Patents by Inventor Jean Feyen Niemeyer

Jean Feyen Niemeyer 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).

  • Absorbent article with visually and tactilely distinctive outer cover
    Patent number: 6140551
    Abstract: An absorbent article, such as the shown diaper (10), has a front waistband portion (14), a back waistband portion (12) and an intermediate portion (16) interconnecting said front and back waistband portions. The article includes a backsheet member (30), a liquid permeable topsheet layer (28), and an absorbent body (32) sandwiched between the topsheet layer (28) and backsheet member (30). The backsheet member includes an air permeable, polymer sheet layer (96), and a first, outward nonwoven fibrous web (94) attached to or otherwise operatively joined with a major facing surface (78) of the polymer sheet layer (96) at a plurality of individual, spaced apart thermal bonds (98).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Feyen Niemeyer, Thomas Allan Eby, David Willis Heyn, Allen Todd Leak, Jeffrey Lawrence McManus, Steven Walter Moster, Dale Arthur Peterson, Alan Francis Schleinz, Gordon Allen Shaw, Michael Donald Sperl, Gregory Todd Sudduth, Paula Kay Zoromski