Patents by Inventor Joel E. Edwards

Joel E. Edwards 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).

  • Chemical and mechanical softening process for nonwoven web
    Patent number: 5413811
    Abstract: There is provided a method of softening a nonwoven web by wetting a nonwoven web having a starting, unstretched width and a starting cup crush value, with an aqueous solution of softening chemicals, necking the saturated nonwoven web, drying the nonwoven web at a temperature and time sufficient to remove at least 95 percent of the moisture from the nonwoven web, wherein the web has a final cup crush value which is less than 50 percent of the starting cup crush value. The method may optionally include the step of un-necking the nonwoven web to about between 80 and 125 percent of its starting, unstretched width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Steven W. Fitting, John J. Sayovitz, Joel E. Edwards, Gregory T. Sudduth
  • Nonwoven fabric
    Patent number: D375844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Joel E. Edwards, Ruth L. Levy, Ann L. McCormack, John J. Sayovitz, Ernest P. Sedlock