Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Alyssa Dudkowski
  • Patent number: 7919668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to disposable absorbent articles including one or more discrete components. Representative discrete components include the nonwoven layer of the outer cover, the barrier film layer of the outer cover, the absorbent core, the bodyside liner, fasteners, ears and attachment panels. The discrete components include a continuous detector material. A representative continuous detector material may be an optical brightener. The discrete components also include a masking block. The masking block may decrease or eliminate the detectable presence of an optical brightener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Russell Belau, Robert David Forrester, Michael John Flattum, Bernhardt Edward Kressner
  • Patent number: 7344523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in structure of disposable garments. The disposable garments of the invention may include an outer layer and an elastic inner layer. The elastic inner layer has an elastic inner layer perimeter and defines an opening, which may be in the form of a slit or aperture, located in an internal position to the elastic inner layer perimeter. The elastic inner layer perimeter may be bonded to the outer layer. The elastic inner layer may include a front piece, a back piece and a crotch piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Van Gompel, Georgia L. Zehner
  • Patent number: 7344525
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a pair of front ear regions as part of a front waist region, a pair of back ear portions including a mechanical fastener as part of a back waist region, a crotch region connecting the front waist region and the back waist region, and a landing zone including a base material and a first discrete fastener element group embedded in the base material. The first discrete fastener element group includes at least one first discrete fastener element having a profile height. The base material has a profile height that is greater than the profile height of the first discrete fastener element. The landing zone may be associated with the outer cover in the front waist region between the front ear regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Means Linker, III, Duane Girard Uitenbroek, Thomas Harold Roessler
  • Patent number: 6316013
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid permeable topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet; and an absorbent body located between the backsheet and the topsheet. The absorbent body may include multiple zones of high air permeability. The absorbent article may also include a ventilation layer between the absorbent body and the backsheet and a surge management layer between the absorbent body and the topsheet. The article exhibits improved air exchange within the article during use. As a result, the article maintains the temperature and exhibits substantially reduced levels of hydration of the wearer's skin when in use which renders the skin less susceptible to the viability of microorganisms. The absorbent article may further include lotion formulations and/or treatment compositions thereon for maintaining or improving skin health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Carol Paul, Frank Jerrel Akin, Robert Cosmo Di Luccio, Dennis Stein Everhart, Elizabeth Deibler Gadsby, Pamela Jean Mayberry, Audra Stefanik Wright, Ali Yahiaoui, Michael John Faulks, Duane Gerard Krzysik, Karen Marie Menard, David Charles Musil, Frank Andrew Rosch, III, Gordon Allen Shaw, David John Tyrrell, Diane Michele Underhill, Jeffrey Michael Hockersmith, Gunilla Elsa Gillberg-LaForce, Wade Bolton May
  • Patent number: 6296862
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid permeable topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet; and an absorbent body located between the backsheet and the topsheet. The absorbent body may include multiple zones of high air permeability. The absorbent article may also include a ventilation layer between the absorbent body and the backsheet and a surge management layer between the absorbent body and the topsheet. The article exhibits improved air exchange within the article during use. As a result, the article maintains the temperature and exhibits substantially reduced levels of hydration of the wearer's skin when in use which renders the skin less susceptible to the viability of microorganisms. The absorbent article may further include lotion formulations and/or treatment compositions thereon for maintaining or improving skin health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide
    Inventors: Susan Carol Paul, Frank Jerrel Akin, Robert Cosmo Di Luccio, Dennis Stein Everhart, Elizabeth Deibler Gadsby, Pamela Jean Mayberry, Audra Stefanik Wright, Ali Yahiaoui, Michael John Faulks, Duane Gerard Krzysik, Karen Marie Menard, David Charles Musil, Frank Andrew Rosch, III, Gordon Allen Shaw, David John Tyrrell, Diane Michele Underhill, Jeffrey Michael Hockersmith, Gunilla Elsa Gillberg-LaForce, Wade Bolton May
  • Patent number: 6296629
    Abstract: An absorbent or other article including a tensioning system for joining portions of the article together. The system includes a plurality of hook members attached on one portion of the article, and a plurality of loop members attached to a loop panel wherein the loop panel may be intermittently attached to the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide
    Inventors: Bruce Michael Siebers, Gary Lee Travis, Thomas Walter Odorzynski
  • Patent number: 6245050
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disposable absorbent article having a length and a width. The disposable absorbent article defines a first and second waist portion and a first and second longitudinal marginal portion. The disposable article includes the components of a backsheet layer, a topsheet layer, and an absorbent structure located between the topsheet layer and the backsheet layer. The article includes at least one elasticized area formed from an elastomeric, hot melt, pressure-sensitive adhesive, a first component and a second component, said first and second components being adhered to one another by said elastomeric, hot melt, pressure-sensitive adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Odorzynski, Joel Scott Sherman
  • Patent number: D457951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Dean Abney, Mark George Everson, Ronald Alex Hilt, Alan Francis Schleinz, Richard Thomas Wehrle