Abstract: A disposable nonwoven cleansing mitt adapted to fit on a user's hand, such as a child, is provided. The disposable nonwoven cleansing mitt releasably contains a personal care composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 10, 2004
Date of Patent:
September 1, 2009
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
George Christopher Dobrin, Teresa Lynne Horton, Michael Wayne Mason
Abstract: A combination toothbrush and toothpaste dispenser, and method, are adapted for use by a child. The dispenser provides an easily actuatable activator that, when operated, discharges a predetermined amount of toothpaste from an orifice. The toothbrush is adapted to automatically lift the toothbrush head off of a support surface to a height near that of the dispenser orifice. As a result, a child may focus on manipulating one item at a time when loading a toothbrush with toothpaste.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 1, 2005
Date of Patent:
May 5, 2009
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Alyce Johnson Papa, Jeffrey James Stechschulte, Philip Andrew Sawin
Abstract: This invention relates to an absorbent structure that comprises water-swellable material, which comprises water-swellable polymers that are coated with a coating agent said coating agent comprising a phase-separating elastomeric material, which allows swelling of the water-swellable polymers, without breakage of the coating.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 5, 2004
Date of Patent:
April 14, 2009
Assignee:
Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Renae Dianna Fossum, Mattias Schmidt, Axel Meyer
Abstract: An accessory is provided for a product dispenser having a container for holding a product. The container defines a center axis and has a normal dispensing position, and a dispensing mechanism is coupled to the container and has a discharge opening adapted to direct product toward a desired target area when the container is in the normal dispensing position. The accessory is a first stabilizing element coupled to at least one of the container and dispensing mechanism and adapted to maintain the container in the normal dispensing position, thereby to more reliably direct product toward the target area during use. The first stabilizing element incorporates at least one physical feature attractive to a child.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 26, 2005
Date of Patent:
January 13, 2009
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
John Dwayne Walther, Jeffrey James Stechschulte
Abstract: This invention is directed to an absorbent structure comprising a solid, typically particulate, water-swellable material that comprises coated water-swellable, preferably hydrogel-forming polymers, which are coated with a coating agent, which is such that it does not rupture when the polymers swell in a liquid, e.g., water or saline water. Hereto, the coating agent is extensible in wet state and comprises thereto a wet-extensible material that has a wet-elongation of at least 400% or even at least 500%, and preferably a tensile stress at break in the wet state of at least 1 MPa. Typically, the coating agent comprises thereto an elastomeric polymeric material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 5, 2004
Date of Patent:
July 8, 2008
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Mattias Schmidt, Axel Meyer, Renae Dianna Fossum, Stephen Allen Goldman, Edward Joseph Urankar, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger
Abstract: A disposable child sized cleaning implement is provided. The disposable child sized cleaning implement is releasably carrying a personal care composition which comprises an aromatherapy adjuvant.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 2004
Date of Patent:
April 1, 2008
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Joyce Marie Benjamin, Michael Wayne Mason, Jenna Mason
Inventors:
Michael Paul Gehrke, Terri Lynn Meisel, Ayana Roi Green-Oliver, Roman Adolf Weyenberg, Jr., Brian John Berggren, Paul Darrell Dax, Steven Eric McLean, Darcey Ellen McCormick
Inventors:
Michael Paul Gehrke, Terri Lynn Meisel, Ayana Roi Green-Oliver, Roman Adolf Weyenberg, Jr., Brian John Berggren, Paul Darrell Dax, Steven Eric McLean, Darcey Ellen McCormick
Inventors:
Michael Paul Gehrke, Terri Lynn Meisel, Ayana Roi Green-Oliver, Roman Adolf Weyenberg, Jr., Brian John Berggren, Paul Darrell Dax, Steven Eric McLean, Darcey Ellen McCormick
Inventors:
Michael Paul Gehrke, Terri Lynn Meisel, Ayana Roi Green-Oliver, Roman Adolf Weyenberg, Jr., Brian John Berggren, Paul Darrell Dax, Steven Eric McLean, Darcey Ellen McCormick
Inventors:
Michael Paul Gehrke, Terri Lynn Meisel, Ayana Roi Green-Oliver, Roman Adolf Weyenberg, Jr., Brian John Berggren, Paul Darrell Dax, Steven Eric McLean, Darcey Ellen McCormick
Inventors:
Michael Paul Gehrke, Nicole Jeane Barna, Jorgen Keynon Carter, Janet Elaine Collins, Terri Lynn Meisel, Holly Kay Kowalski, Joan Barbara Leist
Inventors:
Michael Paul Gehrke, Nicole Jeane Barna, Jorgen Keynon Carter, Janet Elaine Collins, Terri Lynn Meisel, Holly Kay Kowalski, Joan Barbara Leist
Inventors:
Michael Paul Gehrke, Terri Lynn Meisel, Ayana Roi Green-Oliver, Roman Adolf Weyenberg, Jr., Brian John Berggren, Paul Darrell Dax, Steven Eric McLean, Darcey Ellen McCormick