Patents by Inventor Kristina Fries Smits

Kristina Fries Smits 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).

  • Publication number: 20130230835
    Abstract: A method for simplified donning of a refastenable garment. The method includes configuring the article such that the first transverse side is open and such that the second transverse side is closed; thereafter positioning and fastening the first front and back side panels around a first leg; thereafter opening the second transverse side; thereafter positioning and fastening the second front and back side panels around a second leg; and thereafter drawing the article up into a wear position on the subject. Also disclosed is a method for simplifying the application of a refastenable garment that includes providing specific instructions to a user, such as via graphical images. Also disclosed is a package of refastenable garments, the package including secondary information for simplifying the application of a refastenable garment to a wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Kimberly Louise Ellefson, Charles Lewis Cooke, JR., Kristina Fries Smits, Shannon Kathleen Melius, Suzanne Marie Schmoker, Eric Brian Maclean
  • Publication number: 20100163197
    Abstract: Soft tissue sheets, such as bath tissues, are provided with increased dispersibility and fiber opacity efficiency, while maintaining suitable strength, by the addition of acid-treated seed fibers to the fiber furnish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Kristina Fries Smits, Michael Alan Hermans