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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2002
Applicants:
Stanley R. Kellenberger, Appleton, WI (US);
Vincent B. Newbill, Cumming, GA (US);
Anthony John Wisneski, Kimberly, WI (US);
Wendy L. Vandyke, Appleton, WI (US);
Inventors:
Stanley R. Kellenberger, Appleton, WI (US);
Vincent B. Newbill, Cumming, GA (US);
Anthony John Wisneski, Kimberly, WI (US);
Wendy L. VanDyke, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for restoring elasticity to a stiffened elastic material include prestretching, compressing and/or notching the stiffened elastic material. These methods can be used alone, or in combination for a compounding effect.