Patents by Inventor Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner

Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner 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).

  • Patent number: 7926680
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a clip of stack sheets of a web material includes a carton body defined by a bottom, sidewalls, and a lid. The carton body defines an internal volume for receipt of a clip of stacked sheets of a web material. The lid includes a dispensing opening through which individual sheets from the clip of stacked sheets are pulled by a user. A clip retainer extends from an underside of the lid towards the bottom within the internal volume of the carton body and is configured for receipt of the clip of stacked sheets therethrough such that a center portion of the clip is at least partially folded and held at an elevation above the bottom of the carton and towards the dispensing opening in the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner
  • Publication number: 20100108707
    Abstract: A method and system of customizing bulk purchases of consumer personal care products are provided. In accordance with the present disclosure, multiple product forms and variants of the product forms may be contained within an integrated display within a retail outlet. The product forms may comprise any suitable personal care products, such as absorbent articles, feminine care products, toiletries, products for infants and children, adult incontinence products, tissue products, and the like. In accordance with the present disclosure, a consumer can select multiple packages based on personal preference that contain various different product forms and/or variants. The consumer is instructed to select a particular number of packages for purchase that total a single bulk price. In this manner, the consumer can take advantage of bulk pricing while still being able to select multiple related personal care products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Marcille Faye Ruman, Jason R. Boon, Heidi L. Carey, Heidi Bauerlein Hopkins, George I. Nukuto, Abayomi Shonoiki, Louise C. Ellis Coe, Christian Hirthe, Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner, Heather Anne Sorebo, Nancy R. Ver Kuilen
  • Publication number: 20090120816
    Abstract: Packaging is provided in which to supply disposable personal care products to a consumer, wherein at least a portion of the packaging is adapted to be reused by the consumer. The packaging includes a storage bin having a storage bin bottom and a reclosable cover and defining an interior space and a vertical perimeter, a removable bin enclosure disposed to encircle a portion of the vertical perimeter, wherein the bin enclosure includes product-identifying graphics, and an inner package disposed in the interior space, the inner package including a plurality of disposable personal care products. The removable bin enclosure can be a removable sleeve adapted to secure the reclosable cover to the storage bin bottom. The removable bin enclosure can also be a film overwrap, and the inner package and overwrap can be biodegradable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Marcille Faye Ruman, Louise Cynthia Ellis Coe, Heidi Lynn Carey, Jason Robert Boon, Christian Matthew Hirthe, Heidi Bauerlein Hopkins, Jason Daniel Rottier, Margaret Mary Posorske, Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner, Paula Mary Sosalla
  • Publication number: 20090057330
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a clip of stack sheets of a web material includes a carton body defined by a bottom, sidewalls, and a lid. The carton body defines an internal volume for receipt of a clip of stacked sheets of a web material. The lid includes a dispensing opening through which individual sheets from the clip of stacked sheets are pulled by a user. A clip retainer extends from an underside of the lid towards the bottom within the internal volume of the carton body and is configured for receipt of the clip of stacked sheets therethrough such that a center portion of the clip is at least partially folded and held at an elevation above the bottom of the carton and towards the dispensing opening in the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventor: Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner
  • Patent number: 6736935
    Abstract: The energy efficiency of a primary drying papermaking process is improved by the use of auxiliary dryers to dry the wet tissue webs to a final moisture of about 5% or less and adjust the CD moisture profiles of the wet and partially-dried tissue webs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Hermans, Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner, Michael Joseph Garvey
  • Publication number: 20040003906
    Abstract: The energy efficiency of a primary drying papermaking process is improved by the use of auxiliary dryers to dry the wet tissue webs to a final moisture of about 5% or less and adjust the CD moisture profiles of the wet and partially-dried tissue webs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Wordwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Hermans, Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner, Michael Joseph Garvey
  • Patent number: 6551461
    Abstract: The energy efficiency of a throughdrying papermaking process is improved by recycling exhaust air from one or more throughdryers to further heat the web at various places in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Hermans, Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner, Frank Stephen Hada, Ronald Frederick Gropp, Marek Parszewski
  • Publication number: 20030019601
    Abstract: The energy efficiency of a throughdrying papermaking process is improved by recycling exhaust air from one or more throughdryers to further heat the web at various places in the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Alan Hermans, Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner, Frank Stephen Hada, Ronald Frederick Gropp, Marek Parszewski