Patents by Inventor Barbara Jean Wink

Barbara Jean Wink 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).

  • Process for manufacturing an elastic article
    Patent number: 6235137
    Abstract: A distinctive method and apparatus for forming an article includes a moving of at least one first strand of material, such as strand (22), along an appointed machine-direction (34). The at least one first strand of material is attached to a base layer of material (42) to provide a substrate composite (40), and a laminate layer (44) can be placed adjacent the at least one first strand of material to provide a laminate composite web (48). In a particular aspect, at least one second strand of material, such as strand (56), can be moved along its appointed machine-direction, and the at least one second strand of material can be attached to the base layer (42). In another aspect, an appointed portion of the base layer (42) can be folded to substantially enclose the at least one second strand (56) with the base layer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: David James Van Eperen, Mark John Beitz, Joseph Conrad Burriss, Robert Thomas Cimini, Chris Lee Heikkinen, Daniel Hoo, David Andrae Justmann, Richard Francis Keller, Douglas Paul Rammer, Lorry Francis Sallee, Jeffrey Joseph Samida, Donald LeRoy Smith, Raymond Gerard St. Louis, Barbara Jean Wink