Patents by Inventor Paul Michael Harmon

Paul Michael Harmon 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).

  • Low Linting Imaged Hydroentangled Nonwoven Composite
    Publication number: 20220251746
    Abstract: Hydroentangled composites having a wide variety of uses (e.g., personal hygiene articles, facers for fenestration absorbent patches on surgical drapes, facers on absorbent surgical drapes, etc.) are provided. The hydroentangled composite includes at least two nonwoven webs hydroentangled together. The hydroentangled composite may have a three-dimensional structure. Additionally, the at least two nonwoven webs may have different bonding levels and/or lint levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Brian Burgess, Jerry Snider, Paul Michael Harmon, Dianne B. Ellis
  • Low linting imaged hydroentangled nonwoven composite
    Patent number: 11332862
    Abstract: Hydroentangled composites having a wide variety of uses (e.g., personal hygiene articles, facers for fenestration absorbent patches on surgical drapes, facers on absorbent surgical drapes, etc.) are provided. The hydroentangled composite includes at least two nonwoven webs hydroentangled together. The hydroentangled composite may have a three-dimensional structure. Additionally, the at least two nonwoven webs may have different bonding levels and/or lint levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Brian Burgess, Jerry Snider, Paul Michael Harmon, Dianne B. Ellis
  • Composite elastic nonwoven fabric
    Patent number: 11161321
    Abstract: Elastic nonwoven composites suitable for a wide variety of uses are provided. The composite includes at least one extensible nonwoven layer, including a first extensible nonwoven layer, and at least one elastic nonwoven layer, in which the nonwoven layer comprises elastic continuous filaments. The composite may be bonded and activated by, at least in part, a stretching operation. The elastic continuous filaments may comprise an additive, such as a slip additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: AVINTIV Specialty Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Sven Krister Erlandsson, Paul Michael Harmon, Philippe Guipouy, Didier Hunsinger, Robert Garcia Pano, Gerard Baltzinger, Ralph A. Moody, III
  • LOW LINTING IMAGED HYDROENTANGLED NONWOVEN COMPOSITE
    Publication number: 20170016158
    Abstract: Hydroentangled composites having a wide variety of uses (e.g., personal hygiene articles, facers for fenestration absorbent patches on surgical drapes, facers on absorbent surgical drapes, etc.) are provided. The hydroentangled composite includes at least two nonwoven webs hydroentangled together. The hydroentangled composite may have a three-dimensional structure. Additionally, the at least two nonwoven webs may have different bonding levels and/or lint levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Brian Burgess, Jerry Snider, Paul Michael Harmon, Dianne B. Ellis
  • Composite Elastic Nonwoven Fabric
    Publication number: 20160207280
    Abstract: Elastic nonwoven composites suitable for a wide variety of uses are provided. The composite includes at least one extensible nonwoven layer, including a first extensible nonwoven layer, and at least one elastic nonwoven layer, in which the nonwoven layer comprises elastic continuous filaments. The composite may be bonded and activated by, at least in part, a stretching operation. The elastic continuous filaments may comprise an additive, such as a slip additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Sven Krister Erlandsson, Paul Michael Harmon, Philippe Guipouy, Didier Hunsinger, Robert Garcia Pano, Gerard Baltzinger, Ralph A. Moody, III
  • Nonwoven fabric
    Patent number: D688882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Thomas Rhodes, Russell Glenn Tindall, Mark Lee Landreth, Paul Michael Harmon, Jerome Kenneth Reeves
  • Nonwoven fabric
    Patent number: D692673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Thomas Rhodes, III, Russell Glenn Tindall, Mark Lee Landreth, Paul Michael Harmon, Jerome Kenneth Reeves
  • Nonwoven fabric
    Patent number: D693130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Thomas Rhodes, III, Russell Glenn Tindall, Mark Lee Landreth, Paul Michael Harmon, Jerome Kenneth Reeves
  • Nonwoven fabric
    Patent number: D696869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Thomas Rhodes, III, Russell Glenn Tindall, Mark Lee Landreth, Paul Michael Harmon, Jerome Kenneth Reeves
  • Nonwoven fabric
    Patent number: D702047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Thomas Rhodes, III, Russell Glenn Tindall, Mark Lee Landreth, Paul Michael Harmon, Jerome Kenneth Reeves
  • Nonwoven fabric
    Patent number: D706042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Thomas Rhodes, III, Russell Glenn Tindall, Mark Lee Landreth, Paul Michael Harmon, Jerome Kenneth Reeves