Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company
  • Apparatus and method for transferring particulate material
    Patent number: 8590582
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an apparatus for transferring, at high speed and in a very effective and accurate manner, particulate material from a feeder into reservoirs of a moving endless surface. The apparatus may include a three-dimensional plate for applying pressure onto the particulate material present between the plate and the moving endless surface. The particulate material is then transferred from the moving endless surface to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hans Adolf Jackels, Harald H. Hundorf, Siegfried Link
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLES WITH UNIFORM GRAPHICS
    Publication number: 20130310795
    Abstract: A pull-on disposable absorbent article comprising front and rear elastomeric belts each comprising first and second belt substrates, each substrate comprising at least one nonwoven layer; and a center chassis comprising at least one nonwoven layer and at least one film layer; wherein a first graphic is printed on a surface of a nonwoven layer of one of the first or second belt substrates, and wherein a second graphic is printed on a surface of at least one of the group consisting of a nonwoven layer of the first or second belt substrates, a layer of the center chassis, a backsheet, and an outer cover; and wherein the number of nonwoven layers between any first graphic and the outer surface of the article is the same as the number of nonwoven layers between any second graphic and the outer surface of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tina Marie Glahn, Rachel Eden Walther, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Sarah Marie Wade, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Hui Yang, Diana W. Juratovac, Gary Dean LAVON, Jonathan Aaron Lu
  • Absorbent Articles With Elastics In Multiple Layers
    Publication number: 20130310788
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Disposable Absorbent Pants With Advantageous Stretch And Manufacturability Features, And Methods For Manufacturing The Same
    Publication number: 20130310793
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent pant that includes a central chassis and a belt structure is disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Gary Dean Lavon, Miguel Alvaro Robles
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING A BELT PORTION WITH A TEXTURE ZONE HAVING A TEXTURE RATIO
    Publication number: 20130310797
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and a core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article comprises a belt portion extending from the chassis. The belt portion comprises a first substrate, a second substrate joined to the first substrate, and a plurality of elongate elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate. The belt portion comprises a texture zone having a texture ratio of greater than about 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph ZINK, Farihah IBRAHIM, Sarah Marie WADE, Gary Dean LaVON, Tina Marie GLAHN, Kaoru ISHIHARA, Diana JURATOVAC
  • Absorbent Articles With Elastics In Multiple Layers
    Publication number: 20130310789
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Absorbent Articles With Elastics In Multiple Layers
    Publication number: 20130310785
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • VARIABLE STRETCH COMPOSITES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE COMPOSITE
    Publication number: 20130310792
    Abstract: Absorbent articles comprising a variable stretch composite obtained by a process comprising the steps of providing a first extensible fibrous substrate, printing a first elastomeric composition to a first elasticized region of the substrate, printing a second elastomeric composition to a second elasticized region of the substrate, and incrementally stretching at least a portion of the composite perform to form a variable stretch composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Fred Naval DESAI, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Mark William Hamersky, Steven Daryl Smith
  • Absorbent Articles With Elastics In Multiple Layers
    Publication number: 20130310786
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING VOLATILE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20130309102
    Abstract: A volatile composition dispenser is configured to be used in a vehicle. The volatile composition dispenser comprises a housing and a fan positioned at least partially within the housing. The fan is configured to intermittently activate to move a volume of air. The volatile composition dispenser further comprises a controller in electrical communication with the fan and positioned within the housing, and a replaceable unit configured to be attached to the housing and positioned at least partially within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Paul GRUENBACHER, Mark William BAIZE, Stephan Gary BUSH, Frank Peter KRESSMANN, Uwe SCHOBER
  • Disposable Absorbent Pants With Advantageous Stretch And Manufacturability Features, And Methods For Manufacturing The Same
    Publication number: 20130306225
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a disposable absorbent pant includes conveying a first nonwoven web along a machine direction, applying an opposing pair of pre-strained elastic members, laminating a second nonwoven web, cutting the first elasticized multilayer web along two cutting paths, laminating a third nonwoven web, affixing central chassis structures, and cutting the second elasticized multilayer web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Gary Dean Lavon, Miguel Alvaro Robles
  • Absorbent Article Having Multiple Graphic Zones
    Publication number: 20130310798
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region, wherein the first waist region and second waist region are joined with each other such that a pair of side seams are formed and the absorbent article has two leg openings and a waist opening. At least one of the first waist region or the second waist region include a first graphic zone, a second graphic zone, and a third graphic zone, wherein the first graphic zone, the second graphic zone, and the third graphic zone are disposed at a side seam of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Gary Dean Lavon, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Sara Jon Shipley, Vanessa Melendez, Fred Naval Desai, Margaret Henderson Hasse
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING TEXTURED ZONES
    Publication number: 20130310796
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a chassis having a belt portion extending therefrom. The belt portion comprises a side edge, a waist opening edge, a leg opening edge, first and second substrates engaged with each other, and elastic elements disposed intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate. The belt portion also comprises a first texture zone comprising a first portion of the substrates and the elastic strands and disposed adjacent to the side edge and the waist opening edge and a second texture zone comprising a second portion of the substrates and the elastic elements and disposed adjacent to the side edge and the leg opening edge. The first texture zone extends at least partially along a first lateral extent of the belt portion and the second texture zone extends at least partially along a second lateral extent of the belt portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph ZINK, Sarah Marie WADE, Tina Marie GLAHN, Rachael Eden WALTHER, Darrell Ian BROWN, Gary Dean LaVON, Nicholas Paul GOYETTE, Kaoru ISHIHARA, Amanda Margaret BICKING, Diana Woehnl JURATOVAC
  • Method For Quantitatively Determining Eyelash Clumping
    Publication number: 20130308823
    Abstract: A method for quantifying clumping in fibrous materials is disclosed herein. In some examples, the method may be utilized for quantifying clumping in keratinous materials such as eyelashes when a composition such as mascara is applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Charles Robert SMITH, Jennifer Clare HODGETTS
  • Interactive Product Sample Display Unit
    Publication number: 20130308254
    Abstract: The product display unit comprising a podium stand, a test sample product mounting adapted to house a test sample product, said mounting having an activation means and being in communication with an information display unit which is triggered by the activation means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Maria Grazia CHECCHI, Simon David Julian HILL
  • Insert with advantageous fastener configurations and end stiffness characteristics for two-piece wearable absorbent article
    Patent number: 8585667
    Abstract: A two-piece wearable absorbent article (such as a diaper) including an outer cover, and particularly, an absorbent insert for use therewith, are disclosed. The insert has a fastener component disposed at either or both a forward region and a rearward region thereof, for fastening the insert within the outer cover. The end of the insert associated with the region bearing the fastener component may have a specified stiffness, to help the insert to retain structural integrity while fastened within an outer cover and while being worn. The insert may include an end support stiffener that helps impart stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Elaine Mary Wiggins, Joshua James Norman
  • Electric toothbrushes
    Patent number: 8584299
    Abstract: A toothbrush has a body, a brush head, and a neck extending between the body and the brush head. The toothbrush also has a massaging element, a plurality of bristles, and a plurality of massaging tips. The brush head has a front face and a rear face. The massaging element is disposed on the rear face of the brush head, while the plurality of bristles and the plurality of massaging tips extend from the front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Geoffrey Chan, Douglas A. Gall
  • Process for making an embossed web
    Patent number: 8585958
    Abstract: A process for making an embossed web. A precursor web is provided between a forming structure and a static pressure plenum. The forming structure has a plurality of discrete apertures or depressions. Pressure is provided by the static pressure plenum against the precursor web and the forming structure to force the precursor web into the apertures or depressions of forming structure to form the embossed web. The resulting embossed web has a plurality of discrete extended elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Francis Gray, Sarah Beth Gross, Curtis Hunter Van Valkenburg, Richard George Coe, Keith Joseph Stone
  • Lid for a container
    Patent number: D694063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian David Andres, William Kater Lasala, Michael Donald Webb, Francisco Miguel de Tavares Duarte Nogueira
  • Cap for a cosmetic product
    Patent number: D694473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Amy Koke Farrell