Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Andrew A Paul
  • Patent number: 8348920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet that is at least partially joined to the topsheet, an absorbent core disposed at least partially between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a wetness indicator printed onto a surface of said backsheet wherein the wetness indicator comprises a graphic that further comprises at least one responsive color composition and a varnish coating disposed adjacent to said responsive color composition; wherein upon wetting, said graphic becomes visible to the unaided eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Kuang-Kai Liu
  • Patent number: 8343534
    Abstract: Tissues useful in providing fibrous tissue products for skin contact, such as facial tissue, bathroom tissue, disposable handkerchiefs which comprise a volatile rhinological effective composition for delivery to human skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Joerg Kleinwaechter
  • Patent number: 8258367
    Abstract: Disposable absorbent article comprising an interior design signal indicating absorbency and an absorbent core including first and second absorbent layers, the first absorbent layer including a first substrate and the second absorbent layer including a second substrate, the first and second absorbent layers further including absorbent particulate polymer material deposited on the first and second substrates and thermoplastic material covering the absorbent particulate polymer material on the respective first and second substrates, the first and second absorbent layers combined together such that at least a portion of the thermoplastic material of the first absorbent layer contacts at least a portion of the thermoplastic material of the second absorbent layer, the absorbent particulate polymer material is disposed between the first and second substrates in an absorbent particulate polymer material area, and the absorbent particulate polymer material is substantially continuously distributed across the absorbent
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kathleen Marie Lawson, Mark John Ciesko, Christofer Fuchs, Alizha Victoria Rice, Harald Hermann Hundorf, Horst Blessing, Peter Dziezok, Mattias Schmidt, Holger Beruda, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger
  • Patent number: 8252848
    Abstract: A method for re-mobilizing superabsorbent polymer particles which have previously been immobilized by a solidified thermoplastic composition comprising at least 30 weight-% of a thermoplastic polymer. The superabsorbent polymer particles are separated from the solidified thermoplastic composition by using a supercritical fluid comprising carbon dioxide, propane, or mixtures thereof. Separation may be further improved by the use of one or more co-solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Carsten Luckert, Marion Michnacs, Carsten Zetzl
  • Patent number: 8211079
    Abstract: A tab and slot closure system has a tab member, a slot member, and an anti-pop open device. The tab member has a tab element which has a first region and a second region. The first region includes a proximal edge, and the second region includes a distal edge. The tab element is attached to the substrate element along a line of attachment. The slot member has an inboard portion, an outboard portion, and a slot disposed between the inboard portion and the outboard portion. The anti-pop open device is disposed on either the tab member or the slot member and reduces the likelihood of the tab member unintentionally disengaging the slot member when the tab and slot closure system is fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Tracey Elaine Beckman, Mark James Kline, Pablo Ibarra, Kevin Ronald Kanya, Sue Ann Mills, John Carroll Molander
  • Patent number: 8187243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent article comprising a chassis having a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region between the front and back waist regions, said chassis having two opposing longitudinal edges and two perpendicularly placed end edges, said chassis further comprising: a. a liquid permeable topsheet spanning at least the crotch region; b. a backsheet spanning at least the crotch region; c. an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and backsheet; and d. a elastic member disposed along at least one opposing longitudinal edge in either the front waist or back waist region of said chassis wherein said member comprises an unapertured, skinless elastomeric layer wherein said layer exhibits an Energy Recovery Value of at least about 0.77.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Todd Leon Mansfield, Ebrahim Rezai, James Thomas Bader, Adam Daniel Schmidtz
  • Patent number: 8190495
    Abstract: A computer-based online system having a memory, for managing a plurality of registries of baby care product selections, wherein each of the plurality of registries is uniquely associated with a respective one of a plurality of users, and wherein each baby care product selection corresponds to a baby care product selected at the online system or one of a plurality of retailers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rodney Bernard Williams, Katherine Marie Moeggenberg, Charlotte Vallory La Niear
  • Patent number: 8177766
    Abstract: A stretch laminate includes a first layer including an elastomer film, the first layer having a surface, and a second layer including a nonwoven material, the second layer having a basis weight of less than about 25 gsm and a surface that is attached to the surface of the first layer. The elastomer film has a strength of an engineering tensile strength, at an engineering strain rate of about 600/s, of at least one of about greater than about 14 MPa for a plain specimen or about greater than about 7 MPa for a notched specimen. A method of making the stretch laminate and an absorbent article having at least one region defined by the stretch laminate are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Todd Leon Mansfield
  • Patent number: 8112322
    Abstract: A method, in a computer-based online system having a memory, for managing an account for purchasing baby care products by a particular user, wherein the account is for use with a particular category of baby care products, including diapers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rodney Bernard Williams, Katherine Marie Moeggenberg, Charlotte Vallory La Niear
  • Patent number: 8092438
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is provided. The article comprises one or more disposable absorbent articles having a configuration corresponding to a wearer's stage of development, the disposable absorbent articles being enclosed in a package; a brand indicator disposed on the package; a line-up indicator disposed on the package, the line-up indicator including visual indicia and narrative indicia; and a stage specific indicator disposed on the package. The line-up indicator and stage specific indicator associate the absorbent article configuration with a corresponding stage of development, the association enabling a consumer to identify the appropriate absorbent article configuration for a wearer. An array of disposable absorbent article configurations is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tysonn Yuievonn Betts, Ikdeep Singh
  • Patent number: 8075699
    Abstract: A paper-roll core that is a soluble, disposable carrier for cleaning and/or disinfecting chemicals. The paper-roll cores are toilet paper roll cores and paper towel roll cores and are rapidly soluble in water and may release cleansers, disinfectants, colors, etc., upon dissolving. Described are: methods of using, manufacturing, advertising, and distributing the paper-roll cores; and methods of advertising and distributing such paper-roll cores to children, who will particularly enjoy the novelty; and methods of modifying existing paper-roll core manufacturing equipment to manufacture soluble cleanser-dispensing paper-roll cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: George H. Butler, III
  • Patent number: 8076530
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an absorbent core, which comprises a primary water-absorbing agent that can serve as a acquisition and preferably temporarily storage material for fluids, such as urine, and that has a CRC of up to 20 g/g and that comprises a compound that includes a constitutional unit derived from polyalkyleneglycol and that is other than an unsaturated monomer and that comprises a polyvalent metal salt. The absorbent article is preferably an infant (toddler, baby) diaper, including training pant, or adult incontinent article (e.g. a pad, diaper).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Juliane Kamphus, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Shigeru Sakamoto, Sayaka Machida
  • Patent number: 8067063
    Abstract: A stretch composite having one or more elastomeric members disposed on at least one region of an extensible fibrous substrate to provide stretch properties to a targeted region of the substrate. The composite has been incrementally stretched to at least partially break up the structure of the substrate in order to reduce its resistance to stretch. The stretch composites are useful for disposable and durable articles, such as disposable absorbent articles including diapers, pull-on diapers, training pants, incontinence briefs, catamenial garments, baby bibs, and the like, and durable articles like garments including sportswear, outerwear and the like. The present invention also relates to methods of forming such stretch composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Copany
    Inventors: Fred Naval Desai, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Mark William Hamersky, Steven Daryl Smith
  • Patent number: D658756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Beth Goldman Mason, Ada Ho Yau Ko, Kimberly Elizabeth Hawes, Thadd Joseph Fiala, Norman David Johnson, Thomas Alfred Studer, Elizabeth Lynn Johnson
  • Patent number: D658757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Beth Goldman Mason, Ada Ho Yau Ko, Kimberly Elizabeth Hawes, Thadd Joseph Fiala, Norman David Johnson, Thomas Alfred Studer, Elizabeth Lynn Johnson
  • Patent number: D660146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Michelle Marie Rafie
  • Patent number: D661578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Michelle Marie Rafie
  • Patent number: D669779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Lynn Lowery, Kevin Michael Sams, Shanyn Krista Brady, Paul Patrick Landers, Andrew Bernard Tesnar, Douglas John Whittle
  • Patent number: D669780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Lynn Lowery, Kevin Michael Sams, Shanyn Krista Brady, Paul Patrick Landers, Andrew Bernard Tesnar, Douglas John Whittle
  • Patent number: D672234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jennifer Lynn Lowery, Kevin Michael Sams, Danielle Lee Abel, Alfredo de Jesus Hidalgo, Brenda Marie Mahan, Douglas John Whittle