Patents by Inventor Eugene P. Dougherty
Eugene P. Dougherty has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11564850Abstract: Provided is a tampon applicator having one or more insertion indicators to gauge and/or control the insertion depth of a tampon. The one or more insertion indicators may be located on the tampon applicator barrel, plunger, tampon, removal string, or any combinations thereof. As a result of the one or more insertion indicators, a woman can adjust the insertion depth of the tampon to her body's requirements ensuring leakage protection, comfort, or both.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE BRANDS, LLCInventors: Eugene P Dougherty, Phillip Ebert, Keith Edgett
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Publication number: 20200155363Abstract: Provided is a tampon applicator having one or more insertion indicators to gauge and/or control the insertion depth of a tampon. The one or more insertion indicators may be located on the tampon applicator barrel, plunger, tampon, removal string, or any combinations thereof. As a result of the one or more insertion indicators, a woman can adjust the insertion depth of the tampon to her body's requirements ensuring leakage protection, comfort, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Eugene P. Dougherty, Phillip Ebert, Keith Edgett
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Patent number: 10575994Abstract: Provided is a tampon applicator having one or more insertion indicators to gauge and/or control the insertion depth of a tampon. The one or more insertion indicators may be located on the tampon applicator barrel, plunger, tampon, removal string, or any combinations thereof. As a result of the one or more insertion indicators, a woman can adjust the insertion depth of the tampon to her body's requirements ensuring leakage protection, comfort, or both.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLCInventors: Eugene P Dougherty, Phillip Ebert, Keith Edgett
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Patent number: 10105266Abstract: The present invention provides a tampon applicator assembly having an applicator barrel with an insertion tip with a maximum of three petals. Additionally, the tampon applicator assembly can be provided with a tapered insertion tip. A shaped pledget can be housed in the applicator barrel, which provides support to the petals.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC.Inventors: Keith Edgett, Robert Jorgensen, Eugene P Dougherty
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Patent number: 9883975Abstract: A tampon has two pledgets or one pledget with an absorbent layer and a leak shield located therebetween. The pledgets or pledget with the absorbent layer and the leak shield are folded such that the leak shield covers a portion of the surface of at least one of the pledgets. Both pledgets or the one pledget with the absorbent layer have absorbencies that are each greater than an absorbency of the leak shield. In another embodiment of the tampon, the leak shield comprises a fluid impervious or fluid repellent material(s). In another embodiment of the tampon, the leak shield comprises of an absorbent or hydrophilic material. Yet in another embodiment, the leak shield comprises of multiple layers of materials that are hydrophilic, hydrophobic, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLCInventors: Frank S. Glaug, Keith J. Edgett, Eugene P. Dougherty
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Patent number: 9820890Abstract: Provided is a tampon applicator having one or more insertion indicators to gauge and/or control the insertion depth of a tampon. The one or more insertion indicators may be located on the tampon applicator barrel, plunger, tampon, removal string, or any combinations thereof. As a result of the one or more insertion indicators, a woman can adjust the insertion depth of the tampon to her body's requirements ensuring leakage protection, comfort, or both.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC.Inventors: Eugene P Dougherty, Phillip Ebert, Keith Edgett
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Publication number: 20170181899Abstract: A tampon has two pledgets or one pledget with an absorbent layer and a leak shield located therebetween. The pledgets or pledget with the absorbent layer and the leak shield are folded such that the leak shield covers a portion of the surface of at least one of the pledgets. Both pledgets or the one pledget with the absorbent layer have absorbencies that are each greater than an absorbency of the leak shield. In another embodiment of the tampon, the leak shield comprises a fluid impervious or fluid repellent material(s). In another embodiment of the tampon, the leak shield comprises of an absorbent or hydrophilic material. Yet in another embodiment, the leak shield comprises of multiple layers of materials that are hydrophilic, hydrophobic, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Frank S. Glaug, Keith J. Edgett, Eugene P. Dougherty
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Publication number: 20170172812Abstract: Provided is a tampon applicator having one or more insertion indicators to gauge and/or control the insertion depth of a tampon. The one or more insertion indicators may be located on the tampon applicator barrel, plunger, tampon, removal string, or any combinations thereof. As a result of the one or more insertion indicators, a woman can adjust the insertion depth of the tampon to her body's requirements ensuring leakage protection, comfort, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Eugene P. Dougherty, Phillip Ebert, Keith Edgett
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Patent number: 9192522Abstract: The present invention provides a tampon applicator assembly having an applicator barrel with an insertion tip with a maximum of three petals. Additionally, the tampon applicator assembly can be provided with a tapered insertion tip. A shaped pledget can be housed in the applicator barrel, which provides support to the petals.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, INC.Inventors: Keith Edgett, Robert Jorgensen, Eugene P. Dougherty
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Publication number: 20150320608Abstract: The present invention provides a tampon applicator assembly having an applicator barrel with an insertion tip with a maximum of three petals. Additionally, the tampon applicator assembly can be provided with a tapered insertion tip. A shaped pledget can be housed in the applicator barrel, which provides support to the petals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Keith Edgett, Robert Jorgensen, Eugene P. Dougherty
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Patent number: 9107775Abstract: A tampon pledget is made by assembling one or more pads in a pad compression configuration, radially compressing the pad compression configuration in a traverse direction into a cylindrical form, and axially compressing the cylindrical form in a direction along a vertical axis to form the tampon pledget. In one embodiment, the axial compression is performed as a pressure is applied to at least one of a first and a second end of the cylindrical form. In one aspect of the present invention, the formed tampon pledget has an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 6.0 grams to 9.0 grams and a density of about 0.4603 grams/cubic centimeter. In another aspect of the invention, the formed tampon pledget has an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 9.0 grams to 12.0 grams and a density of about 0.4755 grams/cubic centimeter.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Keith J. Edgett, Robert T. Jorgensen, Jr., Frank Glaug, Eugene P. Dougherty, Jr.
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Patent number: 8961449Abstract: A tampon applicator assembly has a barrel with a fingergrip. The fingergrip has one or more flared portions and/or one or more rib-like or ring-like gripping structures. A tampon applicator fingergrip includes one or more flared portions having a flare angle between about 139° and about 156° and a curve represented by an equation range of y=16.127x3?1.5061x2+0.0568x+0.0001 to y=6.9136x3?0.5598x2+0.0168x+0.0003, where y is an incremental increase in a height of the curve at a distance along a length of the curve.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert Jorgensen, Keith Edgett, Eugene P. Dougherty, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140215779Abstract: A tampon has two pledgets or one pledget with an absorbent layer and a leak shield located therebetween. The pledgets or pledget with the absorbent layer and the leak shield are folded such that the leak shield covers a portion of the surface of at least one of the pledgets. Both pledgets or the one pledget with the absorbent layer have absorbencies that are each greater than an absorbency of the leak shield. In another embodiment of the tampon, the leak shield comprises a fluid impervious or fluid repellent material(s). In another embodiment of the tampon, the leak shield comprises of an absorbent or hydrophilic material. Yet in another embodiment, the leak shield comprises of multiple layers of materials that are hydrophilic, hydrophobic, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Eveready Battery Company Inc.Inventors: Frank S. Glaug, Keith J. Edgett, Eugene P. Dougherty
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Publication number: 20140180193Abstract: Provided is a tampon applicator having one or more insertion indicators to gauge and/or control the insertion depth of a tampon. The one or more insertion indicators may be located on the tampon applicator barrel, plunger, tampon, removal string, or any combinations thereof. As a result of the one or more insertion indicators, a woman can adjust the insertion depth of the tampon to her body's requirements ensuring leakage protection, comfort, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY INC.Inventors: Eugene P. Dougherty, Phillip Ebert, Keith Edgett
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Patent number: 8696957Abstract: In a method of microcellular injection molding, a polymer and a supercritical fluid are processed. A condition of processing the polymer and/or the supercritical fluid is adjusted to control a weight of a plastic part and/or a surface characteristic of a plastic part produced. In another method of producing a plastic part using microcellular injection molding, a polymer is heated and melted and a supercritical fluid is added thereto. The resulting mix is a single-phase polymer-gas solution comprising the polymer and the supercritical fluid. The polymer and/or the supercritical fluid are adjusted to control the weight of the plastic part and/or a surface characteristic of the plastic part. Once adjusted, the melted polymer with the supercritical fluid is injected into a mold. Upon injecting the melted polymer and supercritical fluid, a pressure drop causes the supercritical fluid to nucleate in the melted polymer, thereby causing nucleation of bubbles.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, IncInventors: Eugene P. Dougherty, Jr., Keith Edgett, Lih-Sheng Turng, Chris Lacey, Jungjoo Lee, Patrick J. Gorton, Xiaofei Sun
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Patent number: 8571883Abstract: A method for the study and evaluation of the performance of medical devices in vivo is disclosed. The medical devices are preferably tampons that are observed and evaluated in the vaginal cavities of women during their menstrual cycles in order to obtain data relative to tampon performance for the improvement of tampon technology. The method preferably uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), although other types of imaging techniques may be used. The present invention also resides in a method of MRI analysis in which a three-dimensional surface model image of a medical device such as a tampon or similar feminine hygiene product in vivo is created from two or more two-dimensional cross section images and combined with a second surface model image to produce a single image.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2008Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Eugene P. Dougherty, Jr., Phil Ebert, Shirley McCarthy, Mary Jane Minkin
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Publication number: 20130269890Abstract: A tampon pledget includes crosslinked cellulose fibers having microstructures treated to provide improved absorbency and higher wet strength. The fibers are treated with a crosslinking agent to provide at least one of a molecular weight between crosslinks of from about 10 to 200 and a degree of crystallinity of from about 25% to 75%. The crosslinking agent includes citric acid in 1% by weight. The crosslinking agent may further include sodium hypophosphite in 1% by weight. In another embodiment, the crosslinking agent may be a difunctional agent including a glyoxal or a glyoxal-derived resin. In still another embodiment, the crosslinking agent is a multifunctional agent including a cyclic urea, glyoxal, polyol condensate. The crosslinking agent is added in an amount from about 0.001% to 20% by weight based on a total weight of cellulose fibers to be treated and, preferably, in an amount of about 5% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventors: Eugene P. Dougherty, JR., Andrew Wilkes
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Patent number: 8551034Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lubricious polymeric composition that includes polymer and one or more lubricants. Articles formed from the lubricious polymeric composition possess enhanced softness, flexibility and lubricity. The present disclosure also provides a method for making an article formed from a lubricious polymeric composition having polymer and one or more lubricants.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Playtex Products, LLCInventor: Eugene P. Dougherty, Jr.
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Publication number: 20120061867Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a plastic part, the process comprising providing a polymer, heating the polymer, introducing a gas or supercritical fluid into the polymer, mixing the polymer and the gas to produce a first melt, extruding the first melt, pelletizing the extruded first melt to form pellets, transforming the pellets into a second melt, and molding the second melt to form the plastic part. In pelletizing the first melt, individual cells of gas are included in the resulting pellets. Before the cells can nucleate, the polymer is solidified to keep the gas contained therein. After the polymer is pelletized, the pellets are considered to be unfoamed. In molding the second melt to form the plastic part, nucleation of the cells is initiated through favorable process conditions and/or additional cell nucleating agents, thereby resulting in the second melt being foamed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: PLAYTEX PRODUCTS LLCInventors: Eugene P. Dougherty, JR., Lih-Sheng Turng, Chris Lacey, Jungjoo Lee, Patrick J. Gorton
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Publication number: 20120061870Abstract: In a method of microcellular injection molding, a polymer and a supercritical fluid are processed. A condition of processing the polymer and/or the supercritical fluid is adjusted to control a weight of a plastic part and/or a surface characteristic of a plastic part produced. In another method of producing a plastic part using microcellular injection molding, a polymer is heated and melted and a supercritical fluid is added thereto. The resulting mix is a single-phase polymer-gas solution comprising the polymer and the supercritical fluid. The polymer and/or the supercritical fluid are adjusted to control the weight of the plastic part and/or a surface characteristic of the plastic part. Once adjusted, the melted polymer with the supercritical fluid is injected into a mold. Upon injecting the melted polymer and supercritical fluid, a pressure drop causes the supercritical fluid to nucleate in the melted polymer, thereby causing nucleation of bubbles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: PLAYTEX PRODUCTS LLCInventors: Eugene P. Dougherty, JR., Keith Edgett, Lih-Sheng Turng, Chris Lacey, Jungjoo Lee, Patrick J. Gorton, Xiaofei Sun