Patents by Inventor Diana M. Cates

Diana M. Cates 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: 4891957
    Abstract: A stitchboard material including an elastomeric nonwoven fibrous web, e.g., an elastomeric web of meltblown fibers, and method of forming the material, is disclosed. The material, including the elastomeric web, is stretchable and has breathability, and avoids holes through the material at the location where the stitches pass through the material. The elastomeric web can be used in combination with elongatable or gatherable webs of fibrous material to provide stitchbonded stretchable composite fabrics having desired stretch and surface characteristics, and breathability, useful as fabric for wearing apparel (e.g., stretch corduroy) or other textile uses such as draperies and other home furnishings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: David C. Strack, Samuel C. Baer, Diana M. Cates, Raju Venkatapathy