Patents by Inventor James E. Toonen

James E. Toonen 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: 8329292
    Abstract: A method of using an absorbent article where the method includes adhering at least a portion of an absorbent article to a surface of a window through a pressure sensitive adhesive composition. The absorbent article includes an exterior surface, an acquisition layer, superabsorbent polymer, a first layer that has an exterior surface and an interior surface, and a pressure sensitive attachment adhesive composition, the superabsorbent polymer being disposed between the acquisition layer and the interior surface of the first layer, and the pressure sensitive attachment adhesive composition being disposed on the exterior surface of the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Company
    Inventors: James E. Toonen, Sharf U. Ahmed, Stephen G. Rippe, Charles W. Graves
  • Patent number: 4984865
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector can be easily and quickly assembled by mounting the end of an optical fiber in a thermoplastic adhesive that is heated to a viscosity of between 1000 and 10,000 cp, has an Adhesion-to-Glass Value of at least 10N, and a Shore D hardness of at least 60 at 20.degree. C. The optical fiber connector lends itself to mass-production techniques and can be reused by heating to liquify the thermoplastic adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Lee, James E. Toonen