Patents by Inventor Bernard G. Rolstad

Bernard G. Rolstad 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).

  • COMPOSITE FABRIC INCLUDING STRUCTURED FILM AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME
    Publication number: 20220314576
    Abstract: A composite fabric includes a nonwoven fabric layer having non-bonded areas and a structured film layer discontinuously bonded to the nonwoven fabric layer. The discontinuously bonded nonwoven fabric layer and the structured film layer share an overlapping area with at least one set of coincident bond sites. The discontinuously bonded nonwoven fabric does not have another bonding pattern in the overlapping area distinct from the at least one set of coincident bond sites. A method of forming a composite fabric is also described. The method includes forming a fiber layer including a mat of at least partially unconsolidated fibers, positioning a structured film layer and the fiber layer such that they overlap, and discontinuously bonding the mat into a discontinuously bonded nonwoven fabric while simultaneously bonding the structured film layer to the nonwoven fabric layer. An apparatus for forming a composite fabric is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas J. Gilbert, Shou-Lu G. Wang, Neelakandan Chandrasekaran, Todd L. Nelson, Stanley Rendon, Mark A. Peltier, Michael R. Berrigan, Jerald W. Hall, JR., Stephen M. Sanocki, Daniel E. Johnson, Bernard G. Rolstad, Ibrahim S. Gunes, Jayant Chakravarty
  • COMPOSITE FABRIC INCLUDING STRUCTURED FILM AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME
    Publication number: 20180222143
    Abstract: A composite fabric includes a nonwoven fabric layer having non-bonded areas and a structured film layer discontinuously bonded to the nonwoven fabric layer. The discontinuously bonded nonwoven fabric layer and the structured film layer share an overlapping area with at least one set of coincident bond sites. The discontinuously bonded nonwoven fabric does not have another bonding pattern in the overlapping area distinct from the at least one set of coincident bond sites. A method of forming a composite fabric is also described. The method includes forming a fiber layer including a mat of at least partially unconsolidated fibers, positioning a structured film layer and the fiber layer such that they overlap, and discontinuously bonding the mat into a discontinuously bonded nonwoven fabric while simultaneously bonding the structured film layer to the nonwoven fabric layer. An apparatus for forming a composite fabric is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas J. Gilbert, Shou-Lu G. Wang, Neelakandan Chandrasekaran, Todd L. Nelson, Stanley Rendon, Mark A. Peltier, Michael R. Berrigan, Jerald W. Hall, Jr., Stephen M. Sanocki, Daniel E. Johnson, Bernard G. Rolstad, Ibrahim S. Gunes, Jayant Chakravarty
  • Sponge
    Patent number: D604469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Bernard G. Rolstad, Lou D. Hibbard