Lloyd C Hietpas

6596113, Jul 22, 2003

May 15, 2001

09/855334

Jason Gene Csida - Reno TX
Lloyd Carl Hietpas - Kimberly WI
Michael Lee Lohoff - Oshkosh WI
Charles Robert Tomsovic - Omro WI
Brian Robert Vogt - Oshkosh WI

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

B29C 5302

156217, 156204, 156226, 156227, 604385201, 6043853, 60438521, 604390

A panel of a material is transported in operative proximity to an air knife having a nozzle and a curved Coanda surface, such that the panel is folded over the curved Coanda surface as the material is transported in a machine direction. The panel can be folded to a variety of angles and can comprise a refastenable fastening component. Air knives are employed in various methods for folding garment side panels and forming prefastened garments, such as refastenable pants.

D483481, Dec 9, 2003

Oct 23, 2002

29/169670

Glory F. Ceman - Appleton WI
EunJung B. Kang - Seoul, KR
DooHong Kim - Nonthaburi, TH
HyungByum Kim - Anyang, KR
Jeremy S. LeMere - DePere WI
Gerald P. Van Oursouw - Neenah WI
Lloyd C. Hietpas - Kimberly WI
Kenneth S. Simington - Neenah WI

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

2404

D24125

7452320, Nov 18, 2008

Apr 25, 2003

10/423547

Jason Gene Csida - Reno TX, US
Lloyd Carl Hietpas - Kimberly WI, US
Michael Lee Lohoff - Oshkosh WI, US
Charles Robert Tomsovic - Omro WI, US
Brian Robert Vogt - Oshkosh WI, US

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

B31F 1/08

493418, 493400, 493405

A panel of a material is transported in operative proximity to an air knife having a nozzle and a curved Coanda surface, such that the panel is folded over the curved Coanda surface as the material is transported in a machine direction. The panel can be folded to a variety of angles and can comprise a refastenable fastening component. Air knives are employed in various methods for folding garment side panels and forming prefastened garments, such as refastenable pants.

8044258, Oct 25, 2011

Jun 27, 2008

12/215444

Lloyd Carl Hietpas - Kimberly WI, US

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

A61F 13/15

604361, 604362, 604367, 604378, 60438528

An absorbent article for preventing leakage is presented and includes an absorbent assembly having an absorbent assembly perimeter and a leakage warning element disposed adjacent a portion of the perimeter, wherein the leakage warning element is adapted to provide a physical sensation indicating a fullness level of the absorbent assembly, and wherein the physical sensation includes an electrical impulse. Also presented is an absorbent article for providing a wearer with a warning of potential leakage, the article including an absorbent assembly and a leakage warning element disposed adjacent the absorbent assembly, wherein the leakage warning element is adapted to impart a physical sensation to the wearer, and wherein the physical sensation includes an electrical impulse.

20020007773, Jan 24, 2002

May 15, 2001

09/855951

Lloyd Hietpas - Kimberly WI, US
Joseph Coenen - Kaukauna WI, US
David Kuen - Neenah WI, US
David Maxton - Menasha WI, US
Robert Popp - Hortonville WI, US
Charles Tomsovic - Omro WI, US

D05B023/00

112/475130

A panel positioning system can be used to position side panels during manufacture of a pant. As a pant is transported in a machine direction, the panel positioning system moves a pant side panel in a direction generally perpendicular to the machine direction. The panel positioning system can comprise a drive mechanism, a positioning mechanism operatively connected to the drive mechanism, and a head connected to the positioning mechanism. The drive mechanism and the positioning mechanism can cause the head to move in an orbital profile and contact the side panel. The orbital profile can lie in a plane generally perpendicular to a pant transport plane or in a plane oblique to a pant transport plane.