Patents Represented by Attorney Peter D. Meyer
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Patent number: 8162205Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a polygonal container having at least five interconnected body panels and a blank for making the polygonal container. The ends of the polygonal container are provided with a plurality of pie-shaped triangular sections that can provide unique decorative experience to the user of a consumer product contained and dispensed from therein.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Jerry Ray Stephens
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Patent number: 8162251Abstract: A winder for winding continuous webs or interleaved web segments into rolls is disclosed. The winder has first and second rollers, a pressure assist device, a winding spindle, and a continuous belt having first and second surfaces. The belt is disposed about the first and second rollers. The web material is disposed upon at least a portion of the first surface of the belt. The winding spindle receives the web material when the spindle is proximate to the web material disposed upon the first surface of the belt. At least one of the longitudinal axis of the first roller and the longitudinal axis of the second roller is adjustable relative to the winding spindle. The pressure assist device is disposed proximate to the second surface of the belt and is adjustable relative to at least one of the second surface of the belt and the winding spindle.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Moss Vaughn, Matthew Alan Russell, Frederick Edward Lockwood
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Patent number: 8163132Abstract: An absorbent paper product is disclosed. The absorbent paper product has an MD modulus of less than about 20,000 g/cm at a load of about 15 g. The absorbent paper product further has indicia provided by five or more process colors. The process colors have L*a*b* color values. The a* and b* values are outside the boundary described by the following system of equations: {a*=?29.0 to ?5.2; b*=14.0 to 49.5}?b*=1.4916a*+57.2563 {a*=?5.2 to 35.3; b*=49.5 to 38.9}?b*=?0.261728a*+48.139 {a*=35.3 to 38.3; b*=5.3 to 38.9}?b*=?11.2a*+434.26 {a*=38.3 to 36.3; b*=5.3 to ?0.70}?b*=3a*?109.6 {a*=36.3 to 11.3; b*=?0.70 to ?26.0}?b*=1.012a*?37.4356 {a*=11.3 to ?20.0; b*=?26.0 to ?29.3}?b*=0.105431a*?27.1914 {a*=?20.0 to ?29.0; b*=?29.3 to 14.0}?b*=?4.81111a*?125.522 wherein L* is from 0 to 100.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Kathryn Christian Kien
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Patent number: 8156821Abstract: An apparatus for testing the break-through strength of a tissue product is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a dose addition assembly having an opening and a sample holder. The sample holder comprises a lower platen and an upper platen disposed in a fact to face relationship and each having coextensive openings disposed therein. The opening of the dose addition assembly is disposed proximate to one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens. A substance is disposed within the dose addition assembly and is capable of being expectorated from the opening of the dose addition assembly through one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens onto a tissue product disposed between the upper and lower platens and within the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michael Scott Prodoehl, LaTisha Evette Salaam, Thomas Alan Wilker
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Patent number: 8157200Abstract: A method for rewinding a web material is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing a conveyor belt having opposed first and second surfaces; b) providing a pressure assist device proximate to the second surface of the conveyor belt; c) disposing the web material on the first surface of the conveyor belt; d) providing at least one winding spindle having a speed profile proximate to the web material disposed upon the first surface of the conveyor belt; e) adjusting a position of at least one of the conveyor belt and the pressure assist device relative to the winding spindle to provide a compressive force to the surface of the winding spindle by the conveyor belt; f) adjusting a speed of the at least one winding spindle according to the speed profile; and, g) transferring the web material to the at least one winding spindle from the conveyor belt.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Moss Vaughn, Matthew Alan Russell, Frederick Edward Lockwood
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Patent number: 8136474Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an apparatus for transferring fluid. The apparatus has a fluid transfer component, a fluid receiving component, a fluid supply, and a fluid motivating component. The fluid transfer component has a first surface, a second surface, a non-random pattern of distinct pores each defining a pathway between the first and second surfaces, a single entry point at the first surface, and a single exit point at the second surface. The pores are disposed at preselected locations to provide a desired pattern of permeability. The fluid receiving component comprises a fluid receiving surface. The fluid supply is adapted to provide a fluid in contact with and at a constant fluid pressure with the first surface of the fluid transfer component. The fluid motivating component is adapted to facilitate transport of the fluid from the first surface through the pores to the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kevin Benson McNeil, Kim Ellen Shore, Wayne Robert Fisher, Richard Matthew Giachetto
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Patent number: 8135170Abstract: A process for making an image for a papermaking belt wherein the image is the product of: (a) providing an image, said image being a simple geometric figure; (b) performing a first alpha image modification algorithm on said image; (c) performing a first beta image modification algorithm upon said image to provide a resultant image, said beta image modification algorithm being a three-dimensional image modification algorithm; and, (d) using said resultant image to form a pattern for said papermaking belt.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2011Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Grant Edward Tompkins, IV, Rebecca Howland Spitzer, Ward William Ostendorf
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Patent number: 8127601Abstract: A method for testing the break-through strength of a tissue product is disclosed. The method entails the steps of: a) observing a first condition of the tissue product; b) disposing the tissue product between a lower platen and an upper platen; c) disposing at least a portion of the tissue product within an aperture disposed within the lower platen and an aperture disposed within the upper platen; d) providing a simulated mucous composition; e) directing the simulated mucous composition toward the tissue product disposed within the aperture disposed within the lower platen and the aperture disposed within the upper platen; f) after step d), observing a second condition of the tissue product; and, g) comparing the first and the second conditions of the tissue product.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kevin Mitchell Wiwi, Gregg Thomas Weaver, Michael Scott Prodoehl, LaTisha Evette Salaam
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Patent number: 8110072Abstract: A papermaking machine for making uncreped through air dried paper having a forming section, a press section, and a drying section is disclosed. The paper web is pressed between two press members while enclosed between a press felt and a transfer belt having non-uniformly distributed microscopic depressions in its surface. The web follows the transfer belt from the press to a transfer point at which the web is transferred via a suction transfer device onto a structuring fabric. The web is then dried with a through air dryer.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2009Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Robert Stanley Ampulski
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Patent number: 8097109Abstract: An apparatus for the concurrent converting of multiple web products includes at least a first unwind station and a second unwind station. The apparatus further includes a first web transformation station associated with a first web material unwound from the first unwind station, and a second web transformation station associated with the second web material unwound from the second unwind station. The first and second web transformation stations are disposed such that less than twice the width of the widest web material separates a portion of the first web material in the first web transformation station from a portion of the second web material in the second web transformation station. The method of the invention includes steps of unwinding web materials from rolls at each of the first and second unwind stations and transforming the respective web materials using the first and second web transformation stations.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2004Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble CompanyInventor: Kevin Benson McNeil
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Patent number: 8083893Abstract: A method for producing a deep-nested embossed product is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing an embossing apparatus having mating first and second embossing members; b) providing the first embossing member with a plurality of discrete embossing elements in a non-random pattern; c) providing the second embossing member with at least one linear embossing element; d) coordinating the at least one linear embossing element with the non-random pattern of first embossing elements; e) aligning the first embossing member and the second embossing member so that the non-random pattern of first embossing elements nest with the at least one linear embossing element to an engagement depth of greater than about 0.01 mm; f) providing one or more plies of material to the embossing apparatus; and, g) passing the one or more plies of the material between the first and second embossing members to produce the deep-nested embossed product.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Donn Nathan Boatman, Kevin Benson McNeil, David Mark Rasch, Kevin Mitchell Wiwi, Wayne Robert Fisher
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Patent number: 8070913Abstract: A tissue paper product having at least one ply, wherein only one outer surface of said tissue paper product has a polyhydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of glycerols, polyglycerols, polyethylene glycols (PEGS), polyoxyethylenes, polyoxypropylenes, and combinations thereof applied thereto by slot extrusion, said polyhydroxy compound providing said tissue paper product with a Wet Burst greater than about 90 g, a Dynamic Coefficient of Friction less than about 0.9, and a Bending Flexibility less than about 0.1 gf cm2/cm.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: LaTisha Evette Salaam, Michael Scott Prodoehl
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Patent number: 8066848Abstract: An absorbent paper product comprising indicia wherein the indicia comprise L*a*b* color wherein the L*a*b* values are outside of the boundary described by the following system of equations: {a*=?29.0 to ?5.2; b*=14.0 to 49.5}?b*=1.4916 a*+57.2563 {a*=?5.2 to 35.3; b*=49.5 to 38.9}?b*=?0.261728 a*+48.139 {a*=35.3 to 38.3; b*=5.3 to 38.9}?b*=?11.2 a*+434.26 {a*=38.3 to 36.3; b*=5.3 to ?0.70}?b*=3 a*?109.6 {a*=36.3 to 11.3; b*=?0.70 to ?26.0}?b* =1.012 a*?37.4356 {a*=11.3 to ?20.0; b*=?26.0 to ?29.3}?b*=0.105431 a*?27.1914 {a*=?20.0 to ?29.0; b*=?29.3 to 14.0}?b*=?4.81111 a*?125.522 wherein L* is from 0 to 100.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2008Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Kathryn Christian Kien
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Patent number: 8033436Abstract: An apparatus and method for separating a web material are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a bedroll and a chop off roll. The bedroll includes a bedroll blade and a bedroll web pin. The chop off roll includes a pin pad and a plurality of chop off roll blades. The bedroll web pin and the bedroll blade mesh with the pin pad and the chop off roll blades. The chop off roll blades are moved relative to the bedroll blade, stretching and separating the web material. The web pin perforates the web material and may completely or partially separate a portion of the web material. The web pin and the separated portion perforate the pin pad. The separated portion is stripped from the web pin as the pin passes out of the pin pad.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: William Joseph Butsch, Stephen Rainey Addison
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Patent number: 8007640Abstract: An apparatus for producing a deep-nested embossed product including a first embossing member and a second embossing member. The first embossing member has a plurality of discrete embossing elements disposed in a first non-random pattern. The second embossing member has a plurality of second embossing elements including at least one linear embossing element. The second embossing elements are disposed in a second non-random pattern such the first non-random pattern and the second non-random pattern nest together to a depth of greater than about 0.01 mm.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Donn Nathan Boatman, Kevin Benson McNeil, David Mark Rasch, Kevin Mitchell Wiwi, Wayne Robert Fisher
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Patent number: 8002927Abstract: A process for sealing the tail of a convolutely wound web material is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: (a) providing the convolutely wound web material having a tail portion connectively associated thereto; (b) disposing the tail portion away from an immediately subjacent convolution of the convolutely wound web material; (c) disposing a fluid upon the immediately subjacent convolution; and, (d) fixably and removeably disposing the tail portion of the convolutely wound web material upon the fluid disposed upon the immediately subjacent convolution.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2006Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Thomas Timothy Byrne
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Patent number: 7976905Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a method for transferring fluid. The method provides for the steps of: a) providing a fluid transfer component comprising a first surface, a second surface, a non-random pattern of distinct pores, the pores connecting the first surface and the second surface, the pores being disposed at preselected locations to provide a desired pattern of permeability, b) providing a fluid receiving component comprising a fluid receiving surface, c) motivating a fluid into contact with the first surface and subsequently through the distinct pores to the second surface, d) bringing the second surface and the fluid receiving surface into fluid transfer proximity, e) transferring fluid from the second surface to the fluid receiving surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kevin Benson McNeil, Kim Ellen Shore, Wayne Robert Fisher, Richard Matthew Giachetto
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Patent number: D641174Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Paul Joseph Coffaro, Matthew Shane Pierson
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Patent number: D656321Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michelle Christine Thompson, Jamey Nathan Wagner, Brandy Nicole Lockaby
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Patent number: D656322Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Michelle Christine Thompson, Jamey Nathan Wagner, Brandy Nicole Lockaby