Patents by Inventor Marci Elizabeth Kuske
Marci Elizabeth Kuske 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).
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Patent number: 7021466Abstract: A packaging bag for containing a plurality of disposable absorbent articles includes a generally polyhedral enclosure having an interior space, a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall. A plurality of disposable absorbent articles contained in the interior space, with each one of the articles being adapted to be worn by a user and including a front panel and a back panel. A first graphic is provided on the front panel of each the absorbent article, and a second graphic is provided on the back panel of each the absorbent article. A first and a second of the walls include an at least substantially clear portion, with the plurality of disposable absorbent articles being folded and positioned in the enclosure such that at least a portion of the first graphic is visually perceivable through the first of the walls and at least a portion of the second graphic is visually perceivable through the second of the walls.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2002Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Marci Elizabeth Kuske, Anne Louise Miller, Leonard Michael Kaczmarzyk
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Publication number: 20030070955Abstract: A packaging bag for containing a plurality of disposable absorbent articles includes a generally polyhedral enclosure having an interior space, a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall. A plurality of disposable absorbent articles contained in the interior space, with each one of the articles being adapted to be worn by a user and including a front panel and a back panel. A first graphic is provided on the front panel of each the absorbent article, and a second graphic is provided on the back panel of each the absorbent article. A first and a second of the walls include an at least substantially clear portion, with the plurality of disposable absorbent articles being folded and positioned in the enclosure such that at least a portion of the first graphic is visually perceivable through the first of the walls and at least a portion of the second graphic is visually perceivable through the second of the walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2002Publication date: April 17, 2003Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Marci Elizabeth Kuske, Anne Louise Miller, Leonard Michael Kaczmarzyk
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Patent number: 6491165Abstract: A flexible packaging bag is provided for containing a plurality of articles. Each of the articles has a component which is desirably visible to a user, purchaser, or the like. The flexible packaging bag includes a window in one of its walls that has a periphery substantially framing the graphic that is desired to be seen. A visual cue can be provided in another wall such that it is visually associated with the window in order to draw the attention of the user, purchaser, or the like to the graphic of the visible article. An accessory window is also provided in the flexible packaging bag so that the number of remaining articles can be easily determined visually.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2001Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Marci Elizabeth Kuske, Anne Louise Miller, Leonard Michael Kaczmarzyk
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Publication number: 20020125171Abstract: A flexible packaging bag is provided for containing a plurality of articles. Each of the articles has a component which is desirably visible to a user, purchaser, or the like. The flexible packaging bag includes a window in one of its walls that has a periphery substantially framing the graphic that is desired to be seen. A visual cue can be provided in another wall such that it is visually associated with the window in order to draw the attention of the user, purchaser, or the like to the graphic of the visible article. An accessory window is also provided in the flexible packaging bag so that the number of remaining articles can be easily determined visually.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2001Publication date: September 12, 2002Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Marci Elizabeth Kuske, Anne Louise Miller, Leonard Michael Kaczmarzyk
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Patent number: 6318555Abstract: A flexible packaging bag is provided for containing a plurality of articles. Each of the articles has a component which is desirably visible to a user, purchaser, or the like. The flexible packaging bag includes a window in one of its walls that has a periphery substantially framing the graphic that is desired to be seen. A visual cue can be provided in another wall such that it is visually associated with the window in order to draw the attention of the user, purchaser, or the like to the graphic of the visible article. An accessory window is also provided in the flexible packaging bag so that the number of remaining articles can be easily determined visually.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1996Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Marci Elizabeth Kuske, Anne Louise Miller, Leonard Michael Kaczmarzyk
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Patent number: 5980087Abstract: An apparatus for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers of material has a plurality of reference marks representing a plurality of separate and distinct components, and the other of the continuously moving layers has a respective plurality of different components thereon. The apparatus controls the distance between reference marks to a selected distance, and controllably registers each reference mark to a respective component of the continuously moving second layer. An article is provided in which a graphic is controllably registered within a designated area thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1998Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Robert Griffiths Brandon, Louis Maurice Chapdelaine, Leonard Michael Kaczmarzyk, Scott Lee Kastman, Marci Elizabeth Kuske, Thomas Michael Lager, Stephen Lawrence Miller, Robert Lee Popp, Richard Thomas Wehrle, Devertt DeWayne Woolwine
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Patent number: 5818719Abstract: An apparatus for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers of material has a plurality of reference marks representing a plurality of separate and distinct components, and the other of the continuously moving layers has a respective plurality of different components thereon. The apparatus controls the distance between reference marks to a selected distance, and controllably registers each reference mark to a respective component of the continuously moving second layer. An article is provided in which a graphic is controllably registered within a designated area thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1996Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Kimberly-Clark, Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Robert Griffiths Brandon, Louis Maurice Chapdelaine, Leonard Michael Kaczmarzyk, Scott Lee Kastman, Marci Elizabeth Kuske, Thomas Michael Lager, Stephen Lawrence Miller, Robert Lee Popp, Richard Thomas Wehrle, Devertt DeWayne Woolwine
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Patent number: 5766389Abstract: A process for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers of material has a plurality of reference marks representing a plurality of separate and distinct components, and the other of the continuously moving layers has a respective plurality of different components thereon. The process controls the distance between reference marks to a selected distance, and controllably registers each reference mark to a respective component of the continuously moving second layer. An article is provided in which a graphic is controllably registered within a designated area thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1996Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Robert Griffiths Brandon, Louis Maurice Chapdelaine, Leonard Michael Kaczmarzyk, Scott Lee Kastman, Marci Elizabeth Kuske, Thomas Michael Lager, Stephen Lawrence Miller, Robert Lee Popp, Richard Thomas Wehrle, Devertt DeWayne Woolwine
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Patent number: D386286Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1996Date of Patent: November 18, 1997Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Leonard Michael Kaczmarzyk, Marci Elizabeth Kuske, Thomas Michael Lager, Robert Lee Popp, Richard Thomas Wehrle