Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fibrous structures including active agents and having a graphic printed thereon. In some embodiments, a nonwoven web may include a fibrous structure comprising filaments. In turn, the filaments may include filament forming material, and an active agent releasable from the filaments when exposed to conditions of intended use. In addition, a graphic may be printed directly onto the fibrous structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 26, 2023
Date of Patent:
April 30, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Paul Thomas Weisman, Hui Yang, Alrick Vincent Warner, Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik
Abstract: Filaments that contain a filament-forming material and an additive, nonwoven webs, and methods for making such filaments are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2022
Date of Patent:
April 30, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Gregory Charles Gordon, Robert Wayne Glenn, Mark Robert Sivik, Mark Ryan Richards, Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Michael David James, Geoffrey William Reynolds, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Paul Thomas Weisman, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Frank William Denome, Stephen Joseph Hodson
Abstract: Systems and methods for shrink wrap bundling a group of heat-sensitive products are provided. A method comprises: providing a heating oven with a convective heat source and a radiant electromagnetic energy source therein and a product; and wrapping the product with a shrink film that comprises an activation temperature and an electromagnetic energy absorbance level. The method also comprises: placing the wrapped product inside the heating oven for a predetermined duration of residence time; exposing the wrapped product to radiant electromagnetic energy for a predetermined duration of exposure time, wherein the direction of the electromagnetic energy is coincidental or approximately coincidental with a plane of the shrink film; and removing the wrapped product from the heating oven resulting in the wrapped product being robustly bundled according to a defined Bundle Rigidity Test without substantial damage to the heat-sensitive products of the wrapped product.
Abstract: An absorbent article is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The attenuated region(s) may be included within a configuration of one or more channel portions on the topsheet. Alternatively or in combination, the attenuated region(s) may be included within a hinge portion extending along a wing portion of the topsheet.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 19, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 30, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Arman Ashraf, Kelyn Anne Arora, Misael Omar Aviles, Lennie CruzMurphy, Antonius Lambertus DeBeer, Adrien Grenier, John Lee Hammons, Emma Lynn Sartini, Paul Thomas Weisman
Abstract: A hair conditioner composition comprising: a) a fatty acid; b) a fatty alcohol; and c) an antimicrobial system comprising: i) glyceryl caprylate; and ii) one or more of 4-hydroxyacetophenone and pentylene glycol.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 17, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 30, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Nobuaki Uehara Matsuoka, Kai Wei Kelvin Lee
Abstract: Biological digital imaging systems and methods are disclosed herein for analyzing pixel data of one or more digital images depicting absorbent articles or portions of absorbent articles. A digital image comprising pixel data is obtained depicting an absorbent article or a portion of an absorbent article, the digital image. An imaging application (app) analyzes the digital image to detect a biological feature depicted within the pixel data of the digital image of the absorbent article or the portion of the absorbent article. The imaging app generates an individual-specific biological prediction value corresponding to at least one of: (a) the absorbent article; (b) the portion of the absorbent article; or (c) an individual associated with the absorbent article or portion of the absorbent article. The individual-specific biological prediction value is based on the biological feature depicted within the pixel data of the digital image of the absorbent article or the portion of the absorbent article.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 8, 2022
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Jennifer Joan Gustin, Amirhossein Tavanaei, Kelly Anderson, Donald C. Roe, Roland Engel, Latisha Salaam Zayid
Abstract: A method of delivering a health care active having the steps of administering to a mammal in need of a health benefit or a treatment for a health condition a personal health care article and consuming the article. The article contains one or more filaments that contain a backbone material, a health care active and optionally aesthetic agents, extensional aids, plasticizers, and crosslinking agents.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 5, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Trevor John Darcy, Steven Ray Gilbert, Gregory Charles Gordon, Rajeev Chhabra, William Maxwell Allen
Abstract: Disclosed is a personal care composition comprising: (a) a cationic or nonionic surfactant; (b) a high melting point fatty compound having a melting point of from 25° C. to 60° C. (c) a solid organic compound having a water solubility of lower than 25 g per 1 liter water, and having a melting point of exceeding 60° C., and also having a specific AlogP; (d) a first liquid oily compound other than a second liquid oily compound, wherein the first liquid oily compound has a water solubility of 10 g per 1 liter water or less, wherein a mixture of all the first liquid oily compounds included in the composition has a di-electric constant of from about 5 to about 10, and wherein the weight ratio of the solid organic compound to the first liquid oily compound is from about 1:1 to about 1:10; and (e) an aqueous carrier, wherein the composition comprises 0.1% or less of a second liquid oily compound having a higher AlogP of 7.0 or higher.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 3, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Iwata, Shikhar Gupta, Marco Klaehn
Abstract: An absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer includes a waist gasketing element disposed in one of the first or the second waist regions and joined to the chassis in a chassis attachment region. The waist gasketing element comprises an outboard lateral edge and an inboard lateral edge. The chassis attachment region comprises a first zone proximate to the outboard lateral edge and a second zone disposed longitudinally inboard of the first zone. Each of the first and the second zones comprise one or more chassis attachment bonds. The first zone comprises a first total basis weight and the second zone comprises a second total basis weight, wherein the second total basis weight is greater than the first total basis weight.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 9, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Kumardipti Chatterjee, Tina Brown, Joseph Hung Lam, Miguel Caballero
Abstract: A laundry care or dish care composition can include a poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative, wherein the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative includes: (i) a poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone of glucose monomer units, wherein greater than or equal to 40% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages, and wherein from 0% to less than 30% of the glucose monomer units are linked via alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages, and optionally at least 5% of the backbone glucose monomer units have branches via alpha-1,2 and/or alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages; and (ii) at least one organic group linked to the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone through a linkage moiety; wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan backbone has a weight average degree of polymerization of at least 5; and wherein, the poly alpha-1,6-glucan derivative has a degree of substitution of linkage moiety of from 0.20 to 1.00.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 9, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Mark Robert Sivik, Kristine Lynn Fliter, Neil Thomas Fairweather, Gang Si, David Good, Zheng-Zheng Huang, Helen Lu, Douglas Adelman
Abstract: A consumer width sized roll comprising wound web material comprising a tail. The tail may comprise a bonding material. The bonding material may be arranged in a novel pattern.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 18, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Bret A. Sims, Dan T. Anderson, Brent M. Borovskis, Victoria Grace Strain, Gustav Andre Mellin
Abstract: An absorbent structure comprising one or more absorbent layers wherein the absorbent structure exhibits a first cycle Peak Force compression between about 30 grams and about 150 grams. The absorbent structure further exhibits a fifth cycle dry recovery energy between 0.1 mJ and 2.8 mJ.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2024
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Clint Adam Morrow, Wade Monroe Hubbard, Jr.
Inventors:
Julian Richard John Gruzelier, Gillian Meredith Anne Haro, Brett Tom, Wei Gu, Reid Andersen Schlegel, Danvu Nam Nguyen, Calvin Shenghuai Lin, Longfei Zhang