Patents by Inventor Stephan Spiekers

Stephan Spiekers 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).

  • Publication number: 20230048153
    Abstract: A package of one or more absorbent articles, wherein the one or more absorbent articles are sealed within the package is described. The package has a plurality of panels and a top fold line. The plurality of panels includes a consumer-facing panel and a top panel disposed superjacent to the consumer-facing panel. Each of the plurality of panels has an inner surface and an outer surface. The top fold line is disposed between the consumer-facing panel and the top panel, and the top fold line is colinear, at least in part, with a cross-wise crease. And the package material has natural fibers and has a basis weight of between 60 gsm to 120 gsm, more preferably between 65 gsm to 105 gsm, or most preferably between 70 gsm to 90 gsm, as determined via ISO 536 as modified herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael REMUS, Stephan SPIEKERS, Peter KRAMKOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20220110801
    Abstract: A package of one or more absorbent articles is disclosed. The package includes a package material enclosing the one or more absorbent articles. The package material has natural fibers and forms a front panel, a back panel opposite the front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel opposite the first side panel, a top panel, and a bottom panel opposite the top panel. The panels define an interior compartment. The package material has a Basis Weight of between about 55 gsm and about 115 gsm, according to the Basis Weight Test Method. The package has a weakened region. The package is sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are enclosed in the interior compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Michael REMUS, Naomi Ruth NELSON, Lee Mathew ARENT, Edward Daniel THEISS, III, Stephan SPIEKERS, Victoria Anne BORCHERT, Peter KRAMKOWSKI, Michael Wayne TAYLOR, Benjamin Jacob CLARE, Emily Charlotte BOSWELL, Nery Vanesa BRESLIN
  • Publication number: 20220031532
    Abstract: A package of one or more absorbent articles is disclosed. The package includes a package material comprising natural fibers. The package material forms a front panel, a back panel opposite the front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel opposite the first side panel, a top panel, and a bottom panel opposite the top panel. The panels define an interior compartment, wherein the one or more absorbent articles are disposed in the interior compartment. At least three of the panels are free of seams. The package material has a Basis Weight of between about 50 gsm and about 120 gsm, according to the Basis Weight Test Method. The package is recyclable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael REMUS, Edward Daniel THEISS, III, Ilana Jessica KRAUSE, Stephan SPIEKERS, Lee Mathew ARENT, Benjamin Jacob CLARE, Emily Charlotte BOSWELL
  • Patent number: 8464502
    Abstract: A packaging device for packing stacked soft hygienic products, e.g. sanitary napkins, panty liners or the like, into a plastic bag made of an endless film, has specific forming shoulder (21) and MD sealing unit (5) to produce a MD seal (35) at a closure edge (46) of the bag. Thus four integral side panels are available at the bag (WB) for imprinting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephan Spiekers, Geert Ivo Coletta Maria Cloostermans-Huwaert, Andre Josephine Karel De Saert, Markus Port, Ibrahim Ulas, Thomas Reinhold Albert Wessel
  • Publication number: 20100307114
    Abstract: A packaging device for packing stacked soft hygienic products, e.g. sanitary napkins, panty liners or the like, into a plastic bag made of an endless film, has specific forming shoulder (21) and MD sealing unit (5) to produce a MD seal (35) at a closure edge (46) of the bag. Thus four integral side panels are available at the bag (WB) for imprinting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Stephan Spiekers, Geert Ivo Coletta Maria Cloostermans-Huwaert, Andre Josephine Karel De Saert, Markus Port, Ibrahim Ulas, Thomas Reinhold Albert Wessel
  • Publication number: 20100310198
    Abstract: Plastic bag (WB) containing stacked soft hygienic products (FCS), e.g. sanitary napkins, panty liners, diapers, or the like, which can be made on-line from a roll of film. The plastic bag comprises one MD seal (35) along one closure corner (46) and is without a fold line in the center of a side panel. An artwork may be present which is continuous in the area of the MD seal. The products may be in a compressed state in the closed plastic bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Markus Port, Stephan Spiekers, Ibrahim Ulas, Thomas Albert Reinhold Wessel