Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Thomas J. Osborne
  • Disposable article having a discontinuous responsive system
    Patent number: 6160198
    Abstract: Disposable articles such as diapers, incontinent briefs, diaper holders and/or inserts, training pants, feminine hygiene garments, tampons, and the like, having a responsive system. The article includes a sensor that detects an input, an actuator that is adapted to perform a responsive function upon the input, and a feedback control loop in which the actuator is adapted to perform the responsive function upon the input in a discontinuous manner. The responsive system may include an open loop or a closed loop system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald C. Roe, Patrick J. Allen, Bruno J. Ehrnsperger, Mattias Schmidt, Karl P. Ronn, Mikhail K. Kruchinin, Simon S. Litvin, Oleg N. Khomjakov
  • Disposable article having proactive sensors
    Patent number: 6149636
    Abstract: A disposable article having a sensor that predicts an impending event such as an elimination of bodily waste. The article may also include an actuator that performs a responsive function when the sensor predicts the impending event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald C. Roe, Peter Coles, Mikhail K. Kruchinin, Simon S. Litvin, Oleg N. Khomjakov, Thomas J. Osborne, Jr.
  • Container for wipes
    Patent number: D445329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Martin Zethoff