Patents by Inventor Thomas Joseph Flautt, Jr.

Thomas Joseph Flautt, Jr. 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: 4100017
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products which are laminates formed from two dissimilar paper webs. When a web of low density, high bulk process paper is united with a web of conventional paper, a product possessing absorbency softness, flexibility, and bulk properties similar to those of a product comprising two webs of the low density, high bulk process paper is produced. Variations taught by the invention include the use of two paper webs having different creping characteristics to form the laminated sanitary tissue. The teachings of the invention can be extended to other products such as paper towels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Flautt, Jr.