Patents by Inventor Rachael Eden Walther

Rachael Eden Walther 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).

  • Patent number: 9987176
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a liquid management system (LMS) and an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate a topsheet and a backsheet. The LMS defines one or more channels therein. The one or more channels of the LMS may at least partially overlap or not overlap with channels defined in the absorbent core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Aniruddha Chatterjee, Nelson Edward Greening, II, Sharon Irene Grenberg, Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Marie Brigid O'Reilly, Rodrigo Rosati, Sandra Sautter, Beate Simon, Lutz Stelzig, Rachael Eden Walther
  • Publication number: 20180092785
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises first and second substrates and one or more elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the substrates. The second substrate is attached to the first substrate and/or to portions of the elastic elements. The absorbent article comprises an adhesive having a first and second pattern of elements disposed on first substrate, and first and second texture zones. The first texture zone comprises a first portion of the substrates, a first portion of the elastic elements, and the first pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a background pattern in the first portion of the substrates. The second texture zone comprises a second portion of the substrates, a second portion of the one or more elastic elements, and the second pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a macro pattern in the second portion of the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Gary Dean LaVon, Nicholas Paul Goyette, Kaoru Ishihara, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Juratovac
  • Patent number: 9867740
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises first and second substrates and one or more elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the substrates. The second substrate is attached to the first substrate and/or to portions of the elastic elements. The absorbent article comprises an adhesive having a first and second pattern of elements disposed on first substrate, and first and second texture zones. The first texture zone comprises a first portion of the substrates, a first portion of the elastic elements, and the first pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a background pattern in the first portion of the substrates. The second texture zone comprises a second portion of the substrates, a second portion of the one or more elastic elements, and the second pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a macro pattern in the second portion of the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Gary Dean LaVon, Nicholas Paul Goyette, Kaoru Ishihara, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Juratovac
  • Publication number: 20180000655
    Abstract: A laminate comprising a first nonwoven layer comprising a plurality of apertures and a second nonwoven layer is provided. One of the first and second nonwoven layers is a pre-strained layer and is joined to the other one of the first and second nonwoven layers. The other one of the first and second nonwoven layers is a non-pre-strained layer. The pre-strained layer and the non-pre-strained layer together form a three-dimensional laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy Ian Mullane, Kelyn Anne Arora, Jill Marlene Orr, Donald Carroll Roe, Jennifer Schutte, John Brian Strube, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Rachael Eden Walther, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Margaret Elizabeth Porter
  • Publication number: 20180000656
    Abstract: An absorbent article is provided. The absorbent article comprises a liquid permeable topsheet on a wearer-facing side of the absorbent article and a garment-facing laminate on a garment-facing side of the absorbent article. The garment-facing laminate comprises a first nonwoven layer and a second layer joined to the first nonwoven layer. The first nonwoven layer comprises a plurality of apertures. At least 3 of the plurality of apertures in a repeat unit have a different Effective Aperture Area, according to the Aperture Test herein, a different shape, or a different Absolute Feret Angle, according to the Aperture Test herein. The absorbent article comprises an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable topsheet and the garment-facing laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Donald Carroll ROE, Sara Lyn GIOVANNI, Kelyn Anne ARORA, Timothy Ian MULLANE, Jill Marlene ORR, Jennifer SCHUTTE, John Brian STRUBE, Ann Cecilia TAPP, Rachael Eden WALTHER, Amanda Margaret BICKING, Jennifer Lynn DUSOLD, Margaret Elizabeth PORTER
  • Patent number: 9789011
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a liquid management system (LMS) and an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate a topsheet and a backsheet. The LMS defines one or more channels therein. The one or more channels of the LMS may at least partially overlap or not overlap with channels defined in the absorbent core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Kathy Quinlan Ames-Ooten, Blanca Arizti, Julia Boesel, Aniruddha Chatterjee, Nelson Edward Greening, II, Sharon Irene Grenberg, Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Marie Brigid O'Reilly, Rodrigo Rosati, Sandra Sautter, Beate Simon, Lutz Stelzig, Rachael Eden Walther
  • Publication number: 20170290715
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable topsheet and the liquid impermeable backsheet. The absorbent article may include a substantially laterally-extending separation element defining a visual front portion and a visual back portion on a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article. The liquid permeable topsheet may include a first zone in the visual front portion that includes a first geometric treatment and a second zone in the visual back portion that includes a second geometric treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Blanca ARIZTI, Donald Carroll ROE, Nelson Edward GREENING, II, Barry Robert FEIST, Amanda Margaret BICKING Margaret BICKING BICKING, Marie Brigid O'REILLY, Rachael Eden WALTHER
  • Publication number: 20170027770
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region, wherein the first waist region and second waist region are joined with each other such that a pair of side seams are formed and the absorbent article has two leg openings and a waist opening. At least one of the first waist region or the second waist region include a first graphic zone, a second graphic zone, and a third graphic zone, wherein the first graphic zone, the second graphic zone, and the third graphic zone are disposed at a side seam of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Gary Dean Lavon, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Sara Jon Shipley, Vanessa Marie Melendez, Fred Naval Desai, Margaret Henderson Hasse
  • Patent number: D773654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Theodore Cory Fites, Rachael Eden Walther, Jennifer Lynn Dusold
  • Patent number: D779655
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Darrell Ian Brown, Beth Goldman Mason, Ann Cecelia Tapp, Rachael Eden Walther, John Andrew Strasemeier, Theodore Cory Fites, Jennifer Lynn Dusold
  • Patent number: D779656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Theodore Cory Fites, Sarah Ann Sanborn, Rachael Eden Walther, John Andrew Strasemeier, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Jennifer Lynn DuSold
  • Patent number: D779657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rachael Eden Walther, Theodore Cory Fites, Jennifer Lynn Dusold
  • Patent number: D779659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Theodore Cory Fites, Sarah Ann Sanborn, Rachael Eden Walther, John Andrew Strasemeier, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Jennifer Lynn DuSold
  • Patent number: D779660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Theodore Cory Fites, Rachael Eden Walther, John Andrew Strasemeier, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Jennifer Lynn DuSold
  • Patent number: D780910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Theodore Cory Fites, Sarah Ann Sanborn, Rachael Eden Walther, John Andrew Strasemeier, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Jennifer Lynn DuSold
  • Patent number: D780911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Theodore Cory Fites, Rachael Eden Walther, John Andrew Strasemeier, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Jennifer Lynn DuSold
  • Patent number: D792582
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Theodore Cory Fites, Rachael Eden Walther, Jennifer Lynn Dusold
  • Patent number: D792583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rachael Eden Walther, Theodore Cory Fites, Jennifer Lynn Dusold
  • Patent number: D797925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rachael Eden Walther, Theodore Cory Fites, Jennifer Lynn Dusold
  • Patent number: D797926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rachael Eden Walther, Theodore Cory Fites, Jennifer Lynn Dusold