Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
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Patent number: 12279939Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng
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Patent number: 12281283Abstract: A method of laundering fabrics includes: a) contacting a laundry detergent to water to form a wash liquor, wherein the laundry detergent includes detersive surfactant, wherein the wash liquor includes detersive surfactant at a concentration in the range of from 100 ppm to 2500 ppm; b) contacting fabric to the wash liquor, and washing the fabric in the wash liquor; c) after a period of time of at least 6 minutes from contacting the fabric to the wash liquor, introducing calcium cations into the wash liquor to form a calcium enriched wash liquor, wherein the calcium enriched wash liquor includes calcium cations at a concentration in the range of from 20 ppm to 400 ppm; d) washing the fabric in the calcium-enriched wash liquor for a period of time of at least 2 minutes; and e) removing the excess calcium-enriched wash liquor from the fabric, and rinsing the fabric in water.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Laura Bueno Romo, Carlos Amador Zamarreno, Anju Deepali Massey Brooker, Libbi Moon, Philip Frank Souter, Eric San Jose Robles
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Patent number: 12279934Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article comprising a main body and a ring-like elastic belt comprising an outer cover layer, a backsheet, a front belt artwork region; and a back belt artwork region; and wherein one or both of the front and back belt artwork regions comprises a belt artwork; a transitional region on the front waist panel and the back waist panel where the outer cover layer exists; and a crotch artwork region on the crotch panel comprising a crotch artwork; wherein at least some of the belt artwork and some of the crotch artwork are printed on the backsheet, wherein when the opacity of the outer cover layer is OC and the opacity of one or both of the front belt and the back belt comprising the belt artwork is OB, respectively, the difference between OC and OB is less than about 20%.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Koichi Morimoto
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Patent number: 12281287Abstract: Treatment composition that include certain plant rosin materials and one or more benefit agents, for example fragrance materials, where the plant rosin materials are certain plant rosin esters and/or have certain characteristics, such as certain softening points, acid numbers, and/or color grades. Related methods of making and using such compositions.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Mattia Collu, Cédric Marc Tahon, Johan Smets
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Patent number: 12281282Abstract: Water-soluble unit dose article and a method of making.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Florence Catherine Courchay, Steven G. Friedich, Regine Labeque, Shigeng Li, Luca Vitiello
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Patent number: 12274603Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods for making tampons including primary absorbent members and secondary absorbent members. In some configurations, the tampons may be constructed with a primary absorbent member formed by a primary absorbent pad in a rolled configuration. In some configurations, the tampons may be constructed with a primary absorbent member formed by first and second primary absorbent pads positioned in a crossing configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2024Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Kevin Charles Strong
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Patent number: 12274605Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wearable articles having an elastic belt having arrays of elastic bodies.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng
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Patent number: 12274606Abstract: A wearable article comprising an elastic laminate with an inner web and an outer web being in a face to face relationship, and a skin-facing outer surface and a garment-facing outer surface. The elastic laminate has a total caliper when subjected to the NMR MOUSE method as defined herein, the total caliper having a first 200 ?m sub-caliper corresponding to 200 ?m of the total caliper starting from the skin-facing outer surface and extending towards the garment-facing outer surface, and a last 200 ?m sub-caliper corresponding to 200 ?m of the total caliper starting from the garment-facing outer surface and extending towards the skin-facing outer surface. The elastic laminate has a % Liquid Ratio in the first 200 micron sub-caliper to total caliper of less than 20% after 1 minute according to the NMR MOUSE method.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jan Claussen, Zheng Bao, Koichi Morimoto, Lu Ye, Nancy Melenda Messer Myers, Gueltekin Erdem, Rodrigo Rosati
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Patent number: 12274604Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. 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 material edge such that the web of material is folded outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2024Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Zachary Aaron Freije, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Donald Carroll Roe, Christopher E. Kiger, Wolfgang E. Huhn, Mark James Kline
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Patent number: 12275546Abstract: A process for packaging a product. The product is dispensed into a tray by a dispensing system while the tray is moving beneath the dispensing system. The dispensing system includes a hopper that releases products that are funneled in the tray. The dispensing system includes two legs that each rotate about a respective pivot that constrain the product as the product is transported from the hopper into the tray.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Henri Theo Leonie Ruers, Andrea Ziantoni Liberatori
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Patent number: 12274607Abstract: An absorbent article includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis. The elastically elongatable panel includes a stretch laminate having layers that are joined by ultrasonic bonding. The stretch laminate has at least one cover layer, an elastomeric film attached to the cover layer, the elastomeric film having two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces. The stretch laminate has at least one anchoring zone and at least one stretch zone. A portion of the skin is located in the anchoring zone and has a plurality of wrinkles, and the wrinkles have furrows.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Marcus Schonbeck, Henner Sollmann, Georg Baldauf, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Miguel Alberto Herrera, Erica Lynne Locke
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Patent number: 12274609Abstract: 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 superabsorbent polymer. 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: GrantFiled: December 1, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Blanca Arizti, Ernesto Bianchi, Hans Adolf Jackels, Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Rodrigo Rosati
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Patent number: 12268579Abstract: Elastomeric laminates of the present disclosure may comprise closely spaced (e.g., Average-Strand-Spacing less than 4 mm), fine elastomeric strands (Average-Dtex less than 400), and laminates may be deformed via MD activation and/or aperturing. Further, the laminates of the present disclosure may comprise elastomeric strands having different polymer compositions. The laminates of the present disclosure may be used for disposable absorbent article components (including pant belts).Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gary D. LaVon, Bret D. Seitz, Kaoru Ishihara
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Patent number: 12268765Abstract: A personal care composition substantially free of sulfated surfactants includes a dispersed gel network, a detersive surfactant, and water. The dispersed gel network includes one or more fatty alcohols, a gel network surfactant, and water. Methods of making a personal care composition are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Howard David Hutton, III
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Patent number: 12268585Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent body for an absorbent article, comprising: 1) a first topsheet facing the wearer, the first topsheet being a water permeable nonwoven layer comprising eccentric bicomponent fibers, and having a basis weight of at least about 20 gsm, 2) a second topsheet disposed on the garment facing side of the first topsheet, the second topsheet being a nonwoven layer comprising spunbond fibers and having a positive, at least about 100%, Accumulative One-way Transport Capacity according to the National Standards of the People's Republic of China GB/T 21655.2-2009, wherein the basis weight of the second topsheet is the same or smaller than the basis weight of the first topsheet; 3) an absorbent core disposed on the garment facing side of the second topsheet, and 4) a water impermeable backsheet disposed on the garment facing side of the absorbent core.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Fengchun Ye, Gueltekin Erdem, Songmei Zhou, Hui Liu, Cornelia Sprengard-Eichel, Luigi Di Girolamo-Galasso
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Patent number: 12268582Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kumardipti Chatterjee, Tina Brown, Joseph Hung Lam, Miguel Caballero
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Patent number: D1069574Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Mary Carol Riffe, Erica Stoelb, Amy Marie Kletz
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Patent number: D1070077Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Tara M. Hale
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Patent number: D1070589Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2024Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Clara Sophie Lea Ng Pak Leung, Raf Gustaaf Alfons Degeyter, Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte
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Patent number: D1070596Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Timothy Hunn Tao Ling, Joseph Allen Berlepsch, Mauro Alvarado, Jr.