Patents by Inventor Stephen Bradford Cook

Stephen Bradford Cook 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).

  • Patent number: 8695848
    Abstract: A product including a shipping box containing a plurality of sheet-material dispensers. The sheet-material dispensers enclose a stack of sheets formed from a sheet-material. The dispenser includes a top, a bottom, a first side wall, and a second sidewall. The first and second sidewall comprising either a triangle, truncated triangle, or a trapezoid. Two or more sheet material dispensers are interrelated within the shipping box to form a substantially parallelepiped shape for efficient shipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc
    Inventors: Stephen Bradford Cook, Cornelius Jacobus Bosselaar, Brian James Ludka, Duane R. Pingel
  • Publication number: 20090264842
    Abstract: A method for providing a system of absorbent articles including offering a chassis primarily performing a base function, wherein the chassis is an absorbent article; and offering first and second enhancement products, wherein the chassis and the first and second enhancement products are adapted such that the first and second enhancement products may be coupled to the chassis. Further, a method for educating a consumer with regard to various conditions requiring an absorbent article including providing first and second packages, each including a description of a condition and an enhancement product adapted to address the conditions; allowing the consumer to learn about the conditions and what may be used to address the conditions; and providing a third package including a chassis and description of a base condition, such that the chassis may be combined with the first and/or second enhancement products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Odorzynski, Richard Louis Underhill, Cornelius Jacobus Bosselaar, Stephen Bradford Cook, David Arthuf Fell
  • Publication number: 20080082070
    Abstract: A method of marketing incontinence products is disclosed. The method includes creating a product offering of incontinence products. The product offering includes first, second and third segments that are distinguished from one another by display segmentation elements. The first segment is directed to male incontinence consumers, the second segment is directed to female incontinence consumers, and the third segment is directed to caregivers. The product offering is then communicated to a retailer and a product display is created at a retail site that resembles the product offering. Either simultaneously or sequentially, the product offering is communicated to potential purchasers, using multimedia advertisement, to inform them of the availability of such disposable absorbent incontinence products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: David Arthur Fell, Kenny Lee Johnson, Stephen Bradford Cook, Toan Thanh LeMinh, Brian Lee Thomas, Jerome Steven Veith
  • Patent number: 7264615
    Abstract: An absorbent insert for use with an absorbent garment has a body-facing outer surface and a garment-facing outer surface. The garment-facing outer surface is at least partially permeable to fluids. The insert also includes one or more absorbent layers and one or more delay layer(s) adapted to substantially affect the flow of fluid through the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Earle Harry Sherrod, Stephen Bradford Cook, David Arthur Fell, Cornelis Jacobus Bosselaar, Courtney M. Nelson, Paul Joseph Datta, Mary Anne Bruemmer-Prestley
  • Publication number: 20040127867
    Abstract: A method for providing a system of absorbent articles including offering a chassis primarily performing a base function, wherein the chassis is an absorbent article; and offering first and second enhancement products, wherein the chassis and the first and second enhancement products are adapted such that the first and second enhancement products may be coupled to the chassis. Further, a method for educating a consumer with regard to various conditions requiring an absorbent article including providing first and second packages, each including a description of a condition and an enhancement product adapted to address the conditions; allowing the consumer to learn about the conditions and what may be used to address the conditions; and providing a third package including a chassis and description of a base condition, such that the chassis may be combined with the first and/or second enhancement products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Odorzynski, Richard Louis Underhill, Cornelius Jacobus Bosselaar, Stephen Bradford Cook, David Arthur Fell
  • Publication number: 20020143316
    Abstract: An absorbent insert for use with an absorbent garment has a body-facing outer surface and a garment-facing outer surface. The garment-facing outer surface is at least partially permeable to fluids. The insert also includes one or more absorbent layers and one or more delay layer(s) adapted to substantially affect the flow of fluid through the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Earle Harry Sherrod, Stephen Bradford Cook, David Arthur Fell, Cornelis Jacobus Bosselaar, Courtney M. Nelson, Paul Joseph Datta, Mary Anne Bruemmer-Prestley