Patents by Inventor Yvette L. Hammonds

Yvette L. Hammonds 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: 6843785
    Abstract: A system for attaching a personal care article to an undergarment, the system including: (a) providing a personal care article having a top surface, a bottom surface, garment attachment adhesive applied to the bottom surface, a peel strip covering the garment attachment adhesive and pair of wings including selectively releasable, interengaging fasteners such that the wings are adapted to be temporarily mechanically engaged on the topsheet side of the article and then reconfigured to hold the article to an undergarment; (b) overlapping and temporarily interengaging the wings on the top surface of the article while the peel strip protecting the garment adhesive is removed; (c) positioning the article in an undergarment and securing the article to the undergarment utilizing the garment adhesive; and (d) disengaging the wings and re-engaging the wings around the undergarment to further secure the article to the undergarment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Yvette L. Hammonds, Shelley R. Rasmussen
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20030040730
    Abstract: An article (e.g., a sanitary napkin, incontinence pad or similar personal care product) that is to be worn with an undergarment having an attachment system that includes: a pair of wings including selectively releasable, interengaging fasteners such that the wings are adapted to hold the article to an undergarment; and a fastener component including a plurality of engagement members so it is adapted to engage the fabric of an undergarment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Yvette L. Hammonds, Allan J. Krueger, Shelley R. Rasmussen
  • Publication number: 20030036740
    Abstract: A system for attaching a personal care article to an undergarment, the system including: (a) providing a personal care article having a top surface, a bottom surface, garment attachment adhesive applied to the bottom surface, a peel strip covering the garment attachment adhesive and pair of wings including selectively releasable, interengaging fasteners such that the wings are adapted to be temporarily mechanically engaged on the topsheet side of the article and then reconfigured to hold the article to an undergarment; (b) overlapping and temporarily interengaging the wings on the top surface of the article while the peel strip protecting the garment adhesive is removed; (c) positioning the article in an undergarment and securing the article to the undergarment utilizing the garment adhesive; and (d) disengaging the wings and re-engaging the wings around the undergarment to further secure the article to the undergarment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Yvette L. Hammonds, Shelley R. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 5540332
    Abstract: A wet wipe having an improved dispensability and a method of producing the same are described. The wet wipe defines a pair of opposite end edges. At least a portion of one of the end edges is configured in a non-linear pattern which is adapted to facilitate a dispensing of the wet wipe. The end edge of the wet wipe which is configured in the non-linear pattern is further configured to provide a peel force of no more than 50 grams and a peel force ratio of at least 1.1. The wet wipe is also configured to provide an average dispensing force of no more than 10 grams and a dispensing force ratio of at least 1.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Kopacz, Teresa M. Zander, Mark G. Everson, Annamaria Cesco-Cancian, Yvette L. Hammonds
  • Patent number: D438958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Herb F. Velazquez, Yvette L. Hammonds, Susan J. Moder, Jayne B. Nelson, Jaime Braverman, Arthur E. Garavaglia
  • Patent number: D438959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Herb F. Velazquez, Yvette L. Hammonds, Susan J. Moder, Jayne B. Nelson, Jaime Braverman, Arthur E. Garavaglia
  • Patent number: D438960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Herb F. Velazquez, Yvette L. Hammonds, Susan J. Moder, Jayne B. Nelson, Jaime Braverman, Arthur E. Garavaglia
  • Patent number: D438961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Herb F. Velazquez, Yvette L. Hammonds, Susan J. Moder, Jayne B. Nelson, Jaime Braverman, Arthur E. Garavaglia
  • Patent number: D438962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Herb F. Velazquez, Yvette L. Hammonds, Susan J. Moder, Jayne B. Nelson, Jaime Braverman, Arthur E. Garavaglia
  • Patent number: D438963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Herb F. Velazquez, Yvette L. Hammonds, Susan J. Moder, Jayne B. Nelson, Jaime Braverman, Arthur E. Garavaglia
  • Patent number: D439332
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Herb F. Velazquez, Yvette L. Hammonds, Susan J. Moder, Jayne B. Nelson, Jaime Braverman, Arthur E. Garavaglia
  • Patent number: D439660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Herb F. Velazquez, Yvette L. Hammonds, Susan J. Moder, Jayne B. Nelson, Jaime Braverman, Arthur E. Garavaglia
  • Patent number: D439661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Herb F. Velazquez, Yvette L. Hammonds, Susan J. Moder, Jayne B. Nelson, Jaime Braverman, Arthur E. Garavaglia