Patents by Inventor Susan Kathleen Walser

Susan Kathleen Walser 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).

  • Nonwoven web and filter media containing partially split multicomponent fibers
    Patent number: 8021996
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonwoven web prepared from multicomponent fibers which are partially split. The partially split multicomponent fibers have at least one component of the multicomponent fiber separated from the remaining components of the multicomponent fiber along a first section of the longitudinal length of the multicomponent fibers. Along a second section of the longitudinal length of the multicomponent fibers the components of the multicomponent fibers remain together as a unitary fiber structure. In addition, part of the second section of the multicomponent fibers is bonded to part of a second section of an adjacent multicomponent fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Kathleen Walser, Leon Eugene Chambers, Jr., Reginald Smith, Nancy J. Zimmerman, Kiran K. Reddy, Nina Frazier, David Myers
  • NONWOVEN WEB AND FILTER MEDIA CONTAINING PARTIALLY SPLIT MULTICOMPONENT FIBERS
    Publication number: 20100159770
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonwoven web prepared from multicomponent fibers which are partially split. The partially split multicomponent fibers have at least one component of the multicomponent fiber separated from the remaining components of the multicomponent fiber along a first section of the longitudinal length of the multicomponent fibers. Along a second section of the longitudinal length of the multicomponent fibers the components of the multicomponent fibers remain together as a unitary fiber structure. In addition, part of the second section of the multicomponent fibers is bonded to part of a second section of an adjacent multicomponent fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Susan Kathleen Walser, Leon Eugene Chambers, JR., Reginald Smith, Nancy J. Zimmerman, Kiran K. Reddy, Nina Frazier, David Myers