Patents by Inventor Fred N. Desai

Fred N. Desai 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 making high-elongation apertured nonwoven web
    Patent number: 8968614
    Abstract: An extensible apertured nonwoven web, and a method for making such an apertured nonwoven web. In one embodiment the method comprises the steps of providing an apertured nonwoven web, incrementally stretching it in a direction substantially parallel to the cross machine direction, and applying tension in the machine direction such that the web width after applying tension is less than the web width after incremental stretching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Fred N. Desai, Hiroshi Nakahata, John J. Curro, Douglas H. Benson
  • Articles Comprising Impregnated Thermoplastic Members And Method Of Manufacturing The Articles
    Publication number: 20080275412
    Abstract: An article, including disposable articles and durable articles, includes one or more shaped thermoplastic members, which can be at least partially impregnated into one or more fibrous substrates forming a composite material of the article having regions of breathability, elasticity, and/or stiffening to provide desired functions of the article. The shaped thermoplastic members have a profiled thickness and/or basis weight providing variation in material properties. A percent variation of the profiled thickness of the thermoplastic member can vary from about 5% to about 95%. A process for manufacturing the composite material of the present invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: John C. Molander, David A. Wallack, Joseph H. Lam, Fred N. Desai, Urmish P. Dalal, Mark J. Kline
  • Articles comprising impregnated thermoplastic members and method of manufacturing the articles
    Publication number: 20030088220
    Abstract: An article, including disposable articles and durable articles, includes one or more shaped thermoplastic members, which can be at least partially impregnated into one or more fibrous substrates forming a composite material of the article having regions of breathability, elasticity, and/or stiffening to provide desired functions of the article. The shaped thermoplastic members have a profiled thickness and/or basis weight providing variation in material properties. A percent variation of the profiled thickness of the thermoplastic member can vary from about 5% to about 95%. A process for manufacturing the composite material of the present invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John C. Molander, David A. Wallack, Joseph H. Lam, Fred N. Desai, Urmish P. Dalal, Mark J. Kline
  • High-elongation apertured nonwoven web and method for making
    Publication number: 20030021951
    Abstract: An extensible apertured nonwoven web, and a method for making such an apertured nonwoven web. In one embodiment the method comprises the steps of providing an apertured nonwoven web, incrementally stretching it in a direction substantially parallel to the cross machine direction, and applying tension in the machine direction such that the web width after applying tension is less than the web width after incremental stretching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Fred N. Desai, Hiroshi Nakahata, John J. Curro, Douglas H. Benson