Patents by Inventor Robert D. Harris, Jr.

Robert D. Harris, Jr. 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).

  • Protective barrier apparel fabric
    Patent number: 5520980
    Abstract: There is provided a protective barrier apparel fabric comprised of an at least three layer laminate. The first layer being of elastomeric meltblown thermoplastic polymer web, the second layer of a liquid impermeable film and the third layer of liquid permeable material, where the layers are bonded together. The elastomeric meltblown layer may be stitchbonded prior to incorporation into the laminate and/or may be saturated with a latex composition prior to incorporation into the laminate. The laminate provides good MVTR and protection against blood strikethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Linda J. Morgan, Robert D. Harris, Jr.
  • Elastic abrasion resistant laminate
    Patent number: 4777080
    Abstract: An elastic laminate which includes a first elastic sheet having at least one other elastic sheet joined thereto. The first elastic sheet is formed from an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer. The second elastic sheet is formed from a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer. The sheets may be nonwoven webs of meltblown fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Robert D. Harris, Jr., David M. Jackson, Michael T. Morman
  • Bicomponent fiber and nonwovens made therefrom
    Patent number: 4732809
    Abstract: Novel heat bondable bicomponent fibers useful in the production of nonwoven fabrics, as well as methods for the production of such fibers, are disclosed. The fibers comprise a latently adhesive component for forming interfilamentary bonds upon the application of heat and subsequent cooling, and another component, and are characterized by the fact that upon the application of heat sufficient to melt the latently adhesive component and subsequent cooling, a substantial shrinkage force appears in said other component only after resolidification of said latently adhesive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Robert D. Harris, Jr., James P. Parker, Charles L. King
  • Method for making bicomponent fibers
    Patent number: 4552603
    Abstract: Novel heat bondable bicomponent fibers useful in the production of nonwoven fabrics, as well as methods for the production of such fibers, are disclosed. The fibers comprise a latently adhesive component for forming interfilamentary bonds upon the application of heat and subsequent cooling, and another component, and are characterized by the fact that upon the application of heat sufficient to melt the latently adhesive component and subsequent cooling, a substantial shrinkage force appears in said other component only after resolidification of said latently adhesive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1985
    Assignee: Akzona Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert D. Harris, Jr., James P. Parker, Charles L. King