Patents by Inventor Kroy Donald Johnson

Kroy Donald Johnson 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: 11234905
    Abstract: Nonwoven and elastomeric substrates having formulations disposed thereon, wherein the formulations have improved compatibility with the substrate, are disclosed herein. More particularly, the formulations can be applied on the substrates without compromising the elastomeric properties and overall integrity of the substrate. Laminated articles using one or more of the nonwoven and elastomeric substrates having the formulations disposed thereon are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Scott W. Wenzel, Lisa Ann Flugge-Berendes, Debra Hartley Durrance, Jonathan Kyle Arendt, Kroy Donald Johnson
  • Patent number: 10307351
    Abstract: Substrates having formulations disposed thereon, wherein the formulations have improved transfer rates from the substrate to skin, are disclosed herein. More particularly, the formulations can be applied to nonwoven, particularly elastomeric substrates, as well as tissue paper, and can be easily and efficiently transferred from the substrate to the skin of a user upon intimate contact thereto. Laminated articles using one or more of the substrates having the formulations disposed thereon are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Scott W. Wenzel, Lisa Ann Flugge-Berendes, Jonathan Kyle Arendt, Kroy Donald Johnson, Bernard J. Minerath
  • Publication number: 20180200168
    Abstract: Substrates having formulations disposed thereon, wherein the formulations have improved transfer rates from the substrate to skin, are disclosed herein. More particularly, the formulations can be applied to nonwoven, particularly elastomeric substrates, as well as tissue paper, and can be easily and efficiently transferred from the substrate to the skin of a user upon intimate contact thereto. Laminated articles using one or more of the substrates having the formulations disposed thereon are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Scott W. Wenzel, Lisa Ann Flugge-Berendes, Jonathan Kyle Arendt, Kroy Donald Johnson, Bernard J. Minerath
  • Patent number: 9949906
    Abstract: Substrates having formulations disposed thereon, wherein the formulations have improved transfer rates from the substrate to skin, are disclosed herein. More particularly, the formulations can be applied to nonwoven, particularly elastomeric substrates, as well as tissue paper, and can be easily and efficiently transferred from the substrate to the skin of a user upon intimate contact thereto. Laminated articles using one or more of the substrates having the formulations disposed thereon are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Scott W. Wenzel, Lisa Ann Flugge-Berendes, Jonathan Kyle Arendt, Kroy Donald Johnson, Bernard J. Minerath, III
  • Publication number: 20170225875
    Abstract: A wall-mountable material dispensing system includes a material dispenser having a back wall, a bottom surface, a first element of an engagement component, and a self-alignment receiver, and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes a baseplate having a generally planar wall-facing surface and an opposite outward-facing surface, a self-alignment protrusion extending from the outward-facing surface, wherein the self-alignment receiver is sized to at least partially receive the self-alignment protrusion. The mounting bracket also includes a second element of the engagement component configured to engage with the first element of the engagement component, wherein the second element of the engagement component is disposed on or in the outward-facing surface, a support member extending from or adjacent to the outward-facing surface, and a wall-mounting mechanism disposed on or adjacent to the wall-facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Samuel Schlaupitz, Kroy Donald Johnson, Stephanie Diana Scharenbroch, Andrew John Fotjik, Benjamin Charles Sarbo, Timothy James Peters
  • Patent number: 8846063
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a personal care composition containing a carrier, an oil phase having at least one terpene alcohol component, an at least partially fluorinated compound, and a stabilizer. In an exemplary aspect, the at least partially fluorinated compound is stable within the composition of the present disclosure with the introduction of an oil phase having at least one terpene alcohol component to stabilize the at least partially fluorinated compound. Thus, the composition provides an initial foaming action and longer term skin benefits provided by an oil phase contacting a terpene alcohol component. A stabilizing component may also be included to provide further stability to the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Richard Seidling, Sarah Anne Lemke, Scott W. Wenzel, Kroy Donald Johnson, Corey Thomas Cunningham
  • Patent number: 8603297
    Abstract: A dispersible wet wipe constructed of at two layers is disclosed. A triggerable binder composition binds said web substrate together. The wet wipe also includes a wetting composition including at least 0.3 percent of an insolubilizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Jun Zhang, Kroy Donald Johnson, Nathan John Vogel, Robert Irving Gusky, David James Sealy Powling
  • Patent number: 8603054
    Abstract: A delivery product is used to deliver a skin composition to the skin of a user. The delivery product includes a thermo-responsive polymer film. The polymer film is solid at room temperature but, once contacted with the skin, increases in temperature and degrades. A skin composition is associated with the polymer film. The skin composition can be applied to a surface of the film or can be incorporated into the film. The skin composition is released by the polymer film for treating the skin of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Anne Lemke, Kroy Donald Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120297560
    Abstract: A dispersible wet wipe constructed of at two layers is disclosed. A triggerable binder composition binds said web substrate together. The wet wipe also includes a wetting composition including at least 0.3 percent of an insolubilizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Jun Zhang, Kroy Donald Johnson, Nathan John Vogel, Robert Irving Gusky, David James Sealy Powling
  • Patent number: 8257553
    Abstract: A dispersible wet wipe constructed of at two layers is disclosed. The first outer layer of the wipe substrate may have a density of between about 0.5 and 2.0 grams per cubic centimeter. The second outer layer may have a density of between about 0.05 and 0.15 grams per cubic centimeter. A triggerable binder composition binds said web substrate together. The wet wipe also includes a wetting composition including at least 0.3 percent of an insolubilizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Jun Zhang, Kroy Donald Johnson, Nathan John Vogel, Robert Irving Gusky, David James Sealy Powling
  • Publication number: 20120160436
    Abstract: A dispersible wet wipe constructed of at two layers is disclosed. The first outer layer of the wipe substrate may have a density of between about 0.5 and 2.0 grams per cubic centimeter. The second outer layer may have a density of between about 0.05 and 0.15 grams per cubic centimeter. A triggerable binder composition binds said web substrate together. The wet wipe also includes a wetting composition including at least 0.3 percent of an insolubilizing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Jun Zhang, Kroy Donald Johnson, Nathan John Vogel, Robert Irving Gusky, David James Sealy Powling
  • Publication number: 20120130323
    Abstract: A delivery product is used to deliver a skin composition to the skin of a user. The delivery product includes a thermo-responsive polymer film. The polymer film is solid at room temperature but, once contacted with the skin, increases in temperature and degrades. A skin composition is associated with the polymer film. The skin composition can be applied to a surface of the film or can be incorporated into the film. The skin composition is released by the polymer film for treating the skin of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Sarah Anne Lemke, Kroy Donald Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110293931
    Abstract: A single-ply dispersible wet wipe constructed from a single-ply wipe substrate containing a fibrous substrate and a binder composition is disclosed. The binder composition may be applied substantially to the outer surfaces of the fibrous substrate. The wet wipes also contain a wetting composition containing between about 0.5 and about 3.5 percent of an insolubilizing agent, such as salt. Upon agitation in water for ten minutes or less, the single-ply wipe substrate splits into two sections to enhance the dispersibility of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Nathan John Vogel, Kenneth John Zwick, David James Sealy Powling, Kroy Donald Johnson, Peter Shawn Lortscher, Robert Stanley Monson, David Glen Biggs, Michael George Shlepr
  • Publication number: 20110290437
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to dispersible wet wipes. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a dispersible wet wipe constructed of a wipe substrate containing a tissue web consisting of cellulose fibers and a binder composition for binding said binder composition to said tissue web. The tissue web contains cellulose fibers that have a fiber length of 3 mm or less. The construction of the dispersible wipes may allow for a pass through percentage value calculates via a dispersibility shake flask test of at least about 70 percent for increased dispersibility. More desirably, the single-ply dispersible wet wipes may have a pass through percentage value of at least about 95 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Nathan John Vogel, Kenneth John Zwick, David James Sealy Powling, Kroy Donald Johnson, Peter Shawn Lortscher
  • Publication number: 20100150971
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a personal care composition containing a carrier, an oil phase having at least one terpene alcohol component, an at least partially fluorinated compound, and a stabilizer. In an exemplary aspect, the at least partially fluorinated compound is stable within the composition of the present disclosure with the introduction of an oil phase having at least one terpene alcohol component to stabilize the at least partially fluorinated compound. Thus, the composition provides an initial foaming action and longer term skin benefits provided by an oil phase contacting a terpene alcohol component. A stabilizing component may also be included to provide further stability to the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Jeffery Richard Seidling, Sarah Anne Lemke, Scott W. Wenzel, Kroy Donald Johnson, Corey Thomas Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20100008957
    Abstract: Nonwoven and elastomeric substrates having formulations disposed thereon, wherein the formulations have improved compatibility with the substrate, are disclosed herein. More particularly, the formulations can be applied on the substrates without compromising the elastomeric properties and overall integrity of the substrate. Laminated articles using one or more of the nonwoven and elastomeric substrates having the formulations disposed thereon are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Scott W. Wenzel, Lisa Ann Flugge-Berendes, Debra Hartley Durrance, Jonathan Kyle Arendt, Kroy Donald Johnson
  • Publication number: 20100008958
    Abstract: Substrates having formulations disposed thereon, wherein the formulations have improved transfer rates from the substrate to skin, are disclosed herein. More particularly, the formulations can be applied to nonwoven, particularly elastomeric substrates, as well as tissue paper, and can be easily and efficiently transferred from the substrate to the skin of a user upon intimate contact thereto. Laminated articles using one or more of the substrates having the formulations disposed thereon are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Stacy Averic Mundschau, Scott W. Wenzel, Lisa Ann Flugge-Berendes, Jonathan Kyle Arendt, Kroy Donald Johnson, Bernard J. Minerath, III
  • Publication number: 20090324693
    Abstract: A delivery product is used to deliver a skin composition to the skin of a user. The delivery product includes a thermo-responsive polymer film. The polymer film is solid at room temperature but, once contacted with the skin, increases in temperature and degrades. A skin composition is associated with the polymer film. The skin composition can be applied to a surface of the film or can be incorporated into the film. The skin composition is released by the polymer film for treating the skin of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Anne Lemke, Kroy Donald Johnson
  • Publication number: 20090324506
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a skin protectant formulation that is designed to be sprayed onto human skin for the purpose of protecting the skin. In particular, an exemplary formulation of the present disclosure contains at least a carrier, a structurant and a skin protectant agent. An exemplary formulation contains a carrier comprising at least water, a structurant comprising at least a laponite clay, and a skin protectant agent comprising petrolatum. Typically, the skin protectant formulation will comprise at least about 30 wt. % of a skin protectant agent. A continuous spray dispenser may be used to apply the skin protectant formulation to reduce the need for rubbing as the treated area can be covered by a mist of the skin protectant formulation requiring no need to rub for application or small droplets that do not require extensive time for rubbing in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffery Richard Seidling, Scott W. Wenzel, Sarah Anne Lemke, Kroy Donald Johnson, Stacy Averic Mundschau