Abstract: An improved process of making a benefit agent delivery particle and consumer products incorporating such particles are disclosed. The process comprises the steps of providing a first composition of water phase 1, water phase 2 and water phase 3. Water phase 1 comprises water and an initiator; water phase 2 comprises water, a water-soluble or dispersible amine(meth)acrylate or hydroxyl(meth)acrylate and a multifunctional (meth)acrylate. Water phase 3 comprises water, and carboxyalkyl(meth)acrylate and a base or quaternary ammonium acrylate. The first two water phases are combined to prereact the hydroxy- or amine(meth)acrylate and the multifunctional (meth)acrylate to form a multifunctional hydroxyl-amine(meth)acrylate pre-polymer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 24, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Hanwei Zhang, Todd Arlin Schwantes, Katie Ann Hobart, Diane Jean Williamson
Abstract: In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise three or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And the Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a third absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.1 to about 0.3. Further, an Array Average Product-Hip-to-Side Silhouette may be from about 1.0 to about 1.7.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 8, 2015
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jeremy Menner, Raymond Scott Hamilton, Luke Robinson Magee
Abstract: An absorbent article having a wearer-facing side and garment-facing side, the article comprising: —a nonwoven topsheet on the wearer-facing side, wherein the topsheet has a first color which is not white and comprises thermal bonds; a backsheet on the garment facing-side; an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet; optionally an acquisition layer; and a visual signal disposed on the topsheet or a layer of the article under the topsheet; wherein the visual signal comprises a first portion having a first appearance and a second portion having a different second appearance. The topsheet has an opacity index of at least 28% as measured by the opacity index test as described herein and the visual signal is visible on the wearer-facing side of the article.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 28, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 15, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Theodore Cory Fites, Nicole Anja Reichardt, Thomas Walenzyk
Abstract: Use of a detergent composition comprising a fatty acid-transforming enzyme to impart suds longevity in a washing process. A method for promoting suds longevity in a washing process for washing soiled articles, comprising the step of: delivering a composition comprising a fatty acid-transforming enzyme to a volume of water to form a wash liquor and immersing the soiled article in the liquor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 9, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Neil Joseph Lant, Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol, Denis Alfred Gonzales
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to water-soluble unit dose articles made from a combination of water-soluble films and containing household care compositions that are at least partially enclosed by the water-soluble films in at least one compartment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 8, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Amanee Daarina Salaam, Norman Scott Broyles, Emily Charlotte Boswell, Pier-Lorenzo Caruso, Michaela Monika Czupik
Abstract: A spunbond nonwoven fabric. The fabric has a first surface and a second surface and at least a first and second visually discernible zone on at least one of the first and second surface, each of the first and second zones having a pattern of three-dimensional features, each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone. Each microzone has a first region and a second region, the first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property, and wherein the difference in values for an intensive property for at least one of the microzones in the first zone is different from the difference in values for the intensive property for at least one of the microzones in the second zone.
Abstract: Disclosed is a hair conditioning composition comprising: a cationic surfactant; a high melting point fatty compound; a cyclic compound selected from the group consisting of a vitamin B3 compound, a xanthine compound, a salicylic acid ester, and mixtures thereof; a compound having at least three large head groups; and an aqueous carrier. The composition of the present invention provides improved hair manageability.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adjusting and maintaining a position of a cutting surface used to create lines of weakness for rolled products. A perforating apparatus includes a housing rotatably supported by a frame, wherein the housing is adapted to rotate about a first axis. A support member including a first cutting surface is rotatably supported by the housing, wherein the support member is adapted to rotate about a second axis offset from the first axis. A roll including a second cutting surface is positioned adjacent the support member, wherein the roll is adapted to rotate about a third axis. The second cutting surface is adapted to contact the first cutting surface as the roll rotates about the third axis. The perforating apparatus is configured such that the functions of adjusting the position of the first cutting surface and holding the first cutting surface in a fixed position are separate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Brian Christopher Schwamberger, Gustav André Mellin, Michael Devin Long
Abstract: A multilayer beauty care product or method is provided. The beauty care product has a water soluble film zone that includes a water soluble film forming polymer and a cosmetic composition with an effective amount of a skin active agent. The product also has a barrier patch having a backing layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive zone. The adhesive zone and the water soluble film zone are continuous, discontinuous, or a combination thereof. The product exhibits a dynamic modulus.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 15, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Emily Charlotte Boswell, Jack Alan Hunter, Michael Joseph Roddy, Elizabeth Anne Wilder
Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a pore volume distribution such that greater than about 50% of the total pore volume present in the fibrous structure exists in pores of radii of from about 101 ?m to about 200 ?m, and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 12, 2011
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Steven Lee Barnholtz, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Michael Donald Suer
Abstract: A detergent composition and processes for making and using same. A detergent composition that includes cellulose fibers to improve the deposition and/or retention of encapsulated benefit agent onto fabrics.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 2, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Susana Fernandez-Prieto, Pieter Jan Maria Saveyn, Johan Smets
Abstract: An absorbent article includes an absorbent core having an absorbent material enclosed in a core wrap having a top layer and a bottom layer. The bottom layer of the core wrap comprises a nonwoven comprising synthetic fibers, which has a basis weight from about 6 g/m2 to about 10 g/m2 and the nonwoven has a static coefficient of friction as measured in cross-machine direction of no more than 0.40.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 28, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Stefan Flöter, Geeske Gratzel, Torsten Lindner
Abstract: A control circuit for a thermally-activated microfluidic ejection element and a method of dispensing a fluid composition from the same is provided. The thermally-activated microfluidic ejection element includes a plurality of nozzles and a thermal actuator associated with each nozzle, and a control circuit that includes: a logic circuit that increments through a pre-determined sequence, wherein the sequence is defined by the physical layout of the thermally-activated microfluidic ejection element; a first input in electrical communication with the logic circuit; a second input in electrical communication with each thermal actuator, wherein the first input and second input are used to select and energize each thermal actuator on the thermally-activated microfluidic ejection element.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Stephan Gary Bush, John Glenn Edelen, Viren N. Patel, Michael Anthony Marra, III
Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is disclosed that includes a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first waist region and second waist region, a waist edge in the first waist region, at least one waistband in the first waist region, at least one fastener in the second waist region, and at least one discrete landing zone in the first waist region, the discrete landing zone comprising an lateral inboard edge, wherein the discrete landing zone and the waistband overlap to form an overlap region in the first waist region, and wherein the waistband does not overlap the lateral inboard edge of the discrete landing zone.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 5, 2014
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Andrew James Sauer, Mark James Kline, Kathleen Marie{grave over ( )} Lawson, Zachary Aaron Freije
Abstract: A process for manufacturing a water soluble product including the steps of: providing a water soluble fibrous first ply; providing a water soluble fibrous second ply formed on a surface other than the first ply, wherein the second ply is separate from the first ply; superposing the first ply and the second ply; and joining a first portion of the first ply to a second portion of the second ply to form the water soluble product.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Michael Sean Pratt, Anthony Edward Reed, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Mark Robert Sivik, Dinah Achola Nyangiro
Abstract: An oral-care implement comprises a mounting surface having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a plurality of filaments outwardly extending from the mounting surface in at least one direction not parallel to either one of the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis, each filament having a free end terminating with a tip. At least some of the filaments possess at least one functional characteristic selected from the group consisting of filament's structure, composition, cross-sectional shape, tip geometry, and any combination thereof. A plurality of filament tips comprises a working surface that includes at least a first color and a second color different from the first color.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Matthew Lloyd Newman, Li Wen, Elizabeth Ann Brown Reno, Jens Alinski
Abstract: A method of inhibiting the conversion of choline to trimethylamine (TMA) and lowering TMAO in an individual by providing a composition comprising a compound set forth in Formula (I):
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 2, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 1, 2020
Assignees:
The Procter & Gamble Company, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Inventors:
Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia, George Franklin Gerberick, Stanley Leon Hazen, Xiaodong Gu