Patents Assigned to The Procter & Gamble
  • Absorbent article with high absorbent material content
    Patent number: 10966885
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising a pair of leg cuffs with an raised section and an absorbent core comprising at least one channel at least partially oriented in the longitudinal direction of the article. The article may have a crotch width before use as measured between the proximal edges of the leg cuffs at the level of the crotch point of from to 70 mm to 200 mm, and a Relative Crotch Width Reduction (RCWR) of 32 mm/kg to 150 mm/kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Blanca Arizti, Ernesto Bianchi, Hans Adolf Jackels, Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Rodrigo Rosati
  • Shaped nonwoven
    Patent number: 10968552
    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 is hydrophobic and the second region is hydrophilic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Paul Thomas Weisman, Adrien Grenier, Martin Ian James, Stefano Michele Sinigaglia
  • Deodorant compositions
    Patent number: 10966915
    Abstract: A deodorant stick comprising: at least about 25% of a liquid triglyceride; at least one antimicrobial; a primary structurant with a melting point of at least about 50° C.; and less than 8% of secondary structurants having a melting point of at least about 60° C.; said stick being free of an aluminum salt; and said stick having a hardness from about 80 mm*10 to about 140 mm*10, as measured by penetration with ASTM D-1321 needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David Arthur Sturgis, Lindsey Michelle Britt
  • Process for making multi-ply fibrous structure-containing articles
    Patent number: 10968571
    Abstract: Articles, for example multi-ply fibrous structure-containing articles such as multi-ply sanitary tissue products, containing two or more fibrous structure plies, and more particularly to multi-ply articles containing two or more fibrous structure plies having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the articles exhibit improved bulk and absorbent properties compared to known articles and methods for making same, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Christopher Michael Young, Timothy James Klawitter, James Roy Denbow, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Kathryn Christian Kien
  • Methods and apparatuses for making elastomeric laminates with elastic strands unwound from spools on surface unwinders
    Patent number: 10966873
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for assembling elastomeric laminates, wherein elastic material may be stretched and joined with either or both first and second substrates. First spools are rotated to unwind first elastic strands from a first unwinder in a machine direction. The first elastic strands are positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate to form an elastomeric laminate. Before the first elastic strands are completely unwound from the rotating first spools, second spools are rotated to unwind second elastic strands from a second unwinder. Subsequently, the advancement of the first elastic strands from the first unwinder is discontinued. Thus, the elastomeric laminate assembly process may continue uninterrupted while switching from an initially utilized elastic material drawn from the first spools to a subsequently utilized elastic material drawn from the second spools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Joseph Allen Eckstein
  • Aerosol container with spaced sealing beads
    Patent number: 10961043
    Abstract: An aerosol dispenser, an outer container for an aerosol dispenser, and a preform for an outer container. The aerosol dispenser, outer container, and preform each have a neck including a crimp ring. The crimp ring may be configured to receive a valve cup, which is clinched thereto. The crimp ring includes one or more vents. The vents may be used to control overpressurization within the dispenser. The vents may be exposed to pressurized propellant and product due to deformation of the neck during undue overpressurization. The vents allow propellant and/or product to be released therethrough in the event of overpressurization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andrew William Franckhauser, Abbey A. Lopez, Douglas Bruce Zeik
  • Method for purifying reclaimed polymers
    Patent number: 10961366
    Abstract: A method for purifying a reclaimed polymer is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method involves obtaining reclaimed polymer, contacting the reclaimed polymer with a first fluid solvent to produce an extracted reclaimed polymer; then dissolving the extracted reclaimed polymer in a solvent to produce a first solution comprising polymer. The first solution is settled and then filtered. A purer polymer is separated from the resulting solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Moncrief Layman, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Hans Schonemann, Kara Williams
  • Disposable absorbent pants with advantageous stretch and manufacturability features, and methods for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10959886
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a disposable absorbent pant includes forming an elasticized multilayer web and joining a third nonwoven web to it and optionally sandwiching leg and waist elastic members between one or more layers of the elasticized multilayer web and/or the third nonwoven web to form disposable absorbent pants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Gary Dean LaVon, Miguel Alvaro Robles
  • Apparatus for perforating a nonlinear line of weakness
    Patent number: 10960566
    Abstract: A perforating apparatus has a base having at least one counter component. The counter component has a length, LCC, and a nonlinear shape having a shape width, W. A support is operatively engaged with the base. A blade having a length, LB, is disposed on the support so as to cooperate in interacting relationship with the counter component. The blade has a plurality of teeth. A web material is perforated as it passes between the base and the support and the blade cooperates with the counter component. A driving means is associated with one of the support and the base to reciprocally shift the one of the support or the base for a distance, D, in a shifting direction. The distance, D, is at least the translational distance that one tooth travels to cover the shape width, W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Deborah Sue Slovut, Laura Marie Tanno, Kathryn Christian Kien
  • Method and apparatus for assembling absorbent articles
    Patent number: 10959887
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for assembling elastic laminates that may be used to make absorbent article components. Particular aspects of the present disclosure involve a spreader mechanism operating to activate an elastic material by stretching the elastic material in to a first elongation. The elastic material is then consolidated to a second elongation, wherein the second the elongation is less than the first elongation. The consolidated elastic material is then joined to one or more substrates. In some configurations, the substrates may be nonwovens, and the elastic material may be an elastic film and/or an elastic laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Todd Douglas Lenser, Urmish Popatlal Dalal
  • Films including a water-soluble layer and a vapor-deposited coating
    Patent number: 10959918
    Abstract: A multi-layered beauty care product is provided. The beauty care product has a layer of a water-soluble film zone with a water-soluble film forming polymer and a cosmetic composition with a skin active agent. The product also has a vapor-deposited coating. The vapor-deposited coating is a poly(p-xylylene) polymer and/or a metal oxide inorganic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emily Charlotte Boswell, Elizabeth Anne Wilder, Rachit Malik, Colin Wiliam McConnell, Vesselin Nikolov Shanov
  • Low pH skin care composition and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 10959933
    Abstract: Disclosed is an efficacious, low-pH skin care composition that provides good sensory properties and has a low skin irritation potential. The low-pH composition includes an effective amount of a vitamin B3 compound and, optionally, one or more additional skin care actives to provide a skin health and/or appearance benefit. The low-pH composition also includes a pH buffer comprising lactic acid and sodium lactate, a polymer thickener comprising polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, and a silicone fluid having a kinematic viscosity of 100 cSt or less at 25° C. The pH of the low-pH composition can range from 2.0 to 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lu Zhang, Sudeep Chakravarty, Joseph Michael Zukowski
  • Absorbent article having a printed region
    Patent number: 10959888
    Abstract: Asymmetrical absorbent articles having printed regions to facilitate individual placement of the absorbent article are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christine Gail Luzader, Michael Philip Krell, Maria Fernanda Páez
  • Elastomeric laminate with soft noncrimped spunbond fiber webs
    Patent number: 10952910
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions. The article also includes a chassis having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet; and an ear joined to the chassis. The ear includes a laminate formed from a first nonwoven and second nonwoven and an elastomeric material sandwiched between said first and second nonwovens. The laminate further includes a plurality of ultrasonic bonds; and the first nonwoven includes an exterior surface having an average TS750 value of 5 db V2rms or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Todd Douglas Lenser, LeAnn Nichole Phillips, Christine A. Methena, Miguel Angel Caballero, Tanner Laurie Williams
  • Concentrated personal cleansing compositions
    Patent number: 10952949
    Abstract: Rinse-off cleansing compositions can include surfactant, perfume, solvent, and water, wherein the rinse-off cleansing composition has a G? of at least about 25 Pa and/or is not a ringing gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Edward Dewey Smith, III, Shawn David McConaughy, Jianjun Justin Li, Marc Adam Flickinger
  • Volatile composition dispenser
    Patent number: 10953124
    Abstract: A volatile composition dispenser and a method of volatilizing a liquid volatile composition is provided. The volatile composition dispenser includes a reservoir and a fan. The fan is disposed at least partially in the reservoir. The fan includes a motor, a hub rotatably connected to the motor about a rotation axis, a fan blade connected with the hub. The fan blade is movable relative to the hub about a pivot axis. The pivot axis is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis. The at least one fan blade comprises an absorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Richard Lee Lane
  • Fragrance materials
    Patent number: 10952951
    Abstract: The present application relates to perfume raw materials, perfumes, perfume delivery systems and consumer products comprising such perfume raw materials, perfumes and/or such perfume delivery systems, as well as processes for making and using such perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products. The perfumes disclosed herein expand the perfume communities' options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Robert Cetti, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois, Virginia Tzung-Hwei Hutchins, Michael Wayne Kinsey, Christine Marie Readnour, Christelle Marie Sandrine Bonnet, Lynette Anne Makins Holland, Fabienne Pastor, Jose Maria Velazquez Mendoza, Jonathan Richard Stonehouse, William Eoghan Staite
  • Absorbent cores for absorbent articles
    Patent number: 10952909
    Abstract: An absorbent core includes a core wrap having a top layer and a bottom layer enclosing superabsorbent polymer. The absorbent core is substantially free of cellulose fibers. The absorbent layer comprises a non-rectangular central portion having a front edge, a back edge and two longitudinally-extending side edges. Each side edge defines a recess along a portion of its length; a first side portion present in one of the recess and a second side portion present in the other recess. The proximal edges of the side portions are convex; and either the distal edges of the side portions are concave so that the side portions are crescent-shaped; or the distal edges of the side portions is straight. The absorbent core further includes a first and second folding guide, and when the absorbent core is folded along the folding guides, the central portion and the side portions form a three-dimensional basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Hans Adolf Jackels, Claus Peter Stoelzel, Christine Elisabeth Zipf
  • Single-dose laundry detergent pod
    Patent number: D914284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Miguel Brandt, Donatella Scafetta
  • Mould for unit dose pouch
    Patent number: D915478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Raf Gustaaf Alfons De Geyter