Patents by Inventor Tom Flicker

Tom Flicker 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).

  • Personal care articles with tactile visual cues
    Patent number: 8740869
    Abstract: An absorbent article, for example, a diaper, a training pant, a swimming pant, or a feminine care article, and so forth, includes a topsheet, which forms a body-facing surface of the absorbent article, a backsheet disposed distally from the topsheet, which forms a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article, an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a heat-activatable expandable treatment on the garment-facing surface. The heat-activatable expandable treatment is present on the garment-facing surface in a visually distinctive shape or pattern and provides visual and/or tactile cues to a user of the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Herb Velazquez, Tom Flicker, Duane McDonald, Suzanne Murray, Katherine C. Wheeler, Dean M. Wydeven, Lisha Yu
  • Personal Care Articles with Tactile Visual Cues
    Publication number: 20120232511
    Abstract: An absorbent article, for example, a diaper, a training pant, a swimming pant, or a feminine care article, and so forth, includes a topsheet, which forms a body-facing surface of the absorbent article, a backsheet disposed distally from the topsheet, which forms a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article, an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a heat-activatable expandable treatment on the garment-facing surface. The heat-activatable expandable treatment is present on the garment-facing surface in a visually distinctive shape or pattern and provides visual and/or tactile cues to a user of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Herb Velazquez, Tom Flicker, Duane McDonald, Suzanne Murray, Katherine C. Wheeler, Dean M. Wydeven, Lisha Yu