Patents by Inventor David VanEperen

David VanEperen 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 for bonding surfaces on a web
    Publication number: 20050133150
    Abstract: A method for bonding a strip, such as a leg elastic or the like, to an opening on a web of material. The method includes providing a web that includes at least one opening and defines at least a first bonding surface adjacent each opening. For each opening the method includes: deforming the web to modify the shape of the opening, providing a strip defining a second bonding surface, bonding together at least portions of the first and second bonding surfaces of the modified opening and relaxing the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: David VanEperen, Joseph Coenen, Jack Couillard, Walter Mattingly, Robert Popp, Heather Mortell