Patents by Inventor Sherry Ann Van Dyke

Sherry Ann Van Dyke 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).

  • Method of providing a series of disposable absorbent articles to consumers
    Patent number: 6949089
    Abstract: A method of concurrently providing a series of types of pant-like garments and corresponding information to consumers. The series includes two or more pant-like garments, each of the garments corresponding to a stage of toilet training. Each of the garments in the series may differ from one another in terms of absorbent capacity, size, and/or features. The information provided to the consumer helps the consumer discern which garment from the series is most appropriate for a child in a specific stage of the toilet training process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Peter Olson, Shirlee Ann Weber, Mark Michael Mleziva, Sherry Ann Van Dyke, Angela Rae Eder, Todd Christopher Larson, Cynthia Louise Wyngaard
  • Method of providing a series of disposable absorbent articles to consumers
    Publication number: 20030135186
    Abstract: A method of concurrently providing a series of types of pant-like garments and corresponding information to consumers. The series includes two or more pant-like garments, each of the garments corresponding to a stage of toilet training. Each of the garments in the series may differ from one another in terms of absorbent capacity, size, and/or features. The information provided to the consumer helps the consumer discern which garment from the series is most appropriate for a child in a specific stage of the toilet training process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher Peter Olson, Shirlee Ann Weber, Mark Michael Mleziva, Sherry Ann Van Dyke, Angela Rae Eder, Todd Christopher Larson, Cynthia Louise Wyngaard
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING SWIMWEAR FOR UNDERWATER LEAKAGE
    Publication number: 20020121128
    Abstract: A quantitative method of evaluating swimwear for underwater leakage using a mechanical test mannequin, a water tank, a fluorescent bowel movement simulant, and a fluorescence meter. More particularly, a swimwear garment is applied to the mannequin, the fluorescent bowel movement simulant is inserted into the swimwear garment, the mannequin and the swimwear garment are submersed into water within the water tank, and a motion mechanism attached to the mannequin moves the mannequin up and down, thereby simulating typical water play movements. The fluorescence meter can be used to quantitatively determine the amount of leakage of the fluorescent bowel movement simulant from the swimwear garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Sherry Ann Van Dyke, Robin Kurt Nason, Daryl Steven Meyer, David W. Koenig, Thomas Mathias Kolb, Cynthia Helen Nordness, Marcille Faye Ruman, Faith Eileen Cochrane, Jesse Paul Sorenson, Devertt DeWayne Woolwine, Jerome James Workman
  • Method and apparatus for evaluating swimwear for underwater leakage
    Patent number: 6430989
    Abstract: A quantitative method of evaluating swimwear for underwater leakage using a mechanical test mannequin, a water tank, a fluorescent bowel movement simulant, and a fluorescence meter. More particularly, a swimwear garment is applied to the mannequin, the fluorescent bowel movement simulant is inserted into the swimwear garment, the mannequin and the swimwear garment are submersed into water within the water tank, and a motion mechanism attached to the mannequin moves the mannequin up and down, thereby simulating typical water play movements. The fluorescence meter can be used to quantitatively determine the amount of leakage of the fluorescent bowel movement simulant from the swimwear garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Sherry Ann Van Dyke, Robin Kurt Nason, Daryl Steven Meyer, David W. Koenig, Thomas Mathias Kolb, Cynthia Helen Nordness, Marcille Faye Ruman, Faith Eileen Cochrane, Jesse Paul Sorenson, Devertt DeWayne Woolwine, Jerome James Workman, Jr.