Patents by Inventor Dawn Lynn Ilnicki Houghton

Dawn Lynn Ilnicki Houghton 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: 7566491
    Abstract: The present invention is a poufable product that is capable of being converted into a pouf product. The poufable product is comprised of at least one flat ply of flexible sheet material having at least one side edge and at least one cord. The cord engages at least one ply of the flexible sheet material such that the flexible sheet material is capable of bunching on or about the cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Lyn Dilnik, Dawn Lynn Ilnicki Houghton, Tammy Jo Balzar, Pamela Mary Thompson, Mary Rece Holt
  • Patent number: 5706950
    Abstract: A distinctive composite article has a longitudinal, length dimension and a lateral, width dimension. The article includes a flexible outer shell portion having a shell length and a shell width. At least a portion of a flexible drape layer is substantially affixed to the shell portion, and the drape layer has a drape width which is larger than the shell width. Additionally, the drape layer may have a drape length which is larger than the shell length. The drape layer includes a first laterally extending fold line, a first longitudinally extending fold line and at least a second longitudinally extending fold line. The longitudinally extending fold lines provide for a laterally-folded drape width which is not more than the shell width. The drape layer may also include at least a second laterally extending fold line, and the laterally extending fold lines may also provide for a longitudinally-folded drape length which is not more than the shell length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Dawn Lynn Ilnicki Houghton, Jean Sandra Feyen, Wilfred Eugene Riddell, Paula Cardinahl Winkel, Joseph Eric Winter