Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Velcro Industries B.v.

The Texas A&M University System

Joseph Earl Pierce

Ernesto S Tachauer

Wallace L Kurtz, Jr

William P Clune

Jeremy T Gauger

Brian J Vanbenschoten

Nadezhda Efremova

Margaret Kendhammer

Anna Kent

Christopher M Gallant

Arthur Edward Garavaglia

Scott M Filion

Christopher Peter Olson

Timothy James Blenke

Kaiyuan Yang

Mary Lou McDaniel

Sridhar Ranganathan

Andrew Thomas Baker

Jeffrey Eldon Fish

Kathleen Irene Ratliff

Richard John Schmidt

Richard Warren Tanzer

Fred R Radwanski

Donald Eugene Waldroup

Edward A Colombo

Charles Wilson Colman

Michael Joseph Garvey

Lisha Yu

Alexander J Neeb

Eva M Sevick-Muraca

Huabei Jiang

Richard Thomas Wehrle

Heidi S Tremblay

Jeffrey Jennings Krueger

Thomas Michael Lager

Mary F Mallory

Paul A Dandurand

Brian Van Benschoten

Steven Richter

Rajesh Shinde

Ganesh Balgi

Jeffrey Kao

Ryan James McEnenany

Blank for a dispenser

Dispenser

Various implementations include dispensers for a plurality of sheets of sheet material that includes at least two adjacent panels that together define a removable surfboard, wherein the two adjacent panels are joined together via a fold line. Various implementations also include blanks that can be folded into the dispensers and methods of assembling the same. In some implementations, the removable surfboard has a length of about 60% to about 80% of a length of the fold line. In addition, the removable surfboard has a medial portion and lateral portions disposed on opposite sides of the medial portion. The lateral portions defined by the first panel have a width that is greater than a width of the medial portion defined by the first panel. Additionally, in some implementations, the shape of the removable surfboard contributes to a unique look for the dispensers and the blanks.

Dispensers, blanks, and methods of forming the same

Methods and systems including an engageable material with a lane of plastic resin extending across an interface of first and second ends of an article, wherein the plastic resin is bonded to the first and second ends such that the first and second ends are joined by the resin; and an array of fastener elements extending from one side of the plastic resin. The fastener elements include engageable heads on stems integrally formed with the lane of the plastic resin such that the two ends releasably engage the engageable material to secure the article.

Composite fastener products

A hybrid absorbent foam includes an integrated hybrid foam layer having an open surface, a closed surface, and a foam body extending between the open and closed surfaces. The integrated hybrid foam layer has an open-cell content of at least 50%, while the closed surface provides a barrier to aqueous liquids. The integrated hybrid foam layer is formed as a single layer, and has a substantially uniform polymer composition throughout its thickness. The integrated hybrid foam layer combines the functions of liquid absorbency, retention, and barrier into a single layer, and is useful in a wide variety of absorbent articles.

Hybrid absorbent foam and articles containing it

A method of manufacturing a composite fastener material, the composite fastener material, and products derived from the composite fastener material. The method includes providing two longitudinally continuous sheets of material, positioning the two sheets to form a longitudinal, continuous interface between the two sheets, joining the two sheets by introducing one or more molten plastic resins in at least one lane, one lane of the resin extending across the interface under conditions that cause the resin to bond to the two sheets, molding an array of stems from at least one lane of the resin, the stems extending from an exposed surface of the composite material, and forming engageable heads on the stems to form fastener elements, wherein the two sheets differ from one another by one of material composition, thickness, texture, stretchability, breathability, and compressability.

A male component of a mechanical fastening system, such as a hook and loop fastener, that can remain fastened to a female component under high levels of shear force. The male component has a backing material with protrusions extending from the backing material at an angle toward the direction of fastener force. The combination of the male component with a female loop component results in a secure fastening system.

Refastenable absorbent garment

A system () and method are disclosed for the self-calibrating, on-line determination of size distribution f(x) and volume fraction &#x3c6; of a number of particles (P) dispersed in a medium () by detecting one or more propagation characteristics of multiply scattered light from the particles (P). The multiply scattered light is re-emitted in response to exposure to a light source () configured to provide light at selected wavelengths. The determination includes calculating the isotropic scattering and absorption coefficients for the particles (P) by comparing the incident and detected light to determine a measurement corresponding to the propagation time through the scattering medium (), and iteratively estimating the size distribution f(x) and volume fraction &#x3c6; as a function of the coefficients for each of the wavelengths. An estimation approach based on an expected form of the distribution and the mass of the particles is also disclosed. Furthermore, techniques to determine a particle structure factor indicative of particle-to-particle interactions which vary with particle concentration and influence light scattering at high concentrations is disclosed.

Particle analysis system and method

A method of making a touch fastener includes coextruding, side-by-side, a plurality of lanes of polymeric material to form a sheet-form base. The sheet-sheet form base includes a lane of a first polymeric material disposed between two lanes of a second polymeric material, the second polymeric material is different from the first polymeric material. The method further includes molding a plurality of discrete fastener element stems extending outwardly from and integral with the sheet-form base in each of the two lanes of the second polymeric mateial and forming engageable heads on the stems.

Hook fasteners and methods of making the same

A disposable absorbent article such as a training pant includes active graphics that can change color during use and can provide an interactive training aid. The active graphics in particular embodiments can comprise moisture sensitive color change compositions that disappear from view or blend in with background graphics upon activation. In particular embodiments, the active graphics comprise at least two compositions that have different post-activation colors.

Absorbent articles incorporating color change graphics

A disposable absorbent article such as a training pant includes a liquid soluble wetness indicator and one or more, masking techniques for minimizing the likelihood of smudges appearing after activation. The techniques include masking graphics and peripherally disposed adhesive patterns.

Absorbent articles having wetness indicating graphics and employing masking techniques

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Joseph Earl Pierce