Patents by Inventor Timothy P. Clare

Timothy P. Clare 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).

  • Patent number: 8496636
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for unfolding and dispensing diapers. The system includes a dispenser and a folded diaper that is within the dispenser. The folded diaper includes a first longitudinal fold that is between a main portion and a first side portion and a second longitudinal fold that is between the main portion and a second side portion. The dispenser includes a first projection that unfolds the first longitudinal fold as the diaper is removed from the dispenser and a second projection that unfolds the second longitudinal fold as the diaper is removed from the dispenser. The system may make it easier for care givers to perform multiple diaper changes per day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan K. Rice, Walter C. Reade, Daniel L. Ellingson, Rhonda K. Joch, Brenda M. Nelson, Denise J. Nelson, Jaime M. Vitense, Timothy P. Clare, Connie J. Warshall, John P. Vukos
  • Patent number: 8048363
    Abstract: A container having a scented label attached using an in-mold label process and methods of making the same. A scented material is supplied to the label, and the label is attached to the container using an in-mold label process. In another embodiment, a container comprises an interior cavity for retaining a substance, and a label adapted to dispense a scent, wherein the label is disposed on an exterior surface of the container using an in-mold label process. The scent may be suggestive of the content of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Samuel Schlaupitz, Timothy P. Clare, Marilyn A. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7850041
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wet wipe dispensing systems for dispensing wet wipes capable of changing temperature upon use. In one embodiment, the dispensing system includes a wet wipe container and a lotion container that is held in assembly with the wet wipe container that contains a lotion that is kept separate from the wet wipes until the wet wipe is dispensed from the wet wipe container. The lotion includes a microencapsulated delivery vehicle that contains a temperature change agent that is capable of generating a temperature change upon contact with an aqueous solution. Once the wet wipe is dispensed from the system, an applicating device can apply the lotion to the wet wipe to facilitate contact between the temperature change agent in the microencapsulated delivery vehicle and the aqueous solution of the wet wipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventors: John David Amundson, Frank P. Abuto, Timothy P. Clare, Edward John Foley, Eric Michael Winder, Paul R. Schmidt, Wael R. Joseph, Duane Lyle McDonald
  • Patent number: 7654412
    Abstract: In a dispensing system and process for dispensing a warm wet wipe, a wet has an aqueous solution and microencapsulated delivery vehicles including a temperature change agent capable of generating a temperature change upon contact with the aqueous solution. An activating device facilitates rupturing of the microencapsulated delivery vehicles as the wet wipe is removed from a wet wipe container to allow contact between the temperature change agent and the aqueous solution of the wet wipe to thereby dispense a warm wet wipe. In another embodiment the wet wipe in the container has an aqueous solution. A lotion having the microencapsulated delivery vehicles is disposed in a lotion container free from contact with the wet wipe. An applicator in communication with the lotion is operable to apply the lotion to the wet wipe while the wet wipe is disposed at least in part within the wet wipe container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: John David Amundson, Frank P. Abuto, Timothy P. Clare, Michael Joseph Nelson, James Dell Milner, Wael R. Joseph, Duane Lyle McDonald, Herb Flores Velazquez
  • Publication number: 20090065521
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wet wipe dispensing systems for dispensing wet wipes capable of changing temperature upon use. In one embodiment, the dispensing system includes a wet wipe container and a lotion container that is held in assembly with the wet wipe container that contains a lotion that is kept separate from the wet wipes until the wet wipe is dispensed from the wet wipe container. The lotion includes a microencapsulated delivery vehicle that contains a temperature change agent that is capable of generating a temperature change upon contact with an aqueous solution. Once the wet wipe is dispensed from the system, an applicating device can apply the lotion to the wet wipe to facilitate contact between the temperature change agent in the microencapsulated delivery vehicle and the aqueous solution of the wet wipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: John David Amundson, Frank P. Abuto, Timothy P. Clare, Edward John Foley, Eric Michael Winder, Paul R. Schmidt, Wael R. Joseph, Duane Lyle McDonald
  • Patent number: 7497351
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wet wipe dispensing systems for dispensing wet wipes capable of changing temperature upon use. In one embodiment, the dispensing system includes a wet wipe container and a lotion container that is held in assembly with the wet wipe container that contains a lotion that is kept separate from the wet wipes until the wet wipe is dispensed from the wet wipe container. The lotion includes a microencapsulated delivery vehicle that contains a temperature change agent that is capable of generating a temperature change upon contact with an aqueous solution. Once the wet wipe is dispensed from the system, an applicating device can apply the lotion to the wet wipe to facilitate contact between the temperature change agent in the microencapsulated delivery vehicle and the aqueous solution of the wet wipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Inventors: John David Amundson, Frank P. Abuto, Timothy P. Clare, Edward John Foley, Eric Michael Winder, Paul R. Schmidt, Wael R. Joseph, Duane Lyle McDonald
  • Publication number: 20080116213
    Abstract: A container having a scented label attached using an in-mold label process and methods of making the same. A scented material is supplied to the label, and the label is attached to the container using an in-mold label process. In another embodiment, a container comprises an interior cavity for retaining a substance, and a label adapted to dispense a scent, wherein the label is disposed on an exterior surface of the container using an in-mold label process. The scent may be suggestive of the content of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Samuel Schlaupitz, Timothy P. Clare, Marilyn A. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20080087680
    Abstract: In a dispensing system and process for dispensing a warm wet wipe, a wet has an aqueous solution and microencapsulated delivery vehicles including a temperature change agent capable of generating a temperature change upon contact with the aqueous solution. An activating device facilitates rupturing of the microencapsulated delivery vehicles as the wet wipe is removed from a wet wipe container to allow contact between the temperature change agent and the aqueous solution of the wet wipe to thereby dispense a warm wet wipe. In another embodiment the wet wipe in the container has an aqueous solution. A lotion having the microencapsulated delivery vehicles is disposed in a lotion container free from contact with the wet wipe. An applicator in communication with the lotion is operable to apply the lotion to the wet wipe while the wet wipe is disposed at least in part within the wet wipe container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: John David Amundson, Frank P. Abuto, Timothy P. Clare, Michael Joseph Nelson, James Dell Milner, Wael R. Joseph, Duane Lyle McDonald, Herb Flores Velazquez
  • Publication number: 20070278242
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wet wipe dispensing systems for dispensing wet wipes capable of changing temperature upon use. In one embodiment, the dispensing system includes a wet wipe container and a lotion container that is held in assembly with the wet wipe container that contains a lotion that is kept separate from the wet wipes until the wet wipe is dispensed from the wet wipe container. The lotion includes a microencapsulated delivery vehicle that contains a temperature change agent that is capable of generating a temperature change upon contact with an aqueous solution. Once the wet wipe is dispensed from the system, an applicating device can apply the lotion to the wet wipe to facilitate contact between the temperature change agent in the microencapsulated delivery vehicle and the aqueous solution of the wet wipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: John David Amundson, Frank P. Abuto, Timothy P. Clare, Edward John Foley, Eric Michael Winder, Paul R. Schmidt, Wael R. Joseph, Duane Lyle McDonald
  • Patent number: 5618347
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for spraying an adhesive in a selected pattern on a continuously moving web. The apparatus and methods include at least one nozzle which is supplied with a predetermined volumetric flow of adhesive. A pressure regulating mechanism is used to maintain a back pressure at the nozzle when the nozzle is operated in an off position to provide an instantaneous spray of adhesive from the nozzle when the nozzle is operated from the off position to an on position. The nozzle is configured to spray the entire predetermined volumetric flow of adhesive when operated in the on position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy P. Clare, William R. Kollitz, Matthew J. Mikula