Patents Assigned to Procter & Gamble Company
  • Apparatuses and methods for fabricating elastomeric laminates
    Patent number: 8585849
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for manufacturing absorbent articles, and in particular, to methods for making elastomeric laminates that may be used as components of absorbent articles. And the methods and apparatuses according to the present disclosure may be configured to automatically rethread elastic materials that may break during the assembly process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Uwe Schneider
  • Compositions comprising surfactants and glycerol-modified silicones
    Patent number: 8586015
    Abstract: The present application relates to organosilicones and compositions such as consumer products comprising such organosilicones, as well as processes for making and using such organosilicones and such compositions. Such compositions comprising such organosilicones are easier to formulate, and provide more economical and superior care benefits when compared to current silicone containing compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Steven Daryl Smith, Bernard William Kluesener, Mark Gregory Solinsky, Matthew Scott Wagner
  • Disposable absorbent article having deployable belt ears
    Patent number: 8585672
    Abstract: A simple disposable absorbent article including a chassis and an absorbent assembly. The chassis includes laterally opposing side flaps formed by laterally inwardly disposed portions of the chassis and deployable belt ears. Each belt ear is held laterally inwardly disposed until being released and deployed laterally outward so as to project laterally outward beyond the adjacent side flap. Fastening elements may be disposed on at least two of the belt ears, the fastening elements being adapted for fastening portions of the article together to encircle a waist and legs of a wearer. The chassis may be extensible. The absorbent assembly may be attached in a cruciform pattern to the chassis to allow portions of the chassis underlying the absorbent assembly and lying outside the cruciform attachment pattern to extend laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Kevin Michael Smith, Yoichiro Yamamoto, Michael Patrick Hayden
  • Web materials having both plastic and elastic properties
    Patent number: 8586490
    Abstract: An extruded web is disclosed. The extruded web can be either a nonwoven material of a films. The web comprises a plasto-elastic material where the plasto-elastic material is a combination of a first polyolefin and a second polyolefin (either a polymeric blends or a polymeric mixture). The claimed combination of polyolefins results in a material that has substantially plastic properties when a sample taken from said web is subjected to an initial strain cycle (such that the web is provided with a set of at least 30% by an initial strain cycle) and substantially elastic properties when a sample taken from the web is subjected to at least a second strain cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Marie Autran, Donald Carroll Roe
  • Sulfonate group-containing copolymers and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 8586523
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide detergent compositions with superior surfactant deposition-inhibiting ability and anti-gelling properties that exhibit good cleaning effectiveness even when laundering under harsh conditions such as laundering in residual bath water. [Solution] A laundry detergent or cleaning composition which comprises a copolymer containing sulfonate groups containing from 1 to 50 mass percent of structural units (a) derived from 1 or more kinds of monomers (A) selected from ether bond-containing monomers represented by Formulas (1) and (2), 50 mass % or more and less than 98 mass % of structural units (b) derived from a carboxyl group-containing monomer (B), and 1 mass % or more and less than 50 mass % of structural units (c) de-rived from a sulfonate group-containing monomer (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Atsuro Yoneda, Akiko Hemmi
  • Container having a helical grip
    Patent number: 8584856
    Abstract: Containers for containing a laundry product, having a helical grip translating down the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Lee Floyd, Philip Edwin Hague, Jason Craig Campbell
  • Absorbent products having improved packaging efficiency
    Patent number: 8585666
    Abstract: An absorbent product is provided. The absorbent product includes a package having an interior space and an exterior surface; and a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package. Each of the disposable absorbent articles has a topsheet; a backsheet; a substantially cellulose free absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet; a first waist region; a second waist region; a crotch region extending longitudinally between the first and second waist regions; and a fastening member extending laterally outward from the second waist region and adapted to releasably connect with a landing zone located in the first waist region. The absorbent product exhibits an In-Bag Stack Height of less about 80 mm as measured according to an In-Bag Stack Height Test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Dean Larry Du Val, Harald Hermann Hundorf, Holger Beruda, Horst Blessing, Peter Dziezok, Axel Krause, Mattias Schmidt, Lutz Stelzig
  • Method of laundering fabrics at low temperature
    Patent number: 8586521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of laundering fabric comprising the step of contacting a laundry detergent composition to water to form a wash liquor, and laundering fabric in said wash liquor, wherein the wash liquor has a temperature of above 0° C. to 20° C., and wherein the laundry detergent composition comprises greater than 1 wt % detersive surfactant and other detergent ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Thomas Brooker, Philip Frank Souter
  • DETERGENT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20130303424
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising: a) an alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine said alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine comprising a polyalkyleneimine backbone, alkoxy chains and quaternization groups wherein the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine has a degree of quaternization of at least 5% and wherein: i) the polyalkyleneimine backbone represents from 0.5% to 40% by weight of the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine; ii) the alkoxy chains represent from 60% to 99% by weight of the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine; and b) a bleach system comprising bleach and optionally a bleach enhancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stefano SCIALLA, Michael Stanford SHOWELL, Frank HULSKOTTER, Anju Deepali Massey BROOKER, Phan Shean LIM, Melissa CUTHBERTSON, Glenn Steven WARD, Rainer Anton DOBRAWA
  • Applicator For Applying a Hair Treatment Composition to a Bundle of Hair Strands
    Publication number: 20130298935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an applicator (1) for applying a hair treatment composition. The applicator (1) comprises a plate (10) and a containment portion (20) movably joined by a connection (30) so that said applicator (1) may alternate between a closed state and an open state. A first fin (50), preferably a first (50) and a second (60) fin, projects from the substantially flat internal surface (101) of the plate (10) and bend the hair strand into the containment portion (20) while the applicator (1) is in use. The hair treatment applicator according to the invention allows for precise, non-messy and even application of a hair treatment composition to the hair, in particular to a hair strand and preferably to a bundle of hair strands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Edmund BAKER, Paul James SMITH
  • HAIR TREATMENT COMPRISING SILICONE GRAFTED STARCH
    Publication number: 20130302267
    Abstract: Hair treatment compositions that can increase the appearance of thicker and fuller hair, by increasing hair volume and root lift. More specifically, it relates to a hair treatment or styling composition including a silicone grafted starch and a film forming polymer. Such compositions can be applied to any areas where a thicker and fuller hair appearance is desired, such as the hair and/or scalp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Marjorie Mossman Peffly, Kendrick Jon Hughes, David Frederick Swaile
  • LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING A PARTICLE HAVING HUEING AGENT AND CLAY
    Publication number: 20130303429
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition having a particle, wherein the particle has: (a) hueing agent, wherein the hueing agent has the following structure: wherein: R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of: H; alkyl; alkoxy; alkyleneoxy; alkyl capped alkyleneoxy; urea; and amido; R3 is a substituted aryl group; X is a substituted group comprising sulfonamide moiety and optionally an alkyl and/or aryl moiety, and wherein the substituent group comprises at least one alkyleneoxy chain that comprises an average molar distribution of at least four alkyleneoxy moieties; (b) clay; and (c) another detergent ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Patrick Christopher STENGER, Gregory Scot MIRACLE, Andrew Philip MOON, Michael MCDONNELL, Gregory Edward FERNANDES, Dominick Joseph VALENTI
  • FIBROUS STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20130302566
    Abstract: Novel fibrous structures that contain filaments, and optionally, solid additives, such as fibers, for example wood pulp fibers, sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures, and methods for making such fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee BARNHOLTZ, Michael Donald SUER, Christopher Michael YOUNG, Paul Dennis TROKHAN, Mattias SCHMIDT
  • Personal Cleansing Compositions Comprising Zinc Pyrithione
    Publication number: 20130303503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a personal cleansing composition with an antimicrobial effect. The personal cleansing composition is in the form of a bar soap and contains zinc pyrithione and a soap surfactant. When dispersed in an aqueous solution at 1 wt %, the personal cleansing composition of the present invention is characterized by a pH value ranging that is higher than about 9.6 and lower than about 10.3. The present invention also relates to a process for forming an antimicrobial bar soap as described hereinabove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Dewey SMITH, III, Jason Edward COOK, Chunpeng JIANG, Ian David HENRY, Juan WANG, Casey Patrick KELLY, Xiujun XU, Zhe LIU
  • Squeegee having at least one renewable blade surface for treating a target surface
    Patent number: 8578543
    Abstract: A device for treating a target surface, such as occurs when cleaning a window. The device has plural squeegee blades joined by a head. The head has a slot therethrough. A sheet may be longitudinally move over one or more than one of the blades to renew its surface before, during or after use. Each squeegee blade may have a dedicated sheet. The sheet(s) may travel through the slot to originate from or be stored within the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicola John Policicchio, William Michael Cannon, Patricia R. Soll, Kuang-Kai Liu, Mark John Steinhardt
  • Absorbent article having increased absorption and retention capacity for proteinaceous or serous body fluids
    Patent number: 8581019
    Abstract: Absorbent articles for the absorption of proteinaceous or serous body fluids, particularly menses. The absorbent article has a better handling towards such fluids, both in terms of retention capacity and absorption rate, by comprising a selected polyacrylate based material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Giovanni Carlucci, Alessandro Gagliardini
  • Laundry detergent composition comprising a glycosyl hydrolase and a benefit agent containing delivery particle
    Patent number: 8580720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry detergent composition comprising a glycosyl hydrolase and a benefit agent containing delivery particles, compositions comprising said particles, and processes for making and using the aforementioned particles and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Pol Boutique, Nathalie Jean Marie-Louise Vanwyngaerden, Neil Joseph Lant, Philip Frank Souter, Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Genevieve Cagalawan Wenning
  • Sheet for an absorbent article
    Patent number: D693131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Fancheng Wang, Xiaohui Wang
  • Feminine hygiene product package with surface graphics
    Patent number: D693680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nora Elena Klopp, Emma Sherras Bracey
  • Absorbent article with a pattern
    Patent number: D693922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lucio Frias, Brian Patrick Bjelovuk