity across the width of the fit panel which have different elastic properties.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1996Date of Patent: January 8, 2002Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Paul Theodore VanGompel, Timothy James Blenke, Nancy Ellen Dawson, Yung Hsiang Huang, Carl Gerard Rippl, Barbara Oakley Sauer, Georgia Lynn Zehner