Patents by Inventor Shawn David McConaughy

Shawn David McConaughy 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: 10675231
    Abstract: A method of formulating a personal cleansing product that will adhere to skin, includes: combining a cleansing composition with from about 18% to about 70%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant; wherein the composition has a low shear viscosity of 100 Pa*s or more and a high shear viscosity 5 Pa*s or less; and a package with an orifice, wherein the package has a dispensing velocity of 50 cm/s or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kelsey Marie Smyth, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy, Nancy Lorincz Leppla
  • Publication number: 20200060961
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a skin care composition for providing ultraviolet (UV) protection to skin with desired sensory feels by the consumers. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a UV-blocking skin care composition having both proper stringiness and proper viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Lu ZHANG, Namrata Manohar BHANDARKAR, Paul Robert TANNER, Shawn David McCONAUGHY
  • Patent number: 10399716
    Abstract: A method of selecting a hanger to be packaged with a personal care composition with perfume and/or water, can include selecting a hanger with a modulus at 100% strain of 30 to 700 gf/mm2 when measured in accordance with the Modulus Test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shawn David McConaughy, Justin Scott Perkins
  • Patent number: 10357441
    Abstract: A compliant personal care article, can include: a personal care composition, including i) a surfactant; and ii) from about 3% to about 40%, by weight of the composition, of a water insoluble hygroscopic fiber, fine, or filament; and a first contact substrate adjacent to the composition, wherein the contact substrate is a multiplanar film, includes a surface aberration, and has a surface aberration area of about 45% to about 98%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shawn David McConaughy, Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Patent number: 10335351
    Abstract: A personal care article can include a composition and a substrate. The article can be compliant to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy
  • Publication number: 20180280282
    Abstract: A personal care composition for cosmetic treatment of skin that provides an improved moisturization signal to a user and exhibits good feel properties. The composition includes a dimethicone fluid or a blend of dimethicone fluids with a viscosity of greater than 1000 centistokes (cSt). The dimethicone fluid(s) are configured to provide the composition with a Time Weighted Force Area of between 5×104 and 12×104 and a Mean Break Time of between 0.30 and 0.75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Shawn David McCONAUGHY, Jorge Max SUNKEL, Rebecca Lynn BOLAND
  • Patent number: 10070761
    Abstract: A personal care article includes a first personal care composition in a first zone and a second personal care composition in a second zone such that the first and second zones are defined by one or more barriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy
  • Publication number: 20180235861
    Abstract: A method of formulating a personal cleansing product that will adhere to skin, includes: combining a cleansing composition with from about 18% to about 70%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant; wherein the composition has a low shear viscosity of 100 Pa*s or more and a high shear viscosity 5 Pa*s or less; and a package with an orifice, wherein the package has a dispensing velocity of 50 cm/s or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Kelsey Marie SMYTH, Edward Dewey SMITH, III, Shawn David McCONAUGHY, Nancy Lorincz LEPPLA
  • Publication number: 20180235862
    Abstract: A packaged personal cleansing product includes a package with a small fixed orifice or an orifice with a valve, wherein the wherein the package has a peak dispensing velocity of 50 cm/s or more; and a composition including from about 18% to about 70%, by weight of the composition, of surfactant; wherein the composition has a low shear viscosity of 100 Pa*s or more and a high shear viscosity 18 Pa*s or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Kelsey Marie SMYTH, Edward Dewey SMITH, III, Shawn David McCONAUGHY, Nancy Lorincz LEPPLA
  • Patent number: 10016098
    Abstract: A personal care article is disclosed having a first compliant personal care composition in a first zone and a second compliant personal care composition in a second zone such that the first and second zones are defined by one or more barriers. Methods for increasing lather are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy
  • Patent number: 9907738
    Abstract: A compliant personal care composition can include a granular personal care composition, including i) from about 20% to about 80%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant; and ii) from about 3% to about 40%, by weight of the composition, a water insoluble hygroscopic fiber, fine, or filament; wherein the composition is granular before a first simulated use and has a compliance value of about 0.01 kg/mm to about 1.5 kg/mm after 2 simulated uses. The composition may also be at least partially surrounded by a substrate and in the form of an article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shawn David McConaughy, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Dale Gary Kavalew
  • Patent number: 9855203
    Abstract: Multi-use personal care compositions and articles can include a surfactant, a water insoluble hygroscopic fine, fiber, or filament, and a preservative, where such compositions and articles can show an improved preservative property versus unpreserved compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shawn David McConaughy, Valerie Lynn Vanlandingham, Scott Brian Bintrim, Adam Michael Pitz
  • Patent number: 9763547
    Abstract: A personal care article is disclosed having a compliant personal care product and a first water penetrable substrate adjacent to the compliant personal care product. The compliant personal care product includes two or more compliant personal care compositions, such that each of the compliant personal care compositions defines one or more zones and each compliant personal care composition physically contacts at least one of the other compliant personal care compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy
  • Publication number: 20170151132
    Abstract: A personal care article can include a composition and a substrate. The article can be compliant to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Edward Dewey SMITH, III, Shawn David McCONAUGHY
  • Publication number: 20170096625
    Abstract: A compliant personal care article, can include: a personal care composition, including i) a surfactant; and ii) from about 3% to about 40%, by weight of the composition, of a water insoluble hygroscopic fiber, fine, or filament; and a first contact substrate adjacent to the composition, wherein the contact substrate is a multiplanar film, includes a surface aberration, and has a surface aberration area of about 45% to about 98%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Shawn David McCONAUGHY, Edward Dewey SMITH, III
  • Publication number: 20170079484
    Abstract: A personal care article is disclosed having a first personal care composition in a first zone and a second personal care composition in a second zone such that the first and second zones are defined by one or more barriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Edward Dewey SMITH, III, Shawn David McCONAUGHY
  • Patent number: 9592181
    Abstract: A personal care article can include a composition and a substrate. The article can be compliant to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy
  • Patent number: 9554978
    Abstract: A compliant personal care article, can include: a personal care composition, including i) a surfactant; and ii) from about 3% to about 40%, by weight of the composition, of a water insoluble hygroscopic fiber, fine, or filament; and a first contact substrate adjacent to the composition, wherein the contact substrate is a multiplanar film, includes a surface aberration, and has a surface aberration area of about 45% to about 98%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shawn David McConaughy, Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Patent number: 9540602
    Abstract: A personal care article includes a first personal care composition in a first zone and a second personal care composition in a second zone such that the first and second zones are defined by one or more barriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy
  • Publication number: 20160324732
    Abstract: A personal care article is disclosed having a first compliant personal care composition in a first zone and a second compliant personal care composition in a second zone such that the first and second zones are defined by one or more barriers. Methods for increasing lather are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Edward Dewey SMITH, III, Shawn David McCONAUGHY