Patents by Inventor Caroline L. Miller

Caroline L. Miller 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).

  • Personal care articles with reduced polymer fibers
    Patent number: 6642429
    Abstract: A personal care absorbent article made of a nonwoven material having a plurality of polymeric fibers having a fiber interior comprising at least one of a liquid fluid and a gaseous fluid. The nonwoven materials are produced by heating at least one polymer to a melting point, forming a molten polymer; extruding the molten polymer through a plurality of capillaries, injecting a liquid fluid and/or a gaseous fluid into the molten polymer prior to, during and/or after the extruding step, forming a plurality of fluid-filled polymeric fibers, wherein the liquid fluid and/or gaseous fluid is dispersed within the interior of the polymeric fibers, and depositing the fluid-filled polymeric fibers onto a web forming surface, forming a nonwoven material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Julia Carter, Darryl Franklin Clark, Bryan David Haynes, Matthew Boyd Lake, Caroline L. Miller, Kevin Edward Smith, Ty Jackson Stokes, Jeffrey Lawrence McManus