Patents by Inventor Heidi B. Hopkins

Heidi B. Hopkins 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).

  • Coordinated apertured and embossed topsheet layer materials, and absorbent articles containing such
    Patent number: 9173782
    Abstract: A topsheet layer material for use on an absorbent article includes a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a depth direction and comprises a planar sheet. The topsheet layer material includes visually and spatially coordinated embossed channels and apertures. The embossed channels are curvilinear indentations configured along either the longitudinal, the transverse direction, or a combination of longitudinal and transverse directions. The apertures are positioned along the topsheet layer material laterally adjacent to the channels such that at least a portion of the apertures have an overall shape configuration that is substantially similar or the same as at least a portion of the shape of the embossed channel. Such coordinated aperture configuration may also be generally concentric with or generally parallel to the embossed channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy M. Takken, Hue Scott Snowden, Adrienne R. Loyd, Heidi B. Hopkins, Ramona Zenkich, Katie A. Boland
  • Coordinated Apertured and Embossed Topsheet Layer Materials, and Absorbent Articles Containing Such
    Publication number: 20140296815
    Abstract: A topsheet layer material for use on an absorbent article includes a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a depth direction and comprises a planar sheet. The topsheet layer material includes visually and spatially coordinated embossed channels and apertures. The embossed channels are curvilinear indentations configured along either the longitudinal, the transverse direction, or a combination of longitudinal and transverse directions. The apertures are positioned along the topsheet layer material laterally adjacent to the channels such that at least a portion of the apertures have an overall shape configuration that is substantially similar or the same as at least a portion of the shape of the embossed channel. Such coordinated aperture configuration may also be generally concentric with or generally parallel to the embossed channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy M. Takken, Hue Scott Snowden, Adrienne R. Loyd, Heidi B. Hopkins, Ramona Zenkich, Katie A. Boland