Patents Represented by Attorney C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7272991
    Abstract: A subassembly for a shaving razor that includes a plurality of elongated metal blades that are secured to each other as an integral unit. The plural blades have cutting edges defining a shaving surface, and are secured to each other by weld connections at their respective longitudinal ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Gregory D. Aviza, Robert A. Trotta, Charles B. Worrick
  • Patent number: 7168173
    Abstract: A shaving razor includes a cartridge having a cartridge housing and a handle. The cartridge housing has a front edge, a rear edge and two side edges extending from the front edge to the rear edge. One or more shaving blades are located on the housing and between the front edge and the rear edge. A connecting member is connected to the cartridge housing and includes a deflectable element defining at least a portion of an opening extending through the connecting member. The handle includes a handle interconnect member that includes a protrusion having an enlarged distal end and angled side surfaces extending from the distal end to a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Charles B. Worrick, III
  • Patent number: 7065948
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting and eliminating a twister in a running web of flexible material. The apparatus includes a catch section for twisters, a rotor, a scanner arrangement for detection of a twister that has entered a catch section and a control unit , which, upon detection of a twister by the scanner, triggers the drive of the rotor for untwisting the twister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Martin Kranich, Oliver Lenz
  • Patent number: 7037298
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an improvement of performance for disposable absorbent articles to prevent a leakage of body discharges. A disposable absorbent article comprising: an absorbent body having an average width of from about 5 mm to about 30 mm. The first resilient material is disposed between the body facing surface and the garment facing surface of the absorbent article; and a first resilient material disposed between the body facing surface and the absorbent body in a circumferential manner such that at least a part of the body facing surface of the absorbent article forms a raised circumferential bank in the central region and a concave portion surrounded by the raised circumferential bank. The first resilient material is selected from the group consisting of a polymeric foam material, a fibrous material, an elastic material, a formed film material, an absorbent gelling material, and a mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenji Ohshima, Yuka Momotani, Kieko Imai
  • Patent number: 6986761
    Abstract: A sanitary napkin which deforms to a convex upwardly shaped cross section. The sanitary napkin has a line of weakness which is symmetric about the longitudinal axis and longitudinally concave towards the lateral centerline. In a preferred embodiment, the line of weakness is discontinuous and comprises discrete sites joining the topsheet and core. The discrete sites may be bilaterally staggered about the line of weakness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Letha Margie Hines, Robb Eric Olsen
  • Patent number: 6960702
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a disposable absorbent article. The disposable absorbent article of the present invention includes a fluid storage layer disposed between the topsheet and backsheet and having a body-facing surface and a garment-facing surface opposing the body-facing surface. The fluid storage layer contains a superabsorbent material. The disposable absorbent article further includes an odor reduction layer disposed at either the body-facing surface side or the body-facing surface side of the fluid storage layer. The odor reduction layer contains a metalphthalocyanine material. The disposable absorbent article further includes an isolation means disposed between the superabsorbent material and the odor reduction layer for isolating the metalphthalocyanine material from contacting at least a part of the superabsorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kawakami, Vijay Rajagopalan, Kimio Ueda, Ebranim Rezai
  • Patent number: 6926701
    Abstract: The disposable excreta management device has a longitudinal centerline, a transverse centerline, a wearer-facing surface and an opposing surface. The disposable excreta management device comprises a flexible bag to contain excreta and an adhesive flange to attach the device to the body of a wearer. The flexible bag has an opening positioned on the wearer-facing surface. The excreta management device has an orifice provided on the flexible bag and comprises a seal means to resealably close the orifice. A peel force of the seal means to the surface of the flexible bag is between 0.3 N/cm and 4.0 N/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Glasgow Burns, Jr., Maya Hasegawa, Takaya Okano, Yoko Hayashi
  • Patent number: D510434
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Giovanni Carlucci, Marco DiGiacomantonio
  • Patent number: D510435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeanie Christianson, Bernd Amstadt
  • Patent number: D510436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeanie Christianson, Bernd Amstadt
  • Patent number: D511001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeanie Christianson, Bernd Amstadt
  • Patent number: D533964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Soojung Ham
  • Patent number: D536830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Christopher Ramm, Michael J. Gray
  • Patent number: D537204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Christopher Ramm, Michael J. Gray
  • Patent number: D542675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Richard Hart Luxton, Ayako Takase, Robert Hutton, IV, Philip J. Karl
  • Patent number: D546199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Gray, Evan K. Pennell
  • Patent number: D547494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Watson, Robert Johnson, Soojung Ham
  • Patent number: D549574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Watson, Soojung Ham
  • Patent number: D556378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Watson, Robert Johnson, Soojung Ham
  • Patent number: D558063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Douglas Robert Kohring