Patents by Inventor Margaret Ann Kato

Margaret Ann Kato 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).

  • Waist elastic system with improved elastic decay properties for a training pant
    Publication number: 20030199843
    Abstract: The present invention provides a child's disposable absorbent training pant having an improved waist elastic system. The waist elastic system has a selected maximum magnitude of decay over the first three cycles at a specific extension, thereby providing a substantially uniform low tension over a wide size range, a more comfortable fit, and improved ease of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret Ann Kato, Frank Steven Glaug
  • Process for making a training pant having a unitary waist elastic system
    Patent number: 6605173
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of making a child's disposable absorbent training pant having a unitary waist elastic system that provides a substantially uniform low tension over a wide size range, a more comfortable fit, and improved ease of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Steven Glaug, Margaret Ann Kato
  • Process for making a training pant having a unitary waist elastic system
    Publication number: 20030084984
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of making a child's disposable absorbent training pant having a unitary waist elastic system that provides a substantially uniform low tension over a wide size range, a more comfortable fit, and improved ease of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Steven Glaug, Margaret Ann Kato
  • Process for making a training pant having a unitary waist elastic system
    Patent number: 6551430
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of making a child's disposable absorbent training pant having a unitary waist elastic system that provides a substantially uniform low tension over a wide size range, a more comfortable fit, and improved ease of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Steven Glaug, Margaret Ann Kato
  • Process for making a training pant having a unitary waist elastic system
    Patent number: 6358350
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of making a child's disposable absorbent training pant having a unitary waist elastic system that provides a substantially uniform low tension over a wide size range, a more comfortable fit, and improved ease of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Steven Glaug, Margaret Ann Kato
  • Waist elastic system with improved elastic decay properties for a training pant
    Patent number: 6336921
    Abstract: The present invention provides a child's disposable absorbent training pant having an improved waist elastic system. The waist elastic system has a selected maximum magnitude of decay over the first three cycles at a specific extension, thereby providing a substantially uniform low tension over a wide size range, a more comfortable fit, and improved ease of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret Ann Kato, Frank Steven Glaug
  • Process for making a training pant having a separate waist elastic system
    Patent number: 5711832
    Abstract: A process for making disposable absorbent articles including continuously moving a first layer in a first direction and a second layer in a second direction, continuously providing elongate elastic members to the first layer and to the second layer, folding the layers over the elongate elastic members, joining the elongate elastic members to the layers to form first and second continuous elastic composites, continuously moving a base layer having opposite edge portions, continuously delivering the first and the second continuous elastic composites to respective edge portions of the base layer, joining the first and the second continuous elastic composites to the edge portions of the base layer, providing a plurality of spaced apart absorbent structures on the base layer, folding the continuously moving base layer, bonding the folded base layer between the absorbent structures, and cutting the folded base layer to form a plurality of disposable absorbent articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Steven Glaug, Margaret Ann Kato
  • Waist elastic system with improved modulus of elasticity for a child's training pant
    Patent number: 5683376
    Abstract: The present invention provides a child's disposable absorbent training pant having an improved waist elastic system. The waist elastic system has a selected average maximum rate of change of modulus of elasticity over the first three cycles within a specified extension range, thereby providing a substantially uniform low tension over a wide size range, a more comfortable fit, and improved ease of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret Ann Kato, Frank Steven Glaug