Patents by Inventor Valerie L. Kurbec

Valerie L. Kurbec 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).

  • Mechanical fastening system having orthogonally oriented engagement members
    Publication number: 20030120251
    Abstract: A selectively releasable, interengaging fastening system that may be used for a variety of articles such as, for example, shoes, garments, disposable absorbent products such as disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, incontinence products and the like. The fastening system includes a first fastener component that can constitute at least a first portion of an article. The first fastener component includes an engagement section having a plurality of substantially non-isotropic engagement members such that the engagement section has an axis of substantially maximal engagement. The fastening system also includes a cooperating fastener component that may constitute at least a second portion of an article such that the first and second portions of the article are capable of being joined by movement of the respective components together generally along an attachment direction into an overlapping and interengaging configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Denise R. Couture, Yvette L. Hammonds, Valerie L. Kurbec, Shelley R. Rasmussen, William G. Reeves, William G. Stratton, Manuel A. Torres, Kenneth R. Casson
  • Mechanical fastening system having orthogonally oriented engagement members
    Publication number: 20030045856
    Abstract: A selectively releasable, interengaging fastening system that may be used for a variety of articles such as, for example, shoes, garments, disposable absorbent products such as disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, incontinence products and the like. The fastening system includes a first fastener component that can constitute at least a first portion of an article. The first fastener component includes an engagement section having a plurality of substantially non-isotropic engagement members such that the engagement section has an axis of substantially maximal engagement. The fastening system also includes a cooperating fastener component that may constitute at least a second portion of an article such that the first and second portions of the article are capable of being joined by movement of the respective components together generally along an attachment direction into an overlapping and interengaging configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Denise R. Couture, Yvette L. Hammonds, Valerie L. Kurbec, Shelley R. Rasmussen, William G. Reeves, William G. Stratton, Manuel A. Torres