Patents by Inventor Nickolas Paul Barnes

Nickolas Paul Barnes 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 article having a protected fastening system
    Patent number: 9849043
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes an absorbent assembly including longitudinally opposite ends, transversely opposite sides, a front waist region, a back waist region. The absorbent article also includes a pair of ears extending transversely outward from the opposite sides of the absorbent assembly in the back waist region, each of the ears comprising a loop fastening component. The absorbent article also includes a nonwoven shield coupled to the garment-facing surface of the outer cover and a hook material patch, wherein the hook material patch is disposed between the outer cover and the shield such that at least a portion of the plurality of hooks is accessible through an aperture, and such that at least a portion of the base layer edges is covered by the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolas Paul Barnes, Patrick Robert Lord, Bonnie Lynn VandenPlas, Himanshi Arunkumar Patel
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING A PROTECTED FASTENING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170027775
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes an absorbent assembly including longitudinally opposite ends, transversely opposite sides, a front waist region, a back waist region. The absorbent article also includes a pair of ears extending transversely outward from the opposite sides of the absorbent assembly in the back waist region, each of the ears comprising a loop fastening component. The absorbent article also includes a nonwoven shield coupled to the garment-facing surface of the outer cover and a hook material patch, wherein the hook material patch is disposed between the outer cover and the shield such that at least a portion of the plurality of hooks is accessible through an aperture, and such that at least a portion of the base layer edges is covered by the shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Nickolas Paul Barnes, Patrick Robert Lord, Bonnie Lynn VandenPlas, Himanshi Arunkumar Patel