Patents by Inventor Gary Howard Meitner

Gary Howard Meitner 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: 6221460
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid absorbent material that is particularly useful as a liner material for personal care absorbent articles such as diapers, training pants, incontinence garments, sanitary napkins, bandages and the like. The material contains a plurality of peaks across its surface at spaced-apart intervals separated by channels. Disposed within the peaks is a liquid absorbing material capable of absorbing body exudates and liquids in general. Due to the materials and the nature of the construction of the present invention, when used as a liner material for personal care absorbent articles such as diapers, it tends to reduce the total surface area in contact with the infant's skin and it also provides a plurality of air channels within the diaper from the front waistband to the back waistband of the diaper thereby providing a path for increased air circulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Eva Garvie Weber, Stanley Michael Gryskiewicz, Pamela Jean Mayberry, James Arthur Davis, Michael Tod Morman, Gary Howard Meitner, Leslie Warren Collier, IV, Nancy Donaldson Kollin, Douglas Bryan Cole