Gregory D Macdonald

US Patent:

20020007162, Jan 17, 2002

Filed:

Aug 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/928785

Inventors:

Mark Cammarota - Neenah WI, US
Mary Jordan - Neenah WI, US
MeeWha Lee - Appleton WI, US
Gregory MacDonald - Neenah WI, US
Kathleen Ratliff - Neenah WI, US

International Classification:

A61F013/15
A61F013/20
A61F005/48

US Classification:

604/361000, 604/367000, 604/385010, 128/886000

Abstract:

A disposable absorbent article such as a training pant includes wetness indicating graphics that provide an interactive training aid. The interactive graphics can include a permanent character graphic and one or more active object graphics, which “appear” or “disappear” from view in response to exposure to urine or the environment. Various mechanisms are employed to conceptually and/or visually separate the permanent character graphic from the interactive wetness indicating graphic, such that the character graphic remains independent in the child's mind from the process of toilet training.

US Patent:

60931388, Jul 25, 2000

Filed:

Apr 1, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/053434

Inventors:

Jesse Paul Sorenson - Little Chute WI
Jack Lee Couillard - Menasha WI
William Joseph Meyer - Paris TX
Gregory Allen MacDonald - Neenah WI
Michael Andrew Machurick - Little Chute WI
Glenn Chance Dunlap - Terre Haute IN
Aric Anton Melzl - Paris TX

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

B65B 6712

US Classification:

493136

Abstract:

A method is provided for making a universal packaging bag that has a window through which a component on a product can be visually perceived. The method provides for the bag to be used on differently designed bagging machines, such a right-handed bagging machine or a left-handed bagging machine.

US Patent:

59416394, Aug 24, 1999

Filed:

Mar 31, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/052719

Inventors:

Jesse Paul Sorenson - Little Chute WI
Jack Lee Couillard - Menasha WI
William Joseph Meyer - Paris TX
Gregory Allen MacDonald - Neenah WI
Michael Andrew Machurick - Little Chute WI
Glenn Chance Dunlap - Terre Haute IN
Aric Anton Melzl - Paris TX

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

B65D 3314
B65D 3304

US Classification:

383 9

Abstract:

A universal flexible packaging bag is provided that contains a stack of products, such as a plurality of disposable absorbent training pants, in which each product has a component, such as a graphic on a front panel of a training pant, that is to be visually perceived through a window in the bag. The bag is uniquely designed to accommodate differently designed bagging machines, such as a right-handed bagging machine and a left-handed bagging machine, so that a stack of products can be positioned in the bag such that the component is visible through the window.

US Patent:

59676655, Oct 19, 1999

Filed:

Feb 17, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/251685

Inventors:

Gregory Allen MacDonald - Neenah WI
Thomas Michael Lager - Neenah WI
Michael Andrew Machurick - Little Chute WI
Jesse Paul Sorenson - Little Chute WI

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

B65D 3300
B65D 3304

US Classification:

383207

Abstract:

A flexible polymer packaging bag is provided with an easy-open end seal feature for easily tearing through a fused seal. The bag has a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall, in which the walls form an interior space. A stack of articles are contained in the interior space. A seal is in one of the walls and includes at least one seal area and at least one weakened zone. A frangible line for opening the bag is in the one wall and intersects the seal at the weakened zone, so that the frangible line can be easily tom where it intersects the seal.

US Patent:

60331127, Mar 7, 2000

Filed:

Apr 22, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/296867

Inventors:

Jesse Paul Sorenson - Little Chute WI
Jack Lee Couillard - Menasha WI
William Joseph Meyer - Paris TX
Gregory Allen MacDonald - Neenah WI
Michael Andrew Machurick - Little Chute WI
Glenn Chance Dunlap - Terre Haute IN
Aric Anton Melzl - Paris TX

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

B65D 3314

US Classification:

383 9

Abstract:

A universal flexible packaging bag is provided that contains a stack of products, such as a plurality of disposable absorbent training pants, in which each product has a component, such as a graphic on a front panel of a training pant, that is to be visually perceived through a window in the bag. The bag is uniquely designed to accommodate differently designed bagging machines, such as a right-handed bagging machine and a left-handed bagging machine, so that a stack of products can be positioned in the bag such that the component is visible through the window.

US Patent:

63071193, Oct 23, 2001

Filed:

Jun 15, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/333223

Inventors:

Mark Thomas Cammarota - Neenah WI
Mary Patricia Jordan - Neenah WI
MeeWha Lee - Appleton WI
Gregory Allen MacDonald - Neenah WI
Kathleen Irene Ratliff - Neenah WI

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A61F 1315

US Classification:

604361

Abstract:

A disposable absorbent article such as a training pant includes wetness indicating graphics that provide an interactive training aid. The interactive graphics can include a permanent character graphic and one or more active object graphics, which "appear" or "disappear" from view in response to exposure to urine or the environment. Various mechanisms are employed to conceptually and/or visually separate the permanent character graphic from the interactive wetness indicating graphic, such that the character graphic remains independent in the child's mind from the process of toilet training.