Patents by Inventor Gary Lee Shanklin

Gary Lee Shanklin 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: 11421384
    Abstract: Provided are tissue webs and products that have a modest degree of surface texture, but are still soft. In certain instances the tissue products and webs may also have good sheet bulk and low stiffness. For example, the tissue products may have good softness, such as a TS7 value (measured using the EMTEC Tissue Softness Analyzer) less than 11.0, and a textured surface, such as an R2 value from about 11,000 to about 20,000 (measured using an OpTiSurf tester). The foregoing tissue products may have a sheet bulk greater than about 8.0 cc/g and a Stiffness Index less than about 15.0. In certain instances the tissue product and webs may be through-air dried and may be either creped or uncreped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael John Rekoske, David Matthew VanBergen, John Paul David, Jessica Jan O'Connor, Gary Lee Shanklin
  • Publication number: 20210180259
    Abstract: Provided are tissue products containing an additive adapted to reduce skin irritation, such as a lotion, and a colorant may be manufactured with relatively low total add-on amounts of the additive without reducing effectiveness, while providing the product with a distinct aesthetic appearance. In a specific embodiment, the additive composition comprises an oil, a wax, and a colorant comprising a pigment and a wetting agent. The additive and colorant, which are preferably both hydrophobic and non-aqueous, are be added simultaneously and in the same pattern so as to provide a tissue product having a distinct aesthetic appearance that also provides a cue to the user that the product comprises a soothing additive. In certain instances an aesthetic pattern, particularly a coloured pattern, provides a visual cue to the user and reinforces the benefits of the product, enabling lower additive add-on levels without degrading the user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Lawrence James Lobner, Gretchen Sarah Koch, Gary Lee Shanklin, Lisa Marie Tarr
  • Publication number: 20200270813
    Abstract: Provided are tissue webs and products that have a modest degree of surface texture, but are still soft. In certain instances the tissue products and webs may also have good sheet bulk and low stiffness. For example, the tissue products may have good softness, such as a TS7 value (measured using the EMTEC Tissue Softness Analyzer) less than 11.0, and a textured surface, such as an R2 value from about 11,000 to about 20,000 (measured using an OpTiSurf tester). The foregoing tissue products may have a sheet bulk greater than about 8.0 cc/g and a Stiffness Index less than about 15.0. In certain instances the tissue product and webs may be through-air dried and may be either creped or uncreped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Michael John Rekoske, David Matthew VanBergen, John Paul David, Jessica Jan O'Connor, Gary Lee Shanklin
  • Patent number: 9951477
    Abstract: Low slough, high basis weight tissue webs and products are provided. The tissue webs generally have basis weights greater than about 16 grams per square meter (gsm), while maintaining less than about 4 mg of slough. All while yielding tissue products that are both thick and soft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Peter Lee Carson, Michael William Smaby, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael John Rekoske, Mike Thomas Goulet, Thomas Joseph Dyer, John Alexander Werner, IV
  • Publication number: 20160355990
    Abstract: Low slough, high basis weight tissue webs and products are provided. The tissue webs generally have basis weights greater than about 16 grams per square meter (gsm), while maintaining less than about 4 mg of slough. All while yielding tissue products that are both thick and soft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Peter Lee Carson, Michael William Smaby, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael John Rekoske, Mike Thomas Goulet, Thomas Joseph Dyer, John Alexander Werner, IV
  • Patent number: 9499942
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to creped tissue webs, and products produced therefrom. The creped webs and products are strong, soft, and have fine crepe structure, such as less than about 12, measured as % COV at a STFI wavelength of 16 to 32 mm, using the test method set forth herein. Fine crepe structure is achieved even at basis weights in excess of 16 gsm per ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Peter Lee Carson, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael William Smaby, John Alexander Werner, IV, Michael John Rekoske, Mike Thomas Goulet, Thomas Joseph Dyer
  • Publication number: 20160153142
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to creped tissue webs, and products produced therefrom. The creped webs and products are strong, soft, and have fine crepe structure, such as less than about 12, measured as % COV at a STFI wavelength of 16 to 32 mm, using the test method set forth herein. Fine crepe structure is achieved even at basis weights in excess of 16 gsm per ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Peter Lee Carson, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael William Smaby, John Alexander Werner, IV, Michael John Rekoske, Mike Thomas Goulet, Thomas Joseph Dyer
  • Patent number: 9283730
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to creped tissue webs, and products produced therefrom. The creped webs and products are strong, soft, and have fine crepe structure, such as less than about 12, measured as % COV at a STFI wavelength of 16 to 32 mm, using the test method set forth herein. Fine crepe structure is achieved even at basis weights in excess of 16 gsm per ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Peter Lee Carson, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael William Smaby, John Alexander Werner, IV, Michael John Rekoske, Mike Thomas Goulet, Thomas Joseph Dyer
  • Patent number: 8894813
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to creped tissue webs, and products produced therefrom. The creped webs and products are strong, soft, and have improved strike-through and absorbency properties. The improvement in both strike-through and absorbency is achieved in-part by increasing the basis weight of the web, while at the same time reducing the creping composition add-on levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Peter Lee Carson, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael William Smaby, Michael John Rekoske, Thomas Joseph Dyer, Mike Thomas Goulet
  • Publication number: 20140127479
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-ply tissue product, also referred to herein as a tissue laminate, wherein the plies are adhesively adjoined by the zoned application of an adhesive. The zoned application of adhesive results in plies being adhesively joined by two or more longitudinally oriented strips of adhesive adjacent to the lateral edges of the ply. The resulting adhesively joined tissue has relatively high degrees of ply attachment, yet has relatively low stiffness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Zietlow, Thomas Garrett Neal, JR., Jay Christopher Olszewski, Christopher Lee Satori, Gary Lee Shanklin
  • Publication number: 20140050889
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to creped tissue webs, and products produced therefrom. The creped webs and products are strong, soft, and have fine crepe structure, such as less than about 12, measured as % COV at a STFI wavelength of 16 to 32 mm, using the test method set forth herein. Fine crepe structure is achieved even at basis weights in excess of 16 gsm per ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Peter Lee Carson, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael William Smaby, John Alexander Werner, IV, Michael John Rekoske, Mike Thomas Goulet, Thomas Joseph Dyer
  • Publication number: 20140050890
    Abstract: Low slough, high basis weight tissue webs and products are provided. The tissue webs generally have basis weights greater than about 16 grams per square meter (gsm), while maintaining less than about 4 mg of slough. All while yielding tissue products that are both thick and soft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Peter Lee Carson, Michael William Smaby, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael John Rekoske, Mike Thomas Goulet, Thomas Joseph Dyer, John Alexander Werner, IV
  • Publication number: 20140048224
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to creped tissue webs, and products produced therefrom. The creped webs and products are strong, soft, and have improved strike-through and absorbency properties. The improvement in both strike-through and absorbency is achieved in-part by increasing the basis weight of the web, while at the same time reducing the creping composition add-on levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Peter Lee Carson, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael William Smaby, Michael John Rekoske, Thomas Joseph Dyer, Mike Thomas Goulet
  • Patent number: 7517433
    Abstract: Tissues having a high level of softness and hand protection in combination with improved cleaning are disclosed. The tissues have been shown to remove more mucus than commercially available tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Thomas Gerard Shannon, Michael John Rekoske, Kathy Geralyn Richardson, Paul Kerner Pauling, Mark Alan Burazin, Gary Lee Shanklin, Thomas Kremer, Benjamin Peter Sierra
  • Patent number: 6551607
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of sequestering skin irritants with a skin irritant sequestering composition comprising a substrate, a hydrophilic skin irritant sequestering agent and a hydrophobic skin irritant sequestering agent. In one embodiment the sequestering agents are comprised of modified and non-modified clays. The present invention further also provides a method of sequestering skin irritants comprising administering to the stratum corneum of an individual's skin a skin irritant sequestering composition comprising a substrate, a skin irritant sequestering amount of a combination of hydrophilic and hydrophobic skin irritant sequestering agents. In one embodiment the skin irritants are bound to sequestering agents present on a substrate. In another embodiment the skin irritants are bound to sequestering agents present on the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Joseph Minerath, III, David Roland Otts, Linda Susan Huard, David John Tyrrell, Robert Cosmo DiLuccio, Frank Jerrel Akin, Chantel Spring Buhrow, Dennis Stein Everhart, Brenda Marie Nelson, Gary Lee Shanklin
  • Patent number: 6521240
    Abstract: Facial tissue is provided comprising a tissue substrate, a hydrophilic nasal secretion skin irritant sequestering agent and a hydrophobic nasal secretion skin irritant sequestering agent. In one embodiment the sequestering agents are comprised of modified and non-modified clays. In one embodiment the skin irritants are bound to sequestering agents present on a substrate. In another embodiment the skin irritants are bound to sequestering agents present on the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Joseph Minerath, III, Brenda Marie Nelson, David Roland Otts, Linda Susan Huard, David John Tyrrell, Gary Lee Shanklin
  • Patent number: 6521242
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of sequestering nasal secretion skin irritants comprising administering to the stratum corneum of an individual's skin a facial tissue comprising a tissue substrate, a nasal secretion skin irritant sequestering amount of a combination of hydrophilic and hydrophobic nasal secretion skin irritant sequestering agents. In one embodiment the sequestering agents are comprised of modified and non-modified clays. In one embodiment the skin irritants are bound to sequestering agents present on a substrate. In another embodiment the skin irritants are bound to sequestering agents present on the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Joseph Minerath, III, Brenda Marie Nelson, David Roland Otts, Linda Susan Huard, David John Tyrrell, Gary Lee Shanklin
  • Patent number: 6521241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a skin irritant sequestering composition comprising a tissue substrate, a hydrophilic skin irritant sequestering agent and a hydrophobic skin irritant sequestering agent. In one embodiment the sequestering agents are comprised of modified and non-modified clays. In one embodiment, the skin irritants are bound to sequestering agents present on a substrate. In another embodiment the skin irritants are bound to sequestering agents present on the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Joseph Minerath, III, David Roland Otts, Linda Susan Huard, David John Tyrrell, Robert Cosmo DiLuccio, Frank Jerrel Akin, Chantel Spring Buhrow, Dennis Stein Everhart, Brenda Marie Nelson, Gary Lee Shanklin
  • Patent number: 6156157
    Abstract: The invention relates to tissue products having improved softness properties and methods of making them. Specifically, improved softness is achieved by incorporating one or more softeners/debonders into the fiber furnish at the wet end of the tissue machine prior to formation, followed by a topical treatment with one or more softeners/debonders after the tissue web is dried. The result is a tissue product with added bulk and a smooth surface feel, both properties contributing to improved softness characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Wen Zyo Schroeder, Gary Vance Anderson, Duane Gerard Krzysik, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael John Smith
  • Patent number: 6120644
    Abstract: The invention relates to tissue products having improved softness properties and methods of making them. Specifically, improved softness is achieved by incorporating a cationic amidoamine into the fiber furnish at the wet end of the tissue machine prior to formation and/or by topical addition to the tissue web. One or more softeners/debonders can be added to the furnish and/or topically applied to the tissue web after the tissue web is dried. The result is a tissue product with added bulk and a smooth surface feel, both properties contributing to improved softness characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Wen Zyo Schroeder, Gary Lee Shanklin