Patents by Inventor Charles John Chappell

Charles John Chappell 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: 6608236
    Abstract: There is provided a distribution material for personal care products which is a fabric which wicks artificial menses according to a horizontal wicking test a distance of about 1 inch in less than about 1.5 minutes. Materials meeting this performance criteria generally have a pore size distribution with a high percentage (usually more than 50 percent) of pore diameters between about 80 and 400 microns and a density below about 0.15 g/cc. There is also provided a personal care product system having a distribution/retention layer and a pad shaping layer wherein each layer has a stain length ratio of 0.5 or less and the distribution/retention layer has a saturation profile of 4 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Scott Burnes, Rebecca Lyn Dilnik, Connie Lynn Hetzler, Thomas Patrick Jorgenson, Tamara Lee Mace, David Michael Matela, Jayne Bramstedt Nelson, Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Alexander Manfred Schmidt-Foerst, Heather Anne Sorebo, James Allyn Spiers, Laura Jane Walker, Rodney Lawrence Abba, Charles John Chappell, Valerie Victoria Finch, Ann Marie Giencke, Michael Brent Kottek, Allan James Krueger, Andrew Michael Lake, MeeWha Lee, Sarah Elizabeth Long-Radloff, Janice Gail Nielsen, Ann Margaret Vanevenhoven
  • Publication number: 20020013566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent article adapted to be secured to a wearer's body. The absorbent article has a cover disposed toward the body facing surface and a baffle disposed toward the undergarment-facing surface. Positioned between the cover and the baffle is an absorbent material. An adhesive is secured to the body facing surface to hold the absorbent article in intimate contact with the wearer during use. The absorbent article further includes a pocket secured to the baffle for assisting removal of the absorbent article. The pocket has a fixed portion and a medial open portion which may be grasped or a portion of the wearer hand may be inserted to facilitate removal. Advantageously, the open portion of the pocket provides a means for hygienically disposing of the sanitary napkin. The method includes folding the sanitary napkin in half (across the transverse axis) so that the cover is in contact with itself and the transverse ends are substantially aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles John Chappell, Wayne Clement Sigl
  • Patent number: 5795344
    Abstract: An absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin has a cover, a baffle and an absorbent between the cover and baffle and includes an embossed channel in the absorbent. The channel is positioned inward from the absorbent edge. The channel impedes the flow of fluid toward the edges of the absorbent article and increases absorbent utilization in the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles John Chappell