Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Pauley Petersen Kinne & Erickson
  • Patent number: 6615998
    Abstract: Fittings for mounting on frame members of a switchgear cabinet framework, the frame members having a free space towards the outside corner edge of the framework, which free space forms a receiver, which is closed towards the interior of the framework, is open towards the outside corner edge and is mirror-inverted relative to the diagonal of the frame member. The fittings have a mounting plate the cross-section of which is adapted to the cross-section of the receiver and which plate is connectable to the end profile side of the frame member. The mounting plate preferably has a central mounting bore. The mounting plate, in the longitudinal direction of the frame member, has a pre-determined width, which is preferably symmetrical to the mounting bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Rittal RCS Communication
    Inventors: Samuel Klassen, Heiko Holighaus
  • Patent number: 6616647
    Abstract: An undergarment is conveniently made with two elasticized top panels bonded and cut at a 45 degree angle on a bottom panel. The top panels have curved leg cutouts matched to the curved leg cutouts of the bottom panel. The curved leg cutouts are preferentially cut for the front and back sections of the garment to produce a comfortable fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary A. Krueger
  • Patent number: 6612835
    Abstract: A high-temperature, non-catalytic, infrared heater is formed within a housing having a bottom and at least one side lined with a refractory material. The burner includes a burner surface area and is positioned within the housing. A re-radiating surface is positioned above the burner and comprises a mesh having a re-radiating surface area greater than the burner surface area with the re-radiating surface operating between approximately 400° F. and 2200° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Cleveland State University
    Inventors: Mounir Ibrahim, Thomas D. Briselden
  • Patent number: 6613028
    Abstract: A personal care absorbent article having a fluid intake/distribution layer, a fluid transfer delay layer disposed beneath said fluid intake/distribution layer, said fluid transfer delay layer enabling the transfer of fluid from the fluid intake/distribution layer(s) to a pad layer disposed beneath the fluid transfer delay layer while still allowing fluid distribution by the fluid intake/distribution layer along the machine direction of the article resulting in saturation levels of less than or equal to about 0.86 g/g/in of fluid in the intake/distribution layer(s) and/or essentially equal to or greater than 0.06 g/g/in. of fluid in the pad layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Allen Daley, Tamara Lee Mace, David Michael Matela, Yvette Lynn Hammonds, Eugenio Go Varona, Arthur Edward Garavaglia, Laura Jane Walker, Ann Marie Giencke
  • Patent number: 6613033
    Abstract: A pant-like absorbent garment having curved leg cuffs has a gasket-like fit. A chassis of the absorbent garment defines first and second leg openings with curved cut-outs in the chassis. A bonded portion is located between a first portion and a second portion of each of two elastic strands. The bonded portions are bonded to the first and second leg openings about a periphery of the curved cut-outs, thereby forming finished seams. Second portions of the elastic strands can form rolled edges. The resulting absorbent garment has a comfortable, gasket-like fit and an aesthetically pleasing, finished look about the leg openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lee Popp, Joseph D. Coenen, Shawn A. Quereshi, Robert Eugene Vogt
  • Patent number: 6612829
    Abstract: An extrusion die having a first die element and a second die element, each of which has a die lip, between which an extrusion gap with a slot-shaped outlet opening extends over a width of the extrusion die. At least one die element has an adjusting device by which the die lip can be adjusted in relation to the die lip of the other die element while changing the width of the outlet opening. The adjusting device has an adjusting bar arranged in a receiving groove of the die element and displaceable in the width extension thereof in a displacement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik
    Inventor: Anton Rübhausen
  • Patent number: 6613955
    Abstract: An absorbent article is disclosed comprising a thin, flexible wicking barrier with a horizontal portion that is folded back upon itself to create a substantially longitudinal cuff. The wicking barrier can separate a central absorbent member from an outer absorbent member for improved center fill, with the cuff open toward the central absorbent member to intercept liquid flowing toward the longitudinal sides of the article. The wicking barrier cuff desirably contains spacer means to hold the cuff open, providing void space to receive fluid. In one embodiment, lateral compression of the article during use causes the wicking barrier cuff to lift up from the surface of the article, creating a bubble of topsheet material and wicking barrier material (a “dynamic bubble cuff”) that intercepts fluid and improves body fit and leakage prevention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Fung-jou Chen
  • Patent number: 6610038
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a multi-layer material having a front section, a back section and an intermediate section connecting the front section and the back section, wherein the multi-layer material comprises a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent layer disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. At least one resilient fluid-filled chamber is disposed in the absorbent layer or between at least a portion of the absorbent layer and the backsheet. A body-fitting mechanism is provided which is activatable by application of a force to the resilient fluid-filled chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph DiPalma, Alexander M. Schmidt-Foerst
  • Patent number: 6610163
    Abstract: A breathable barrier film laminate having a microporous multilayer film formed by extruding a polymer loaded with a filler having a particle size suitable for pore formation, hot blowing the extruded film, forming a hot blown film bubble, collapsing the hot blown film bubble, forming a multilayer film and stretching the multilayer film, forming a plurality of micropores, and a nonwoven web material layer bonded to at least one surface of the microporous multilayer film. The breathable barrier film laminate is particularly suitable for use in protective apparel such as surgical gowns, surgical drapes, and coveralls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael P. Mathis
  • Patent number: 6610900
    Abstract: An absorbent article has a liquid permeable top sheet, a substantially liquid impermeable, preferably water vapor permeable back sheet, and a selectively stretchable absorbent composite between the top sheet and the back sheet. The selectively stretchable absorbent composite is more stretchable in a first direction than in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and can be stretched to at least 150% of an initial length in the first direction. The absorbent composite has a selectively stretchable substrate layer and a plurality of pockets in or on the substrate layer. The pockets each contain a quantity of superabsorbent material, which can swell when exposed to a liquid insult. When the substrate is stretched, the pockets become spaced further apart, thereby promoting comfort and alleviating gel blocking caused by adjacent pockets swelling toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Warren Tanzer
  • Patent number: 6609724
    Abstract: A cycle having front wheel forks with a front wheel, a steering device connected to the front wheel forks, and rear stays with a rear wheel that has a free-wheeling hub. The cycle of this invention also includes a frame which connects the forks and the stays, a scat that can be fastened to the frame, a rear wheel drive, and foot actuating means for the rear wheel drive. The frame is formed by an individual essentially horizontal rail. The foot actuating devices are displaceably guided in the longitudinal direction of the rail. The foot actuating devices are formed by a foot rest for both feet. The seat can be displaced on the rail in a longitudinal direction of the rail, and the steering device is formed by handlebars between which the rail extends. The handlebars are provided with hand grips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Emil Dzvonik
  • Patent number: 6610173
    Abstract: An improved method for imprinting a paper web during a wet pressing event is disclosed which results in asymmetrical protrusions corresponding to the deflection conduits of a deflection member. In one embodiment, differential velocity transfer during a pressing event serves to improve the molding and imprinting of a web with a deflection member. Improved deflection members are also disclosed. Improved tissue webs produced are also disclosed having useful sets of physical and geometrical properties, such as a pattern densified network- and a repeating pattern of protrusions having asymmetrical structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Mark Alan Burazin, Fung-jou Chen, Michael Alan Hermans, Philip Sim Lin, Kenneth Curtis Larson
  • Patent number: 6600086
    Abstract: An absorbent article including a liquid-permeable bodyside liner, an absorbent core layer and a breathable outer cover is provided with a hydrophobic foam dampness-inhibiting layer between the absorbent core and the outer cover. The hydrophobic foam dampness-inhibiting layer maintains an air space within the foam. The air space acts as a thermal insulator, dampness-perception inhibitor and moisture passageway. The resulting product is an absorbent garment having a breathable outer cover material with reduced perception of dampness on the outer surface of the outer cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Tamara Lee Mace, Ann Louise McCormack, Carol Ann Blaney, Audrie Tomoko Ono, Michael Tod Morman
  • Patent number: 6599130
    Abstract: A tutorial or diagnostic aid based on the representation and iterative interpretation of visual images is taught. A teaching or diagnostic session is created by overlaying an interpretation layer via a software application onto the visual image layer and synchronizing the two with the time code of the visual image. The interpretation layer allows the reviewer to identify image areas of interest by gesture and append comments thereto in real time; i.e. images or portions of images within the visual representation playback may be identified and labeled and have the concurrent commentary associated therewith. The comments are indexed and linked to a database of similar topics. The flow of the session is recorded to show the images, deictic gestures associated therewith, and commentary associated with the gestures, to enable subsequent users to playback a session and follow the flow of thought (i.e. image identification and commentary within the original session).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Illinois Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Armin Moehrle
  • Patent number: 6598738
    Abstract: A multi-packaging device comprises a plastic sheet having a generally uniform thickness and alternating and discrete strips of different materials extending side-by-side and parallel with respect to an array of apertures, wherein each strip of the alternating and discrete strips of plastic sheet includes at least one distinct physical property that differs from each adjacent strip. Such distinct physical properties may include different moduli, different coefficient of frictions, different colors and/or different recycled material contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: William N. Weaver
  • Patent number: 6596920
    Abstract: An absorbent swimwear garment having a fluid draining mechanism included in the layers of the garment. The swimwear garment includes a body side liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent assembly between the body side liner and the outer cover. Between the absorbent assembly and the outer cover is a layer of water-dispersible material, such as a film or a nonwoven web, coated on a surface facing the absorbent assembly with a barrier coating. During initial product use, the absorbent swimwear garment is able to contain urine and bowel movements, similar to ordinary diapers and training pants. When the swimwear garment is submersed in swim water, such as pool or lake water, the water-dispersible material becomes soluble and allows swim water, but not bowel movements, to drain out through the outer cover of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason K. Wehner, John E. Kerins
  • Patent number: 6592304
    Abstract: A method for tipping a cutter head of an end-milling cutter with a hard alloy material, and an end-milling cutter tipped with a hard alloy material. To equip the cutter head with particularly wear-resistant and impact-resistant hard alloy materials, the hard alloy material has particles of hard alloy melted carbide, which are linked together by a bonding agent, for example a solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Betek Bergbau-und Hartmetalltechnik Karl-Heinz Simon GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Karl Kammerer
  • Patent number: 6592697
    Abstract: A stabilized creped nonwoven web and a method for producing the same, wherein a creped nonwoven web is thermally stabilized, for example by through-air-bonding or embossing, to produce the stabilized creped nonwoven web. The stabilized creped nonwoven web having increased tensile strength in the machine direction and an enhanced appearance. The stabilized creped nonwoven web of this invention id capable of withstanding a tensile force or load in a machine direction of at least about 2.0 lbs. at 20% strain and a tensile force or load in the machine direction of at least about 5.0 lbs. at 50% strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Daniel Pike, Frank Paul Abuto, James Randall Morgan, Gregory Todd Sudduth, John Joseph Sayovitz
  • Patent number: D478582
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Rittal Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Becker, Dirk Mainhardt
  • Patent number: D479241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Kay-Uwe Witte