Patents Assigned to Kinberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7040502
    Abstract: A non-refillable dispenser containing both premoistened and dry sheets is provided. The dispenser includes a housing having a polygonal shape. The housing has a first compartment configured to hold and dispense therefrom a plurality of premoistened sheets, and a second compartment configured to hold and dispense therefrom a plurality of dry sheets. A dispensing opening is defined in each of the first and second compartments for dispensing the sheets therefrom. At least one pair of openings is positioned through at least one of the first and second compartments of the housing. The openings are configured to receive a roll mount of a standard rolled bath tissue fixture therethrough. The dispenser is coupled to the roll mount, which is coupled to the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Kinberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen L. Phelps, Debra N. Welchel, Joseph Mitchell
  • Patent number: 6957884
    Abstract: A method of creating high-speed multi-color process images. The method includes providing at least two high operating frequency printheads which are capable of processing phase-change inks, providing at least two phase-change inks, providing a substrate, activating the printheads such that at least two inks pass therethrough, and passing the substrate under the printheads at a rate of at least about 1000 feet per minute so as at least one process image is formed on the substrate. The present invention also includes a process for achieving high-speed crockfast process printing on a material with phase-change ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Kinberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Varunesh Sharma, Alice Susan Gordon, Lee Kirby Jameson, Phillip Andrew Schorr, Allen James Dohnalik
  • Patent number: 6855424
    Abstract: A material and method for providing a laminate of at least two layers to provide breathability and moisture barrier properties without appreciably reducing elastic properties. A first material comprises a woven or nonwoven web and a second material comprises a cellular elastomer film or fiber. Such materials may be integrated into a laminate by forming said first material onto said second material, or by joining the two materials through chemical or physical means such as the use of adhesives. The second material can be prepared by mixing a cell opening agent with the elastomeric polymer resin and extruding the mixture at appropriate conditions whereby the cell opening agent decomposes or reacts to release a gas that forms cells in the elastomer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Kinberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Oomman Painumoottil Thomas, Michael Allen Daley, James Russell Fitts, Jr., Steven D. Flack, Jason Asher Bernstein