Abstract: A roll of sanitary tissue product comprising a shaped line of weakness, where the roll of sanitary tissue product may exhibit a roll compressibility of from about 4% to about 10% and a LWP Factor of greater than about 8.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 26, 2023
Date of Patent:
July 9, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Katie Kristine Glass, Angela Marie Leimbach, Gustav Andre Mellin
Abstract: Detergent compositions that include a lipase variant of a parent lipase which has lipase activity and includes one or more substitutions corresponding to G23S, D27N, A40, F51I,L, E56R, D57N, V60E,K, K98I, N101D, R118, G163S, T231R, N233R, Y220F, T244E, and P256T using SEQ ID NO: 2 for numbering. Water-soluble unit dose articles including water-soluble film and a detergent composition including lipase variants. Methods of cleaning and/or treatment of surfaces using such compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2022
Date of Patent:
July 9, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Steven George Patterson, Nazarmohammad Gulamhussain Momin, Miguel D. G. P. Toscano, Thomas A. Poulsen, Carsten H. Hansen, Lone Baunsgaard, Keith Gibson
Abstract: A cleansing composition containing pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, sodium lauryl sulfate, and a co-surfactant. The cleansing compositions can help skin maintain its natural barrier against bacteria, can help balance skin's pH, and can help skin retain moisture.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 2022
Date of Patent:
July 2, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Karl Shiqing Wei, Kathleen Pearson, Sandra Liliana Tan
Abstract: Systems and methods for thermal radiation detection utilizing a thermal radiation detection system are provided. The thermal radiation detection system includes one or more Indium Antimonide (InSb)-based photodiode infrared detectors and a temperature sensing circuit. The temperature sensing circuit is configured to generate signals correlated to the temperatures of one or more of the plurality of infrared sensor elements. The thermal radiation detection system also includes a signal processing circuit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 20, 2023
Date of Patent:
July 2, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Stephen Michael Varga, Steven Henry Mersch
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:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2023
Date of Patent:
July 2, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Steven Lee Barnholtz, Michael Donald Suer, Christopher Michael Young, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Mattias Schmidt
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent article's chassis that may comprise one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low decitex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low pressure less than 1 psi (according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test in the Method below) under the elastics. The elastics in the chassis may be oriented parallel or transverse to the longitudinal axis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Gary Dean LaVon, Uwe Schneider, Bret Darren Seitz, Sarah Marie Wade, Joseph Allen Eckstein
Abstract: Freshening composition having at least 85% by weight of the freshening composition of water; at least 0.0015% of by weight of the freshening composition of alkoxylated phenol; and a perfume having at least 60% by weight of the perfume, Perfume Raw Materials having ClogP greater than 1.0. The alkoxylated phenol is according to Formula (I): wherein a is a value selected from 3 to 15; b is a value selected from 0 to 12; wherein the value of a+b, the degree of alkoxylation is from 3 to 15.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 1, 2020
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Michael David O'Young Mui, Kevin Lee Kott, Jennifer Lea Rinker, Bonny Kay Lui, Gregory Scot Miracle, Karunakaran Narasimhan, George Kavin Morgan, III, David Wesley Brogden, Jennifer Beth Allison, Andrea C. Keenan, Daniel S. Miller, Theodore Tysak, Raymond Schill
Abstract: Methods and systems for mechanically forming one or more surface protrusions integrally from a garment material, the one or more surface protrusions extending outwardly from a garment surface of the garment material, include pre-heating at least one selected area of the garment material; placing the at least one selected area of the garment surface that is pre-heated against a first surface of a forming die, the first surface having a plurality of openings which have a configuration and orientation corresponding with the configuration and orientation of the one or more surface protrusions of the garment material. The garment surface may be softened by application of a source of energy, at least some of the softened garment surface positioned into at least one opening of the plurality of openings.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 4, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Uwe Schneider, Michael Devin Long, Justin B. Owens, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Jason Edward Naylor, Jeffry Rosiak
Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent article comprising a core chassis and a leg gasketing system comprising a pair of wearer facing cuff regions comprising an inner cuff sealing and inner cuff free edge positioned inward from the inner cuff sealing, wherein the inner cuff sealing bonds the cuff material and a topsheet, and an inner cuff elastic element is disposed adjacent the inner cuff free edge; a pair of garment facing cuff regions formed by inwardly extending the cuff material over a garment facing side of the core chassis, and a pair of outer cuff elastic elements disposed on wearer facing cuff regions or garment facing cuff regions; and wherein the absorbent article has a Worn Leg Opening (WLO) of from about 300 mm to about 450 mm, a Minimum Leg Opening (MLO) of from about 225 mm to about 300 mm, and a ratio of WLO/MLO of from about 1.5 to about 1.7.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2022
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Koichi Morimoto, Mengmeng Zhang, Natalia Nikolaewna Gaiko, Christine Elisabeth Schober, Sarah Zitzer, Petra Ballenberger
Abstract: A dissolvable solid article which can include multiple layers of flexible, dissolvable, porous sheets, in which a coating composition including solid particles is present on at least one internal surface of at least one sheet and a process for making such solid articles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Carl David MacNamara, HongSing Tan, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Wenhu Pang, Kejing Du, Yuxiang Liu
Abstract: An absorbent article includes a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the article, a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent core includes a combination of superabsorbent polymer and cellulose fibers. The article further includes an acquisition-distribution layer; and at least one channel positioned within a layer located between the topsheet and the backsheet, the at least one channel being substantially free of fibers and superabsorbent polymer. An indentation occurs in at least one of the topsheet and the backsheet that correspond to the at least one channels when the article is loaded with fluid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Blanca Arizti, Ernesto Bianchi, Hans Adolf Jackels, Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Rodrigo Rosati
Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff. The inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 4, 2023
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Lisa Jane Goodlander, Lisa Maria Grinkemeyer, Jessica Lee Mosman, Jason Edward Naylor, Leann Nichole Phillips
Abstract: An aerosol container suitable for use as an aerosol dispenser. The aerosol container includes at least a valve and product delivery device joined to an outer container. The valve and product delivery device have respective annular welds or other seals joining the valve and product delivery to the outer container. The welds, or other seals may be concentric, with one circumscribing the other, in the same plane or different planes. Suitable product delivery devices include bags and dip tubes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 14, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Robert Paul Cassoni, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Robert Earl Magness, Andrew William Franckhauser, Matthew Aaron Neumann, Douglas Bruce Zeik, Scott Edward Smith
Abstract: In an embodiment, as insect trap is disclosed including: a trap portion including a frame and a membrane having an adhesive surface, wherein the membrane is at least partially contained within the frame and is configured to adhere to an insect; and a base portion including a lighting element and a housing portion, wherein the housing portion is configured to receive and retain the trap portion when engaged therewith.
Abstract: A mold insert and an injection-molding machine including the mold insert. The mold insert has at least one filament cavity and a stack of at least a first and second insert plates, wherein the first plate has a front face that closely abuts a front face of the second insert plate. A portion of the a filament cavity is provided in at least one of the front faces of the first and second insert plates such that the filament cavity is open at a top surface of the mold insert but does not extend to a bottom surface of the mold insert. A venting cavity is provided in the same front face of the insert plate in which the portion of the at least one filament cavity is provided.