Patents by Inventor April Montoya Vaverka

April Montoya Vaverka 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: 12134844
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a nonwoven web and methods for manufacturing the nonwoven web. One aspect of the invention includes a plurality of outwardly facing nozzles that are positioned at various angles with respect to the axis of a pipe the nozzles are located on. Another aspect of the invention pertains to perturbing at least a portion of a fiber matrix prior to the fiber matrix collecting on a forming surface. The perturbed fiber matrix provides for an increase in cross-machine direction fiber strength of the nonwoven web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon K. Poruthoor, Karen Goeders, Allen F. Vater, Bryan D. Haynes, April Montoya Vaverka
  • Patent number: 11998432
    Abstract: The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Jun G. Zhang, April Montoya Vaverka, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Richmond R. Cohen, Mary Alice Berceau, Joseph K. Baker, Udaykumar Raval, David Glen Biggs
  • Publication number: 20230067631
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a nonwoven web and methods for manufacturing the nonwoven web. One aspect of the invention includes a plurality of outwardly facing nozzles that are positioned at various angles with respect to the axis of a pipe the nozzles are located on. Another aspect of the invention pertains to perturbing at least a portion of a fiber matrix prior to the fiber matrix collecting on a forming surface. The perturbed fiber matrix provides for an increase in cross-machine direction fiber strength of the nonwoven web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Simon K. Poruthoor, Karen Goeders, Allen F. Vater, Bryan D. Haynes, April Montoya Vaverka
  • Publication number: 20200306107
    Abstract: The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Jun G. Zhang, April Montoya Vaverka, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Richmond R. Cohen, Mary Alice Berceau, Joseph K. Baker, Udaykumar Raval, David Glen Biggs
  • Publication number: 20200306106
    Abstract: The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Jun G. Zhang, April Montoya Vaverka, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Richmond R. Cohen, Mary Alice Berceau, Charles Wilson Colman, David Glen Biggs
  • Publication number: 20200307149
    Abstract: The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Jun G. Zhang, April Montoya Vaverka, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Richmond R. Cohen, Mary Alice Berceau, Charles Wilson Colman, David Glen Biggs
  • Patent number: 10667958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonwoven acquisition distribution layer comprising: a) layered carded webs wherein the first layer comprises a carded web with high denier fibers wherein the denier is greater than about 5 d and a second layer comprising a carded web with low denier fibers wherein the denier is less than about 5 d and is positioned just below and in direct contact with the first layer; and b) a deflection layer comprising a fibrous nonwoven web wherein the fibrous nonwoven web has at least one component comprising meltblown, said meltblown having a basis weight of from about 15 gsm to about 50 gsm and having an air permeability of from about 45 ft3/min/ft2 to about 350 ft3/min/ft2; and wherein the deflection layer is positioned just below and in direct contact with said second layer of said layered carded web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Jackson, Roger Bradshaw Quincy, III, April Montoya Vaverka
  • Publication number: 20190269564
    Abstract: The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Jun G. Zhang, April Montoya Vaverka, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Richmond R. Cohen, Mary Alice Berceau, Charles Wilson Colman, David Glen Biggs
  • Publication number: 20190247238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonwoven acquisition distribution layer comprising: a) layered carded webs wherein the first layer comprises a carded web with high denier fibers wherein the denier is greater than about 5 d and a second layer comprising a carded web with low denier fibers wherein the denier is less than about 5 d and is positioned just below and in direct contact with the first layer; and b) a deflection layer comprising a fibrous nonwoven web wherein the fibrous nonwoven web has at least one component comprising meltblown, said meltblown having a basis weight of from about 15 gsm to about 50 gsm and having an air permeability of from about 45 ft3/min/ft2 to about 350 ft3/min/ft2; and wherein the deflection layer is positioned just below and in direct contact with said second layer of said layered carded web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: David M. Jackson, Roger Bradshaw Quincy, III, April Montoya Vaverka