Patents by Inventor Chadwick I. Romzek
Chadwick I. Romzek 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).
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Patent number: 11285051Abstract: A method of applying elastic members includes applying a construction adhesive; intermittently applying an elastic adhesive; positioning first and second elastics in an elongated condition such that a first portion of the elastics are positioned in contact with both the construction adhesive and the elastic adhesive in hold zones and a second portion of the elastics are positioned in contact with the construction adhesive but not the elastic adhesive in release zones; severing the elastics in the release zones; retracting the elastics through the construction adhesive in the release zones; and maintaining the elongation of the elastics in the hold zones.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Bradley W. Schoon, Chadwick I. Romzek, Erica F. Creighton
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Publication number: 20210069026Abstract: A method of applying elastic members includes applying a construction adhesive; intermittently applying an elastic adhesive; positioning first and second elastics in an elongated condition such that a first portion of the elastics are positioned in contact with both the construction adhesive and the elastic adhesive in hold zones and a second portion of the elastics are positioned in contact with the construction adhesive but not the elastic adhesive in release zones; severing the elastics in the release zones; retracting the elastics through the construction adhesive in the release zones; and maintaining the elongation of the elastics in the hold zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Bradley W. Schoon, Chadwick I. Romzek, Erica F. Creighton
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Publication number: 20210052439Abstract: One example pant-like garment may comprise a front panel comprising a front garment-side layer, a front body-side layer, and one or more front chassis elastic members disposed between the front garment-side layer and the front body-side layer, and a rear panel comprising a rear garment-side layer, a rear body-side layer, one or more rear chassis elastic members disposed between the rear garment-side layer and the rear body-side layer, and one or more rear panel leg elastic members directly overlapping the one or more rear chassis elastic members in a vertical direction perpendicular to longitudinal and lateral directions. The garment may further comprise an absorbent assembly disposed between the front panel and the rear panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Eric S. Krueger, Jason K. Sieck, Kenneth J. Wagner, Donald J. Osentoski, Jason G. Csida, Bradley W. Schoon, Ronald A. Hilt, Chadwick I. Romzek, Justin M. Mueller, Sohyun S. Park
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Publication number: 20210045938Abstract: Pant-like absorbent articles having improved chassis structures are disclosed. One pant-like garment comprises a front panel comprising a front garment-side layer, a front body side layer, and front elastic members therebetween, and a rear panel comprising a rear garment-side layer, a rear bodyside layer, and rear elastic members between the rear garment-side layer and the rear bodyside layer, a portion of the rear elastic members proximate a rear waist end edge are being uncovered by one of the rear garment-side layer and the rear bodyside layer. The garment may further comprise a rear secondary elastic member disposed overlapping the uncovered portion of the rear elastic members, and wherein one of the rear garment-side layer and the rear bodyside layer is folded over the rear panel secondary elastic member and overlaps the other one of the rear garment-side layer and the rear bodyside layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Kenneth J. Wagner, Jason K. Sieck, Eric S. Krueger, Donald J. Osentoski, Jason G. Csida, Bradley W. Schoon, Ronald A. Hilt, Chadwick I. Romzek, Justin M. Mueller, Sohyun S. Park
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Patent number: 10869783Abstract: A method of applying elastic members includes applying a construction adhesive; intermittently applying an elastic adhesive; positioning first and second elastics in an elongated condition such that a first portion of the elastics are positioned in contact with both the construction adhesive and the elastic adhesive in hold zones and a second portion of the elastics are positioned in contact with the construction adhesive but not the elastic adhesive in release zones; severing the elastics in the release zones; retracting the elastics through the construction adhesive in the release zones; and maintaining the elongation of the elastics in the hold zones.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Bradley W. Schoon, Chadwick I. Romzek, Erica F. Creighton
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Publication number: 20200179183Abstract: Elasticated materials and methods of forming elasticated materials are disclosed. In one embodiment, an elasticated material may comprise a first layer of material, a second layer of material bonded to the first layer of material by a plurality of bonds arranged in bond groupings aligned in bond grouping rows, and an elastomeric strand extending in the lateral direction and disposed between the first layer and the second layer, the elastomeric strand extending between a first bond and a second bond of a first bond grouping with the first bond and the second bond of the first bond grouping being spaced apart in the longitudinal direction a distance less than an un-tensioned diameter of the elastomeric strand. A portion of a second bond grouping may laterally overlap the first bond grouping with the second bond grouping disposed row that is longitudinally adjacent to the row containing the first bond grouping.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Bradley W. Schoon, Chadwick I. Romzek
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Publication number: 20190076301Abstract: A method of applying elastic members includes applying a construction adhesive; intermittently applying an elastic adhesive; positioning first and second elastics in an elongated condition such that a first portion of the elastics are positioned in contact with both the construction adhesive and the elastic adhesive in hold zones and a second portion of the elastics are positioned in contact with the construction adhesive but not the elastic adhesive in release zones; severing the elastics in the release zones; retracting the elastics through the construction adhesive in the release zones; and maintaining the elongation of the elastics in the hold zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2016Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Bradley W. Schoon, Chadwick I. Romzek, Erica F. Creighton
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Patent number: 10159551Abstract: A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Chadwick I. Romzek, Claudiu Andrei Bouruc, Todd W. Wilkes, David John Enz, Jesse J. Pasterski, Kurt G. Krupka, Brian Wayne Tomac, Sarah Anne Olson
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Patent number: 10159550Abstract: A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Chadwick I. Romzek, Claudiu Andrei Bouruc, Todd W. Wilkes, David John Enz, Jesse J. Pasterski, Kurt G. Krupka, Brian Wayne Tomac, Sarah Anne Olson
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Patent number: 9782244Abstract: A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Kurt G. Krupka, Jesse J. Pasterski, Chadwick I. Romzek, Scott A. Ainsworth, Jeffrey Louis Heinen
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Publication number: 20150173877Abstract: A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Kurt G. Krupka, Jesse J. Pasterski, Chadwick I. Romzek, Scott A. Ainsworth, Jeffrey Louis Heinen
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Publication number: 20150173876Abstract: A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Chadwick I. Romzek, Claudiu Andrei Bouruc, Todd W. Wilkes, David John Enz, Jesse J. Pasterski, Kurt G. Krupka, Brian Wayne Tomac, Sarah Anne Olson
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Publication number: 20150173875Abstract: A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLWIDE, INC.Inventors: Chadwick I. Romzek, Claudiu Andrei Bouruc, Todd W. Wilkes, David John Enz, Jesse J. Pasterski, Kurt G. Krupka, Brian Wayne Tomac, Sarah Anne Olson
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Patent number: 8813351Abstract: Apparatus for separately conveying a plurality of discrete parts from a web and applying each of the discrete parts to a substrate includes a plurality of transfer pucks and a drive assembly. The drive assembly is configured to rotate each of the transfer pucks such that a plurality of pairs of discrete parts is applied to the web. Each applied pair of discrete parts includes a first discrete part and a second discrete part spaced a first distance from the first discrete part, wherein adjacent pairs of discrete pairs are spaced a second distance that is different from the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Adam Schoultz, Chadwick I. Romzek, Brian Rhodes, Jesse Sorenson
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Publication number: 20130152360Abstract: Apparatus for separately conveying a plurality of discrete parts from a web and applying each of the discrete parts to a substrate includes a plurality of transfer pucks and a drive assembly. The drive assembly is configured to rotate each of the transfer pucks such that a plurality of pairs of discrete parts is applied to the web. Each applied pair of discrete parts includes a first discrete part and a second discrete part spaced a first distance from the first discrete part, wherein adjacent pairs of discrete pairs are spaced a second distance that is different from the first distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Adam Schoultz, Chadwick I. Romzek, Brian Rhodes, Jesse Sorenson