Patents by Inventor David Michael Clemens

David Michael Clemens 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).

  • Method of tucking refastenable side seams
    Patent number: 6776316
    Abstract: A method of tucking a pair of refastenable side seams into a body portion of a pant-like garment in which the fold locations can be controlled and the likelihood of creases occurring in the fastening components is reduced or eliminated. The garment is positioned either on one vacuum conveyor or between an upper vacuum conveyor and a lower vacuum conveyor. Vacuum zones from the conveyors hold the garment in place. While the garment is held by the vacuum zones, the refastenable side seams are pushed between the front and back regions toward one another with the fastening components being placed in a flat configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: David James Van Eperen, Steven James Langolf, Steven L. Schnasse, Kent Allan Franklin, David Michael Lehner, Jesse Paul Sorenson, Rodney Steele Gardinier, David Michael Clemens
  • Presentation of fastening components for making prefastened and refastenable pants
    Patent number: 6723034
    Abstract: A process for making prefastened and refastenable garments includes providing a plurality of discrete articles with mating fastening components disposed in the waist regions. First fastening components are separated from one another by an initial transverse distance. The waist region containing the first fastening components is modified to transversely displace these fastening components to a post displacement distance that is not equal to the initial distance. The process allows for convenient alignment of the fastening components to form refastenable seams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Debra Hartley Durrance, Scott Gerald Chapple, David Michael Clemens, Jason Gene Csida, Kurt Garrett Krupka, Heather Schenck Mortell, Robert Lee Popp, Marcille Faye Ruman, Scott John Andrew Swanson, Charles Robert Tomsovic
  • Method of tucking refastenable side seams
    Publication number: 20030062113
    Abstract: A method of tucking a pair of refastenable side seams into a body portion of a pant-like garment in which the fold locations can be controlled and the likelihood of creases occurring in the fastening components is reduced or eliminated. The garment is positioned either on one vacuum conveyor or between an upper vacuum conveyor and a lower vacuum conveyor. Vacuum zones from the conveyors hold the garment in place. While the garment is held by the vacuum zones, the refastenable side seams are pushed between the front and back regions toward one another with the fastening components being placed in a flat configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: David James Van Eperen, Steven James Langolf, Steven L. Schnasse, Kent Allan Franklin, David Michael Lehner, Jesse Paul Sorenson, Rodney Steele Gardinier, David Michael Clemens
  • Method and apparatus for unwinding web materials
    Patent number: 6533213
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for unwinding a web material that defines a plurality of integral lanes with separators disposed between the lanes. At least one lane of the web material can be torn along a separator without using a cutting or slitting device while maintaining one or more other lanes on the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Debra Hartley Durrance, Scott Gerald Chapple, David Michael Clemens, Michael Lee Lohoff, Larry Dean Primeau, Joseph Donald Schmidt, Richard John Schmidt
  • Presentation of fastening components for making prefastened and refastenable pants
    Publication number: 20020002358
    Abstract: A process for making prefastened and refastenable garments includes providing a plurality of discrete articles with mating fastening components disposed in the waist regions. First fastening components are separated from one another by an initial transverse distance. The waist region containing the first fastening components is modified to transversely displace these fastening components to a post displacement distance that is not equal to the initial distance. The process allows for convenient alignment of the fastening components to form refastenable seams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Debra Hartley Durrance, Scott Gerald Chapple, David Michael Clemens, Jason Gene Csida, Kurt Garrett Krupka, Heather Schenck Mortell, Robert Lee Popp, Marcille Faye Ruman, Scott John Andrew Swanson, Charles Robert Tomsovic
  • Method and apparatus for unwinding web materials
    Publication number: 20010032903
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for unwinding a web material that defines a plurality of integral lanes with separators disposed between the lanes. At least one lane of the web material can be torn along a separator without using a cutting or slitting device while maintaining one or more other lanes on the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Debra Hartley Durrance, Scott Gerald Chapple, David Michael Clemens, Michael Lee Lohoff, Larry Dean Primeau, Joseph Donald Schmidt, Richard John Schmidt