Patents by Inventor Franklin A. Klaene, Jr.

Franklin A. Klaene, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus for attaching a fastener to a profiled absorbent article
    Patent number: 5484505
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for affixing a fastener to the garment side of an absorbent article having a profiled shape, especially an absorbent article that is thicker in the center than at the ends. The-method involves placing a fastener with its pressure sensitive adhesive surface adjacent the garment side of the absorbent article, and applying pressure to adhere the pressure sensitive adhesive surface to the garment side of the absorbent article while the absorbent article and the fastener are between a compressible component and an anvil surface. The apparatus comprises a compressible component comprising a surface with a plurality of compressible, resilient elements projecting therefrom in a direction toward an anvil surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Cathy L. Isakson, Louis P. Brukhart, Franklin A. Klaene, Jr.