The Mead Corporation

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Meadwestvaco Corporation

Mahendra Mehta

Richard D Brownhill

William M Stanard, Jr

Larry O Hill

Mark A Johnson

Eric Girardin

John Benson

Steve Canary

John K Rourke

Christopher Roy Mathews

John H Bantjes

Amitabh Das

Timothy R McLevish

Richard S Goodlin

Flushable urinary device for urinating from standing position

Flushable urinary device for directing urine into a commode from a standing user comprises an inverted flushable funnel. The inverted funnel ensures picking up the funnel singularly from a nested stack of the funnels. A standing user directs urine into the funnel by keeping upper end of the funnel at urethra and lower end of the funnel relative to the commode to direct urine from the user to the commode. At least one bendable tail portion extends outwardly from the upper end of the funnel and forms a handle for the user to hold the funnel when directing urine into the commode. The funnel is made of flushable bio-degradable material configured to retain a strength and shape temporarily when wetted. It is biodegradable in sewer system. The funnel prevents urine-splatter outside the commode and provides a toilet flushable hygienic means for directing urine into a commode from a standing user.

Flushable urinary device and method for directing urine into a commode from a standing user

Urine-splatter preventing inverted flush able funnels and their storage box

The commode-urinal prevents urine-splatters around the commode, and stores extra toilet rolls and flushable funnels. In power-driven commode-urinal, a user activates a sensor; a jaw clamps a flushable funnel to an arm. The arm moves out of dispenser dispensing and suspending the funnel above the commode-bowl. The user urinates through the funnel, which channels urine into the bowl preventing urine-splatters around the commode. After urinating, the user activates the sensor; the jaw retracts releasing used funnel into the bowl. The arm retracts into the dispenser clearing the commode to function unimpeded. Flushing drains away the funnel. In manually-operated commode-urinal, when ready to urinate, the user pulls a funnel from the dispenser. Keeping bottom end of the funnel in middle of the bowl, the user urinates through it. After urinating, the user drops the funnel into the bowl and flushes. The funnels have wet strength, water repellency, but degrade in drains.

Power operated urinal apparatus for a commode

Toilet roll cabinet and flushable funnels

A method for forming an abrasion resistant sheet which comprises forming a web of cellulosic fibers on a papermaking machine and applying a slurry including an encapsulated abrasion-resistant grit to the upper surface of the web on the papermaking machine.

Method for making improved abrasion resistant overlays

A process for forming an abrasion resistant, printable sheet which comprises forming a web of cellulosic fibers on a papermaking machine and applying a slurry including an abrasion-resistant grit to the upper surface of the web on the papermaking machine and then applying a secondary web of cellulosic fibers over the grit to form a three layer overlay product.

Multi-layer printable wear resistant papers including particle rich interior layer

Wear resistant overlays for use in decorative laminates and laminates prepared therefrom comprising a web of cellulosic fibers having deposited on the surface thereof a layer of mineral pigment composite particles wherein said composite particles comprise mineral pigment particles embedded in a cured carrier material are disclosed. A process for forming an abrasion resistant overlay sheet which comprises forming a web of cellulosic fibers on a papermaking machine and applying a slurry including mineral pigment composite particles to the upper surface of the web on the papermaking machine wherein said mineral pigment composite particles comprise mineral pigment particles embedded in a cured carrier material is also disclosed.

Preparation of wear-resistant laminates using mineral pigment composites

A method for manufacturing a heat resistant friction material which comprises forming pores in the surface of the friction material, the pores being formed with a controlled pore size, depth, pattern, orientation and distribution.

Friction member and method for manufacture thereof

A decorative laminate comprising a decorative paper sheet and a plurality of resin impregnated sheets wherein color is incorporated into said decorative paper sheet as non-resin impregnated paper chips or one or more colors.

Decorative laminating sheets employing paper chips and decorative

A laminate useful as a flooring material having noise dampening properties, the laminate comprising a generally wood substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface a top paper layer bonded to the top surface and a backing layer bonded to the bottom surface. The wood substrate has a plurality of bores therein distributed across a surface thereof, the bores being shaped and sized to effect noise dampening.

Flooring laminate having noise reduction properties

A decor sheet for use in decorative laminates wherein the sheet is treated with a sizing agent to reduce its capacity for a laminating resin and enhance its opacity; in a preferred embodiment, the resin-impregnated decor sheet exhibits a resin gradient in the thickness direction to provide a decor sheet having a resin-rich top layer and a resin-starved bottom layer; in accordance with a preferred embodiment, the resin gradient is achieved by differentially sizing the bottom versus the top surface of the decor sheet; a decorative laminate employing such decor sheets are described.

Decor sheet and decorative laminates prepared therefrom

A method for uniformly coating the uppermost surface of a fibrous cellulosic decor sheet with an aqueous or melamine-based slurry containing a colorant using a slot coater; a decor sheet prepared by such method; and a laminate employing such decor sheet are described.

Method for producing decorative paper using a slot coater, decorative

Decorative laminates which provide a decorative effect similar to that of marble or synthetic marble are achieved by constructing the core from sheets having a very low opacity. These sheets are prepared from bleached Kraft pulp and do not contain titanium dioxide or other opacifying pigments. The core sheets are saturated with resins such as melamine formaldehyde, polyester or epoxy resin. These saturating resins approximately match the refractive index of the bleached Kraft pulp and provide a translucent effect. Core sheets may be assembled with conventional decor sheets and an abrasion-resistant overlay to provide decorative laminates. Due to the translucent nature of the core, the color of the decor sheets is shown throughout the thickness of the laminate. This results in a uniquely decorative edge.

Decorative laminates having translucent core sheets

A process for producing a decorative sheet having the appearance of localized single or multi-colored patterns comprising: adding to a furnish of fibrous material in an aqueous dispersing medium about 0.1 to 25%, based on the weight of the fibers, of wax-encapsulated pigment beads containing numerous individual pigment particles of one or more colors, the beads having a particle size of about 0.1 to 2.0 millimeters; removing the aqueous dispersing medium from the furnish to form a fibrous sheet having the wax-encapsulated pigment beads dispersed therein; and heating the sheet to a temperature sufficient to at least partially melt the wax from the pigment beads, the pigment beads exhibiting random patterns of one or more distinct colors and intensity extending from the upper surface of the sheet to the bottom surface of the sheet; the decorative sheet formed by the method; and decorative laminates employing the decorative sheet are described.

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Pittsfield, MA, United States of America

Mahendra Mehta