Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Dissolvable solid fibrous articles containing anionic surfactants
    Patent number: 11679066
    Abstract: A dissolvable fibrous solid shampoo article containing fibrous elements. The fibrous elements can contain a polymeric structurant, a surfactant, and optionally a cationic polymer. The fibrous article is substantially free of lamellar structures and can have a hand dissolution of less than 15 strokes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Xiaoqing Song, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Min Mao, Dinah Achola Nyangiro, Brandon Michael Taylor, Mark William Hamersky
  • Absorbent articles having texture zones forming background patterns and macro patterns
    Patent number: 11679037
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises first and second substrates and one or more elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the substrates. The second substrate is attached to the first substrate and/or to portions of the elastic elements. The absorbent article comprises an adhesive having a first and second pattern of elements disposed on first substrate, and first and second texture zones. The first texture zone comprises a first portion of the substrates, a first portion of the elastic elements, and the first pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a background pattern in the first portion of the substrates. The second texture zone comprises a second portion of the substrates, a second portion of the one or more elastic elements, and the second pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a macro pattern in the second portion of the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Gary Dean LaVon, Nicholas Paul Goyette, Kaoru Ishihara, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Juratovac
  • Valve assembly for dispensers
    Patent number: 11674615
    Abstract: A valve assembly for a dispenser. The valve assembly includes a valve body that extends about a longitudinal axis and defines an outer surface and an inner passageway. The valve body includes a first valve body surface and a second valve body surface opposite the first valve body surface. A valve stem extends through the inner passageway and includes an outer stem surface, an inner stem surface opposite the outer stem surface, and a first orifice extending from the outer stem surface to the inner stem surface. A resilient member is disposed on at least a portion of the first valve body surface. The resilient member is made from a resilient polymeric material and has a non-linear compression profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David Andrew Dalton, John Boyet Stevens, Kelsey Erin Gibboney, Philip Andrew Sawin, Jennifer Elizabeth Hosmer
  • Embossed fibrous structures and methods for making same
    Patent number: 11673367
    Abstract: Embossed fibrous structures containing a plurality of filaments and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Scott Kraus, David William Cabell
  • Fibrous structure-containing articles that exhibit consumer relevant properties
    Patent number: 11673365
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, comprising fibrous structures, and more particularly articles comprising fibrous structures comprising a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the articles exhibit improved consumer relevant properties, for example improved bulk and absorbent properties, compared to known articles and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Valve assembly for dispensers
    Patent number: 11674601
    Abstract: A valve assembly for a dispenser. The valve assembly includes a valve body that extends about a longitudinal axis and defines an outer surface and an inner passageway. A valve stem extends through the inner passageway and includes an outer stem surface, an inner stem surface opposite the outer stem surface, and a first orifice extending from the outer stem surface to the inner stem surface. The valve assembly includes a retaining member joined to the valve stem, wherein the retaining member extends outward from the outer stem surface. The valve assembly includes a resilient member and one or more force concentrators configured to operatively engage the resilient member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Paul Cassoni, David Andrew Dalton, Matthew David Fitts, Paul Owen Nutley, Kerry Lloyd Weaver
  • Method for producing recycled polyethylene with virgin-like optical properties
    Patent number: 11674012
    Abstract: A method for purifying a contaminated reclaimed polyethylene is provided. The method comprises obtaining the contaminated reclaimed polyethylene, extracting it with a solvent to produce an extracted contaminated reclaimed polyethylene, and then dissolving it in the solvent to produce a first suspension comprising dissolved polyethylene and suspended contaminants. The first suspension is settled to produce a second suspension comprising dissolved polyethylene and suspended remaining contaminants, and the second suspension is purified by contacting it with solid media to produce a third suspension comprising purer polyethylene. Finally, the purer polyethylene is separated from the third suspension and it has virgin-like optical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Amy Eichstadt Waun, James Carmony, John Moncrief Layman
  • Aqueous hair conditioner compositions containing solubilized anti-dandruff actives
    Patent number: 11672748
    Abstract: A hair conditioner composition with a gel network, a soluble anti-dandruff active, and a preservation system. The preservation system can include an ingredient selected from the group consisting of glycol, glyceryl ester, glyceryl ethers and combinations thereof. There may be no visible crystals of the soluble anti-dandruff active in the condition composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean Jianqun Zhao, Hannah Marie Nelmark, Toshiyuki Iwata, David Salloum Salloum, Heather Lynn Focht, Eric Scott Johnson
  • Shaped nonwoven
    Patent number: 11666488
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, and wherein in at least one of the microzones the first region exhibits a Contact Angle of greater than 90 degrees, as measured by the Contact Angle Test Method detailed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Paul Thomas Weisman, Adrien Grenier, Martin Ian James, Stefano Michele Sinigaglia
  • Sanitary tissue product with a shaped line of weakness
    Patent number: 11668051
    Abstract: A web of sanitary tissue of the present disclosure may comprise a shaped line of weakness, wherein the toilet tissue exhibits a Line of Weakness Performance Factor (LWP Factor) of from about 7 to about 30, and a Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Strength of between about 8 g and about 20 g according to the Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Force Test Method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Katie Kristine Glass, Angela Marie Leimbach, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Pant-type wearable article
    Patent number: 11666492
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt region, a back elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the crotch region extending longitudinally between the front elastic belt region and the back elastic belt region; the front elastic belt region having an area of A1, the crotch region having an area of A2, the back elastic belt region having an area of A3, the front elastic belt region having a front placement distance L8, and the back elastic belt region having a back placement distance L9 according to the measurements herein; wherein the total of A1, A2 and A3 is from about 1250 cm2 to about 1400 cm2, and having a relationship of A3>A1>A2; and wherein the ratio of L8 to L9 is no more than about 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ling Tong, Koichi Morimoto, Chunmin Cheng, Albert Choy So
  • Rolled paper product cargo assemblages and method for making rolled paper product cargo assemblages
    Patent number: 11667446
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to cargo assemblages that may include containers of rolled products stacked on pallets secured thereto with film and methods of producing such cargo assemblages. The load may include containers of absorbent paper product arranged in stacked layers from a bottom layer of containers to a top layer of containers. A film may be applied to connect the load with the pallet and to connect neighboring stacked layers together. The film may be wrapped around the pallet and/or layers of containers with a wrap profile having different characteristics, such as for example, containment forces; tensions; numbers of layers, and/or locations of layers with respect to the load, the pallet, and/or each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Green, Leo E. Taske, Scott M. Smith, Carlos O. Nilo, Kimberly M. Gerlach, Richard W. Hamm, Frederick Scott Britton, Arnaldo Vazquez Santiago
  • Fibrous structures containing polymer matrix particles with perfume ingredients
    Patent number: 11666514
    Abstract: A fibrous structure with a plurality of fibrous elements and agglomerated particles. The agglomerated particles can be matrix particles containing perfume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark William Hamersky, Jennifer Elaine Hilvert, Andreas Josef Dreher, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Emily Lao Hickey
  • Blow molded article with visual effects
    Patent number: 11667069
    Abstract: A blow molded monolayer article. The article has a hollow body defined by a wall. The wall has one or more regions comprising a first composition and one or more regions formed by a second composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Lewis Agerton, Marc Andrew Mamak, Amanda Susan Ehrhardt, Bradley Scott Neufarth, Andrew Joseph Horton
  • Fibrous structure-containing articles that exhibit consumer relevant properties
    Patent number: 11667103
    Abstract: Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan, James Roy Denbow
  • Insert for an arthropod trapping device
    Patent number: D988462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventor: Christopher Lawerence Smith
  • Air freshener device
    Patent number: D988491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Richard Lee Lane
  • Toothpaste carton
    Patent number: D988860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Martin Jay Marotti, Jennifer Kay Seiser, Eric Donald Weller, Geraldine Uribe
  • Packaging
    Patent number: D989633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nadine Eller, Cagil Kurt Sun, Jean-François Bouckaert, Richard James Moore, Christine Bornat, Victor Leal Negre, Rachael Edwards, Hayley Flavell, Alex Halfpenny
  • Diaper with pattern
    Patent number: D989955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brittany Dawn Canfield, Ashley Marie Schwab, Jennifer Sauer-Cutshaw