Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Plaza
  • Patent number: 11938242
    Abstract: A method of reducing malodor on surfaces including providing an apparatus in an environment including a surface wherein the surface has a malodor containing compound selected from: amine-containing compound and thiol-containing compound. The apparatus includes a volatile material having a volatile carbonyl containing compound. The volatile material is exposed to the environment such that the volatile carbonyl containing compound vaporises and deposits on the surface. The carbonyl containing compound undergoes a nucleophilic addition in the presence of the malodor containing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Rahul Vyas, Garima Chauhan, Madhuri Jayant Khanolkar, Gaurav Saini
  • Patent number: 11154467
    Abstract: Described herein is a dosage of foam including from about 5 cm3 to about 70 cm3 of the foam. The foam includes from about 0.5 g to about 4 g of a detersive surfactant; from about 0.001 g to about 4 g propellant, a foam density of from about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.35 g/cm3; a bubble size distribution including an R32 of from about 5 ?m to about 100 ?m; and a gloss unit measurement of from about 4 to about 40 GU. The propellant is selected from 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoroprop-1-ene, 1,1 difluoroethane, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Sean Michael Renock, Sarah Elizabeth Mullen, Samuel Wolfe Stofel, Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11141361
    Abstract: Described herein is a dosage of foam including from about 5 cm3 to about 70 cm3 of the foam. The foam includes from about 0.5 g to about 4 g of a detersive surfactant; from about 0.001 g to about 4 g propellant; a foam density of from about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.35 g/cm3; a bubble size distribution including an R32 of from about 5 ?m to about 100 ?m; and a gloss unit measurement of from about 0.1 GU to about 3 GU. The propellant is selected from propane, isobutane, n-butane, butane, isopentane, pentane, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Sean Michael Renock, Sarah Elizabeth Mullen, Samuel Wolfe Stofel, Jazmin Veronica Torres Rivera, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11129783
    Abstract: The invention relates stable compact low viscosity hair care compositions comprising: from about 20 weight % to about 45 weight % total surfactant; from about 2 weight % to about 25 weight % branched anionic surfactant with a tail having an alkyl chain with 12 to 18 carbon atoms; from about 5% weight % to about 30 weight % linear anionic surfactant with a tail having an alkyl chain with 12 to 18 carbon atom; from about 0.1 weight % to about 8 weight % of a viscosity reducing agent; from about 40 weight % to about 80 weight % of water; wherein the concentrated shampoo has Ratio of Linear anionic surfactant to Branched anionic surfactant of about 0.3 to about 5, wherein the concentrated shampoo has a viscosity of less than 3000 cP at 26.5° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Jean Jianqun Zhao, Ioannis Constantine Constantinides, Karl Shiqing Wei, Peter Herbert Koenig, Howard David Hutton, III, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Xiaoru Jenny Wang, Edward Dewey Smith, III
  • Patent number: 11096879
    Abstract: A method for shaping keratin fibres comprising: providing a crosslinking composition, wherein the crosslinking composition comprises: an active agent, wherein the active agent comprises a functional group selected from the group consisting of: —C(?O)—, —C(?O)—H, and —C(?O)—O—; and wherein the active agent is not an acid; and wherein the active agent has a molecular weight of 500 g/mol or less; a photocatalyst; a cosmetically acceptable carrier; and applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibres, mechanically shaping the keratin fibres with an appliance or implement, and exposing the composition to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from about 300 nm to about 750 nm. Also a related composition, use, kit and process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Randy Purnell Washington, Jamie Angel Reed, Alan David Willey, Jacob Robert Adams, Philip Andrew Sawin, John August Wos, Yonas Gizaw
  • Patent number: 10640270
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward providing container closure structures that include at least one breakable or irreversibly deformable engagement element. Specifically, a closure having at least one engagement element that is breakable or irreversibly deformable upon application of an opening force that is equal to, or higher than, a threshold force value, wherein the closure comprises one or more moveable parts and one or more fixed parts; and wherein the engagement element engages the moveable part and the fixed part of the closure; and wherein the mechanical part inhibits the separation between the moveable and the fixed part of the closure upon application of opening force below the threshold force value; and sealing together the moveable part and the fixed part of the closure at one or more locations; a breakable splint which connects the moveable and fixed parts of the closure created by a two step molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Markus Port, Ibrahim Ulas
  • Patent number: 10632025
    Abstract: A wearable article wherein least some of the elastic bodies may be arranged in at least 2 sets of a concentrated array defined as meeting: a) one concentrated array is formed by 2-4 elastic bodies; b) each elastic body within one concentrated array is disposed in an inner-interval between each elastic body of 2-4 mm; and c) one specific concentrated array disposed in an extra-interval between at least one neighboring elastic body outside the specific concentrated array of less than 8 mm. The entirety of the length of the belt side edge of the front belt may be seamed with a certain length of the belt side edge of the back belt to define a seam length LS. The front and back belts may each divided into 4 zones wherein at least 2 concentrated arrays are disposed on the front proximal tummy zone or the back distal tummy zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng
  • Patent number: 10632024
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article comprising a main body and a ring-like elastic belt comprising a front belt and a back belt. At least some of the elastic bodies may be arranged in an array, the array defined as meeting: a) one array is formed by 2-10 elastic bodies; b) each elastic body within one array is disposed in an inner-interval between each elastic body of 2-4 mm; and c) one specific array disposed in an extra-interval between at least one neighboring elastic bodies outside the specific array of greater than the inner-interval. Further, the front belt may comprise at least 5 arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng
  • Patent number: 10625929
    Abstract: A dispensing device for dispensing a foamable product. The dispensing device comprises a valve. The valve comprises: a plug; a seat configured to receive the plug; and one or more resilient arms coupled to the plug, configured to bias the plug against the seat. The valve has a closed configuration in which the plug is received by the seat, and an open configuration in which the plug is displaced from the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Stefano Bartolucci, Paul O. Nutley, Nathan Daniel Grubbs
  • Patent number: 10549896
    Abstract: Packages made from flexible material, wherein the packages include one or more self-folds formed by applying activation energy to the flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Michael Remus, Neil John Rogers
  • Patent number: 10517773
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to printing graphics onto advancing substrates in diaper converting lines, wherein first graphics having relatively low print resolutions and second graphics having relatively high print resolutions may be both printed onto advancing substrates. During the assembly process, localized speed variances may be imparted to the advancing substrates to achieve the different print resolutions. In some configurations, first graphics with relatively low print resolutions may be printed onto the substrate while advancing at relatively high speeds, and second graphics with relatively high print resolutions may be printed onto portions of the substrate that have been temporarily stopped or slowed to relatively slow speed. The printed substrates may then be incorporated into assembled diapers so as place the graphics in desired positions on the diapers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Hui Yang
  • Patent number: 10486184
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses herein provide for the application of viscous fluids, such as adhesives, in pre-determined patterns, to an advancing substrate. The fluid applicator comprises a slot die applicator and a substrate carrier. The slot die applicator comprises a plurality of applicator channels, each applicator channel being controlled by a switching valve, and wherein the switching valves are independently switchable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventor: Hans Adolf Jackels
  • Patent number: 10478353
    Abstract: An article including a front region, a back region, and a chassis. The chassis may include an absorbent core having a front end edge and a back end edge. The front region and the back region may extend laterally outward beyond side edges of the chassis. The front region and the back region may abut to form a first seam and a second seam. At least one of the front region and the back region may include an elastic member. A first outer nonwoven layer of the front region and a second outer nonwoven layer of the back region may be folded to form an upper edge in the front and back regions such that a distal end of each of the first and second outer nonwoven layer may be disposed between the upper edge and the front and back end edges of the absorbent core, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Gregory Ashton, Eiro Fukuda, Eric Patton Weinberger, Daniel Clark Buchner
  • Patent number: 10294013
    Abstract: Disclosed is a package to dispense a composition, wherein the package comprises: a flexible inner container made of gas-impermeable material and holding the composition wherein the composition comprises a blooming agent in an emulsified liquid form; a sealed rigid outer container which encloses the flexible inner container and which is filled with a driving gas compressing the inner container; and a dispenser attached to the inner container and in a fluid connection with the composition by which the composition is allowed to be dispensed by the pressure of the driving gas; wherein the pressure of the driving gas is higher than the vapor pressure of the emulsified liquid blooming agent in the inner container, throughout the usage of the package until the exhaustion of the composition in the inner container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Cedric Kofi Aurelien Callens, Stefano Bartolucci, William Mercer Benson
  • Patent number: 10245187
    Abstract: A waistband for an absorbent article having a waistband with differential extensibility and/or contraction along the circumference of the waist opening. The waistband may provide a uniform appearance along the circumference of the waist opening. The waistband may have a central zone and at least two outboard zones. The outboard zones of the waistband may be less contracted than the central zone, when the absorbent article is in a relaxed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Michael Dale Trennepohl
  • Patent number: 10227197
    Abstract: A method for reducing the effects of variations in an unwinding, convolutely wound roll of web material is disclosed. The method utilizes the steps of: a. selecting a reference objective relating to a downstream operation, b. choosing at least one feedback device correlated to the reference objective, c. collecting process data from the at least one feedback device at different positions within a time-varying operation cycle for at least one operation cycle at a learning speed, d. calculating an error as the difference between the collected process data from step (c) and a reference signal related to the selected reference objective, e. generating a correction signal based upon the calculated error from step (d) and, f. applying the correction signal to the actuator during a succeeding time-varying operation cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Jason Lee DeBruler, Paul Anthony Kawka, Andrew Price Palmer
  • Patent number: 10195089
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article comprising a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region, wherein said absorbent article further comprises at least three discrete elements each comprising at least one visible surface; wherein at least three or more of the visible surfaces comprise an imparted color wherein said colors are color matched. Color matching exists when said colors are contained within a specified CIELab color space volume, have a specified hue difference, or total color difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Limin Song, Kesyin Fugger Hsueh, Walter Douglas Daniels, John Joseph Litchholt
  • Patent number: 10149910
    Abstract: Personal care products are provided. An exemplary personal care product includes a composition that is applied to the body or clothing, or an article applied against the body; a plurality of particles associated with the composition or a component of the article, the plurality of particles, at least some of the plurality of particles comprising a cyclodextrin complexing material and a first fragrance material, wherein the percent of the first fragrance material that is complexed with the cyclodextrin is greater than about 90%, so that the perceptibility of the first fragrance is minimized prior to its release; and a second fragrance material that is not complexed with the cyclodextrin and that is different from the first fragrance material, wherein the composition or article does not contain an antiperspirant active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Timothy Alan Scavone, Michael Jude Leblanc, Lowell Alan Sanker, Adrian Gregory Switzer
  • Patent number: 10123910
    Abstract: A method of joining substrate portions includes positioning the substrate portions such that the substrate portions overlap at an overlap area. The substrate portions each have a melting temperature and an outer surface. A fluid is heated to a temperature sufficient to at least partially melt the substrate portions. A jet of the heated fluid is directed from a fluid orifice onto the substrate portions at the overlap area. The heated fluid penetrates at least one of the outer surfaces of the substrate portions. The substrate portions are at least partially melted using the heated fluid. The substrate portions are compressed to join the substrate portions together at the overlap area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Horst Blessing, Hans Adolf Jackels
  • Patent number: D939359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Sharonda Lee Crawford Washington, Marilyn Anne Vennemeyer, William Mercer Benson, Nicole Alisa Renee Lockett Turner