Patents by Inventor Virginia Lee Day

Virginia Lee Day 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: 10258516
    Abstract: A bodyside liner material for use in disposable absorbent personal care products has an average material plane and includes a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of apertures through the liner material; a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas; and a plurality of land areas disposed between the raised areas, wherein the land areas are hydrophilic. The bodyside liner material can also include a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of depressed areas alternating with the plurality of raised areas, wherein the depressed areas extend in the opposite z-direction from the average material plane, and wherein the depressed areas are hydrophilic; a plurality of apertures through the liner material, wherein the apertures are disposed only in the depressions; and a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Virginia Lee Day, Frank Paul Abuto, Sridhar Ranganathan
  • Patent number: 10238553
    Abstract: A surge material for use in disposable absorbent personal care products includes a wearer-facing surface, a plurality of elongate grooves in the wearer-facing surface, and a plurality of apertures disposed in the grooves and extending through the surge material. The surge material can also have an average material plane and including a plurality of ridges extending in a z-direction from the average material plane, a plurality of grooves alternating with the plurality of ridges, wherein the grooves extend in the opposite z-direction from the average material plane, and a plurality of apertures through the surge material, wherein the apertures are disposed only in the grooves. The surge material can also include a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the ridges and a hydrophilic treatment agent disposed within the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Virginia Lee Day, Frank Paul Abuto, Donald Eugene Waldroup
  • Publication number: 20150038934
    Abstract: A surge material for use in disposable absorbent personal care products includes a wearer-facing surface, a plurality of elongate grooves in the wearer-facing surface, and a plurality of apertures disposed in the grooves and extending through the surge material. The surge material can also have an average material plane and including a plurality of ridges extending in a z-direction from the average material plane, a plurality of grooves alternating with the plurality of ridges, wherein the grooves extend in the opposite z-direction from the average material plane, and a plurality of apertures through the surge material, wherein the apertures are disposed only in the grooves. The surge material can also include a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the ridges and a hydrophilic treatment agent disposed within the grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Virginia Lee Day, Frank Paul Abuto, Donald Eugene Waldroup
  • Publication number: 20150038933
    Abstract: A bodyside liner material for use in disposable absorbent personal care products has an average material plane and includes a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of apertures through the liner material; a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas; and a plurality of land areas disposed between the raised areas, wherein the land areas are hydrophilic. The bodyside liner material can also include a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of depressed areas alternating with the plurality of raised areas, wherein the depressed areas extend in the opposite z-direction from the average material plane, and wherein the depressed areas are hydrophilic; a plurality of apertures through the liner material, wherein the apertures are disposed only in the depressions; and a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Virginia Lee Day, Frank Paul Abuto, Sridhar Ranganathan
  • Publication number: 20140099469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nonwoven substrate comprising a fibrous web defining a surface; and a layer of a benefit agent wherein said benefit agent is selected from an additive composition, an enhancement component and combinations thereof; wherein said benefit agent is frothed and bonded to the fibrous web surface through a creping process and wherein said nonwoven substrate demonstrates improvements selected from enhanced tactile feel, enhanced printing, a decrease in hysteresis, an increase in bulk, an increase in elasticity/extensibility, an increase in retractability, a reduction in rugosities and combinations thereof when compared to an untreated substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Paul Abuto, Virginia Lee Day, Ray A. Sterling, Michael J. Faulks, Donald Eugene Waldroup, David G. Biggs, Jian Qin, Deborah Joy Calewarts