Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company
  • Liquid refilling system and devices
    Patent number: 9480999
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a liquid refilling system (10) having a parent device (201) and a child or portable travel device sized device (101) that can be releasably coupled to the parent device (201) to transfer liquid from the parent to the child device. The parent device has a pump (207), an actuator (217) and an actuator stroke limitation means (218) whereby the amount of liquid dispensed by the parent device (201) can be selected as a single use predetermined amount or as a child refill amount. The parent pump is in liquid communication with the parent liquid reservoir and the pump has a volume which is substantially equal to the volume of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Scott, Andrew Graham Masters, Georgina Lyndsey Claire Milich
  • Stretch laminates
    Patent number: 9480606
    Abstract: A stretch laminate having a first substrate is adhesively attached to an elastic film. The adhesive is applied in a continuous manner to the substrate in a first tack down region which is disposed proximate to an end of the stretch laminate. The adhesive is applied as a plurality of adhesive stripes in an activation region which is interior of the first tack down region. The adhesive stripes have a width and a distance between adjacent adhesive stripes. The ratio of stripe width to distance between the adhesive stripes is in the range of less than about 1 or greater than about 0.33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Anand Rudra Venkitaraman, George Stephen Reising
  • Pretreatment cup for treating durable and delicate fabrics
    Patent number: 9481956
    Abstract: A pretreatment cup comprising elongated protrusions, having a length to width ratio of greater than 2, which are spaced so that the distance between the elongated protrusions is less than the height of the elongated protrusions, can be used for pretreating both durable and delicate fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Pieter Paul Dirk Jenny Maria Van Den Bergh, Annabelle Mayeux, Mohamed Samir, Wiliam John Davis
  • Cosmetic compositions
    Patent number: 9480634
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising a safe and effective amount of a skin care active; a safe and effective amount of a skin lightening agent; a safe and effective amount of bisabolol; and a safe and effective amount of a glycerol ether of aliphatic alcohol, wherein the ratio of bisabolol to glycerol ether of aliphatic alcohol is from 2:1 to 1:15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sourav Das, Naohisa Yoshimi, Shuhei Tanaka
  • Method of predicing injection molding cycle time
    Patent number: 9475221
    Abstract: The invention features, in general, a method for determining a target cycle time for an injection molded part. The method comprises the steps of ascertaining the solidified volume percentage (Vn) as a function of cooling time (Tn) data for solidification of an injection molded part and calculating a cooling speed indicator (CSIn) for each data point, (Tn,Vn). The solidified volume percentage (Vn) as a function of cooling time (Tn) and solidified volume percentage (Vn) as a function of cooling speed indicator (CSIn) are tabulated and used to determine a target cycle time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Sean Wang
  • Dishwashing method
    Patent number: 9476011
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing liquor comprising: a) from about 0.5 to about 10 ppm of orthophosphate expressed as elementary phosphorous; b) from about 40 to about 600 ppm of a first polymer comprising: i) carboxylic acid monomers; ii) monomers comprising a sulfonic acid group wherein the monomers comprising a sulfonic acid group represent 10% or less of the polymer on a molar basis; c) from about 15 to about 150 ppm of a phosphonate; d) a bleach system comprising bleach and a bleach catalyst; and e) less than 30 ppm of polyphosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nathalie Sophie Letzelter, Alexander Charles Hollingsworth, Fernando Solache Leon, Victoria Wray, Neil Bradley
  • Absorbent articles with barrier leg cuffs
    Patent number: 9474657
    Abstract: An absorbent article (20) for personal hygiene having a body-facing surface and an opposed garment-facing surface, the article having a front region (Z1), a back region (Z3) and an intermediate crotch region (Z2). The absorbent article comprises on each longitudinal side a gasketing cuff (32) and a barrier leg cuff (34) formed from the same web of nonwoven barrier material (110). The web of nonwoven barrier material is attached at least in the crotch region (Z2) to the topsheet by a plurality of mechanical and/or heat bonds (70), the plurality of mechanical and/or heat bonds defining in the crotch region a longitudinally extending bonding area (71) having a width W1. An adhesive (75) attaches in the crotch region the topsheet to the backsheet an that the adhesive covers at least 20% of the bonding area, this being also the case when the adhesive is notionally shifted laterally by any distance up to 4 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia, Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Andrea Marie Frazer
  • Method for designing containers
    Patent number: 9477791
    Abstract: A method comprises steps of: providing an initial package design, providing an initial package-handling element design, modeling the interaction of the package and the package-handling element, and altering one of the package design or the package-handling element design according to the results of the model. Wherein the initial package-handling element design comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of: a motion transfer component comprising a combination of discrete geometrically defined elements, package guide rails, package guide rail supports, vacuum conveying components, and combinations thereof. And wherein the interaction reflects the package interaction with the discrete elements of a multi-element motion transfer component or the package guide rails having a flexibility greater than zero, or package guide rail supports having a finite stiffness, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Julie OiLun Lim, John Boyet Stevens, James Dyess, Clint Adam Morrow, Jeffrey Todd Petach, Ryan Alan Klenke
  • Apparatuses for transferring articles and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 9475654
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring one or more articles from a first carrier moving at a first speed to a second carrier moving at a second speed that is different than the first speed is provided. The apparatus comprises a programmable motor and a carrier member operably engaged with the programmable motor. The carrier member comprises a housing comprising a wall and an outer surface configured to receive the one or more articles from the first moving carrier in a receiving zone and configured to deposit the one or more articles onto the second moving carrier in an application zone. The wall comprises carbon fiber. The programmable motor is configured to move the outer surface of the housing at a third speed through the receiving zone and at a fourth speed through the application zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Scott Alan King, Jennifer Lynn Tuertscher, Bryan Wesley Bauman, Andrew MacGee, Markus Grädler, Christian Hans Günther Fuchs
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TOOTHBRUSH HAVING AN INNER CAVITY
    Publication number: 20160302561
    Abstract: Methods for producing toothbrush handles having an inner cavity are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd NEWMAN, Cathy WEN, Stephen Alan HOUGHTON, Scott JACKSON, Bradley John PHILLIPS, Richard Darren SATTERFIELD, Andrew M. UHE, Christopher Thomas RYAN
  • Absorbent articles comprising wetness indicators
    Patent number: 9468565
    Abstract: An absorbent article of the present invention may comprise a backsheet, a wetness indicator composition, and an absorbent core. The wetness indicator composition may comprise a stabilizer, a colorant, and a matrix. The absorbent core may comprise a nonwoven layer and an absorbent polymer material, and optionally, a thermoplastic adhesive material. The wetness indicator composition may be in direct contact with an inner surface of the backsheet and an outer surface of the nonwoven layer. And, the absorbent polymer material, and optionally, the thermoplastic adhesive material, may be in direct contact with an inner surface of the nonwoven. Further, the absorbent core may be substantially cellulose free and may be oriented in at least one row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Thomas James Klofta
  • Hollow silica particles, compositions comprising them and methods for making same
    Patent number: 9469545
    Abstract: Methods for making comprising hollow silica particles from a composition comprising a silicon-containing compound selected from the group consisting of tetraalkoxysilanes, trialkyloxysilanes and derivatives thereof, dialkoxysilanes and derivatives thereof, alkoxysilanes and derivatives thereof, silicone oligomers, oligomeric silsesquioxanes and silicone polymers distributed over a polymer template core that is eliminated from the particle in a two-stage heating process. The particles of the present invention have a substantially uniform particle size and exhibit low permeability to liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Karen Kay Kalla, Matthew David Butts, Darryl Stephen Williams, Sarah Elizabeth Genovese
  • Hair colouring methods and kits thereof
    Patent number: 9468278
    Abstract: Method for coloring hair wherein a first hair coloring composition is applied to the hair, e.g. the hair roots and a second hair coloring composition is applied to the hair, e.g. the hair lengths and tips, wherein the pH of the second hair coloring composition is lower than the pH of the first hair coloring composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christoph Hans Peter Bonauer, Graham John Myatt, Nan Wang
  • Floor cleaning device having disposable floor sheets and rotatable beater bar and method of cleaning a floor therewith
    Patent number: 9468347
    Abstract: A cleaning system. The system has a floor cleaning device, disposable floor sheet removably attachable to the device pad, and a rotatable beater bar. The device has a single wheel, and moves on the target surface by rolling action of the wheel and gliding of the floor sheet. This arrangement, not having multiple wheels, provides enhanced maneuverability, and improves cleaning performance. The cleaning system may be used to clean hard surfaces, such as a floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Glenn Allen Bradbury
  • Absorbent sanitary paper products
    Patent number: 9469942
    Abstract: An absorbent sanitary paper product having a machine direction, a cross-machine direction orthogonal and co-planar thereto, and a Z-direction orthogonal to both the machine- and cross-machine directions is disclosed. The absorbent sanitary paper product has a first network of fibers having a basis weight of less than about 95 g/m2 and a second network of fibers comprising individual fibers adhesively attached with an adhesive thereto. Each fiber of the first network of fibers has a longitudinal axis generally disposed within the plane comprising the machine and cross-machine directions. Each individual fiber of the second network of fibers has a longitudinal axis having a component thereof generally disposed in the Z-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kathryn Christian Kien, Thomas Timothy Byrne, Kevin Benson McNeil
  • Flexible materials for flexible containers
    Patent number: 9469088
    Abstract: A flexible material for a flexible container can include a first laminate and a second laminate joined to at least a portion of the first laminate by at least one seal. The first laminate can include a first gas barrier layer disposed between first and second sealable layers, wherein the first and second sealable layers define opposed exterior layers of the first laminate. The second laminate can include a third sealable layer defining an exterior layer of the second laminate, and a second gas barrier layer. The at least one seal joins a portion of the third sealable layer to at least a portion of the second sealable layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Scott Kendyl Stanley, Jun You, Emily Charlotte Boswell, Lee Mathew Arent, Kenneth Stephen McGuire
  • Absorbent structure for absorbent articles
    Patent number: 9468566
    Abstract: Absorbent structures for diapers are provided, comprising, immobilized onto a supporting sheet, an absorbent layer with absorbent material containing superabsorbent polymer particles and therein, in the front region, a first and a second substantially longitudinal channel, each being free of said superabsorbent polymeric particles, for improved fit and/or performance throughout the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rodrigo Rosati, Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Hans Adolf Jackels, Blanca Arizti, Ernesto G. Bianchi, Donald Carroll Roe
  • Fastening system
    Patent number: 9468265
    Abstract: A mechanical fastening system having an engaging component and a receiving component. The receiving component has a first bond line, a second bond line, a bond zone, and a plurality of consecutive sweep regions. The second bond line is disposed adjacent to the first bond line such that a portion of the second bond line overlaps a portion of the first bond line. The bond zone circumscribes the first bond line and the second bond line. The plurality of consecutive sweep regions are disposed within the bond zone. At least one sweep region includes a portion of both the first bond line and the second bond line, and the remaining sweep regions include at least a portion of the first or the second bond lines. The receiving component has a bond ratio greater than or equal to about 1 and less than or equal to about 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Horn, Mark James Kline, Kazuhiko Masuda, Hisashi Morimoto
  • Method for delivering a volatile material
    Patent number: 9468697
    Abstract: A method of delivering a volatile material to the atmosphere in a continuous manner is disclosed. The method includes providing a delivery engine having a reservoir that includes a volatile material mixture. The volatile material mixture includes about 40% to about 100%, by total weight, of the volatile materials each having a vapor pressure at 25° C. of less than about 0.1 torr. The delivery system also includes a microporous membrane enclosing the reservoir, wherein the microporous membrane comprises an average pore size of about 0.01 to about 0.03 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, Jason John Olchovy, Scott Kendyl Stanley, James Douglas Still, Rhonda Jean Jackson, Zaiyou Liu, Walter Sordo, Stefano Deflorian, Cedric Morhain
  • Fabric care compositions comprising organosiloxane polymers
    Patent number: 9469829
    Abstract: The present composition relates to fabric care compositions comprising an organosiloxane polymer. Methods of using such compositions including contacting a fabric with the composition and rinsing the fabric are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Kerry Andrew Vetter, Bernard William Kluesener, Iskender Yilgor, Christian Herzig, Richard Becker, Rafael Trujillo Rosaldo, Leslie Dawn Waits, Janine A. Flood, Keith Homer Baker, Jennifer Beth Ponder, Mark Gregory Solinsky, Matthew Scott Wagner, Pradipta Sarkar, Emily Suzanne Klinker, Julie Ann O'Neil