Patents by Inventor Danial Owen Fischer

Danial Owen Fischer 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).

  • High pulp content nonwoven composite fabric
    Patent number: 6784126
    Abstract: A high pulp content nonwoven composite fabric is disclosed. The composite fabric contains 1) from more than about 0 to less than about 30 percent, by weight, of a nonwoven layer of conjugate spun filaments, the filaments containing at least one low-softening point component and at least one high-softening point component and having at least some exterior surfaces of the filaments composed of at least one low-softening point component; 2) more than about 70 percent, by weight, of pulp fibers; and 3) regions in which the low-softening point component at the exterior surfaces of the filaments is fused to at least a portion of the fibrous component. This high pulp content composite nonwoven fabric may be used as a heavy duty wiper or as a fluid distribution material, cover material, and/or absorbent material in an absorbent personal care product. Also disclosed is a method of making the high pulp content nonwoven composite fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Cherie Hartman Everhart, Danial Owen Fischer
  • High pulp content nonwoven composite fabric
    Publication number: 20030114071
    Abstract: A high pulp content nonwoven composite fabric is disclosed. The composite fabric contains 1) from more than about 0 to less than about 30 percent, by weight, of a nonwoven layer of conjugate spun filaments, the filaments containing at least one low-softening point component and at least one high-softening point component and having at least some exterior surfaces of the filaments composed of at least one low-softening point component; 2) more than about 70 percent, by weight, of pulp fibers; and 3) regions in which the low-softening point component at the exterior surfaces of the filaments is fused to at least a portion of the fibrous component. This high pulp content composite nonwoven fabric may be used as a heavy duty wiper or as a fluid distribution material, cover material, and/or absorbent material in an absorbent personal care product. Also disclosed is a method of making the high pulp content nonwoven composite fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Cherie Hartman Everhart, Danial Owen Fischer
  • Repeating pattern for a bonded fabric
    Patent number: D428267
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence James Romano, III, John Joseph Sayovitz, Alison Cecile Bates, Joel Muniz De Los Santos, Danial Owen Fischer, Nancy Jane Zimmerman