Patents by Inventor Bastiaan Roelof Tjaden

Bastiaan Roelof Tjaden 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).

  • Dispenser for rolled paper
    Patent number: 6902134
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for dispensing rolled sheet material, the apparatus including a housing defining an interior adapted to contain rolled sheet material and a dispensing opening for allowing sheet material to be dispensed from the interior of the housing. The apparatus further includes a nip within the housing such as, for example, may be formed by first and second rollers. In addition, the apparatus includes a mobile roll support system adapted to support a roll of sheet material within the housing wherein the roll of sheet material rotates to dispense sheet material and further wherein the mobile roll support system and the roll of sheet material move toward the nip as sheet material is dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Green, Joseph Elisabeth Oberdorf, Bastiaan Roelof Tjaden
  • Dispenser for rolled paper
    Publication number: 20040050994
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for dispensing rolled sheet material, the apparatus including a housing defining an interior adapted to rotatably support rolled sheet material and having a dispensing opening sized to allow sheet material to be dispensed therefrom. The apparatus further includes a nip within the housing such as, for example, may be formed by first and second rollers. In addition, the apparatus includes a sheet material dispensing surface proximate the dispensing opening, the sheet material dispensing surface comprising at least one protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Green, Joseph Elisabeth Oberdorf, Bastiaan Roelof Tjaden
  • Dispenser for rolled paper
    Publication number: 20040050993
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for dispensing rolled sheet material, the apparatus including a housing defining an interior adapted to contain rolled sheet material and a dispensing opening for allowing sheet material to be dispensed from the interior of the housing. The apparatus further includes a nip within the housing such as, for example, may be formed by first and second rollers. In addition, the apparatus includes a mobile roll support system adapted to support a roll of sheet material within the housing wherein the roll of sheet material rotates to dispense sheet material and further wherein the mobile roll support system and the roll of sheet material move toward the nip as sheet material is dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Green, Joseph Elisabeth Oberdorf, Bastiaan Roelof Tjaden
  • Viscous liquid dispenser
    Patent number: D669719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Green, Bastiaan Roelof Tjaden, Joseph Elisabeth Oberdorf
  • Dispenser window for a front wall of a paper product or viscous liquid dispenser
    Patent number: D674222
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Green, Bastiaan Roelof Tjaden, Joseph Elisabeth Oberdorf
  • Paper product dispenser
    Patent number: D674223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Green, Bastiaan Roelof Tjaden, Joseph Elisabeth Oberdorf
  • Dispenser window for a front wall of a paper product or viscous liquid dispenser
    Patent number: D674632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Green, Bastiaan Roelof Tjaden, Joseph Elisabeth Oberdorf
  • Rolled paper product dispenser
    Patent number: D674633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Green, Bastiaan Roelof Tjaden, Joseph Elisabeth Oberdorf
  • Rolled paper product dispenser
    Patent number: D675047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Green, Bastiaan Roelof Tjaden, Joseph Elisabeth Oberdorf