Abstract: Agglomerated superabsorbent polymer particles are provided and obtained by a method including the steps of: (a) providing precursor superabsorbent polymer particles having a first mass average particle size 1mAvPS, (b) mixing the precursor superabsorbent polymer particles with a solution, and (c) polymerizing the mixed solution if the solution includes polymerizable monomers and/or oligomers or crosslinking the mixed solution if the solution includes crosslinkable polymers. The solution includes (i) homogeneously dispersed therein, clay platelets with opposing basal platelet surfaces and platelet edges; (ii) one or more surface modification compound(s) and/or edge modification compound(s); and (iii) polymerizable monomers and/or oligomers, or (iv) crosslinkable polymers. The agglomerated superabsorbent polymer particles have a second mass average particle size 2mAvPS which is at least 25% greater than the first mass average particle size 1mAvPS.
Abstract: A lotion emulsion composition comprising a preservative enhancing agent and a rheology modifier, wherein the preservative enhancing agent comprises one of sorbitan caprylate, glyceryl caprylate/caprate, or a combination thereof, the rheology modifier comprises a hydrocolloid, the pH of the lotion emulsion composition is less than about 4.2, and the combined amount of preservative enhancing agent and rheology modifier is less than about 0.3% by weight of the total lotion emulsion composition.
Abstract: An oral care composition containing a gel phase, potassium nitrate, a peroxide source, an abrasive, and a fluoride source. Phase separation is not visually perceptible in the oral care composition.
Abstract: A method of integrating a first fibrous web with a second fibrous web, said method comprising the steps of: a. providing a first absorbent fibrous web material; b. providing a topsheet comprising a second fibrous web material; c. providing an integrating means; and d. integrating said first absorbent fibrous web material and said second fibrous web material by processing through said integrating means. The step of integrating said first absorbent fibrous web material and said second fibrous web material comprises inter-entangling fibers from the first absorbent fibrous web and fibers from the second fibrous web.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 17, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Jean Jianqun Zhao, John Richard Noel, Karen Denise McAffry, Gary Wayne Gilbertson, Brian Francis Gray, Kelyn Anne Arora
Abstract: Disclosed is a hair conditioning composition comprising: a cationic surfactant; a high melting point fatty compound; a preformed emulsion and/or an ionic benefit agent, wherein the ionic benefit agents are those excluding ionic dyes, precursors thereof, and anionic surfactants; an alkyl ether and/or alkyl ester, preferably alkyl ether, of at least one of the following: polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyglycerin, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the alkyl ether and/or alkyl ester has from about 50 to about 300 units of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerin and mixtures thereof; and an aqueous carrier. The composition of the present invention provides benefits from ionic benefit agents and/or preformed emulsions, while maintaining stability and wet conditioning of the composition.
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a liquid management system (LMS) and an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate a topsheet and a backsheet. The LMS defines one or more channels therein. The one or more channels of the LMS may at least partially overlap or not overlap with channels defined in the absorbent core.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 12, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Donald Carroll Roe, Kathy Quinlan Ames-Ooten, Blanca Arizti, Julia Boesel, Aniruddha Chatterjee, Nelson Edward Greening, II, Sharon Irene Grenberg, Carsten Heinrich Kreuzer, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Marie Brigid O'Reilly, Rodrigo Rosati, Sandra Sautter, Beate Simon, Lutz Stelzig, Rachael Eden Walther
Abstract: Disposable wipes packages containing improved opening and closing arrangements are disclosed. The packages are targeted for usage by adult caregivers and can provide reduced waste in comparison to some currently marketed wipe packages. Different forms of the packages disclosed herein include ratios of characteristics of the package closure fitments and those of the package body of wipes contained therein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
John Norman Simmons, Lawrence Andrew Schumacher
Abstract: A method of filling a hand held spray device is disclosed. The spray device includes a body having a reservoir. The method includes filling the reservoir with a first composition having a non-volatile silicone fluid, an antiperspirant active, an organoclay material, and at least one liquid activation enhancer having a Hansen Solubility Parameter for Hydrogen Bonding, ?h between about 2 and about 6 and a light transmittance value greater than 90%. The method further includes filling the reservoir with a liquid fragrance material after the reservoir is filled with the first composition to form an antiperspirant composition, attaching a valve to the body; and filling the reservoir with a propellant, wherein the hand held spray device has a propellant concentration after filling from about 30% to about 90% by weight of the total fill of materials within the reservoir and the non-volatile silicone fluid has a concentration from about 30% to about 70% by weight of the antiperspirant composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 18, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Elton Luis Menon, David Frederick Swaile
Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet, and a distribution material comprising a wet-laid, three-dimensional fibrous substrate comprising at least 80% pulp fibers by weight of the wet-laid, three-dimensional fibrous substrate. The wet-laid, three-dimensional fibrous substrate comprises a continuous network region and a plurality of discrete zones that are dispersed throughout the continuous network region. The continuous network region comprises a first average density and the plurality of discrete zones comprise a second average density. The discrete zones are dispersed throughout the continuous network region. The first average density and the second average density are different.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 8, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Paul Thomas Weisman, Andrea Peri, Kenneth Michael Hamall, Aniruddha Chatterjee, Jörg Endres, Mattias Schmidt, Sandra Sautter, Gene Xiaoqing Huang, Darrell Ian Brown, Ward William Ostendorf
Abstract: A flexible bonding roll including one or more pressure applying members is configured to operatively engage an anvil roll. The one or more pressure applying members include one or more spring elements. The spring elements allow for the one or more pressure applying members to compress as the pressure applying members are engaged by the outer circumferential surface of the anvil roll. The compression of the pressure applying members allows for relatively reduced damage of substrates and equipment during bonding.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 6, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 1, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
James W. Busch, Jennifer L. Schallick, Stephen D. Congleton, Dale F. Bittner
Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a container closure that prevents accidental initial opening of a container. The closure mechanism includes at least one temporary interlocking mechanism having a two part fastener that engages the moveable part of the closure with the fixed part of the closure. The temporary interlocking mechanism is invisible when the container is closed. It is positioned in a location different from the location of the orifice of the closure or from the path that the liquid follows during dispensing. This temporary interlocking mechanism includes at least one element that breaks or irreversibly deforms during the initial opening of the container. The additional force required to break or to irreversibly deform the breakable or irreversibly deformable element of the temporary interlocking mechanism during the first opening mitigates the risk of accidental opening during manufacturing, shipment or storage of the goods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 28, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 1, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter and Gamble Company
Inventors:
Markus Port, Ibrahim Ulas, Marion Michele Marie-Pierre Dubreuil
Abstract: An oral care composition containing a gel phase, potassium nitrate, an abrasive, and a fluoride source. The gel network phase contains a cold dispersible fatty amphiphile and phase separation is not visually perceptible in the oral care composition.
Abstract: A package containing a plurality of disposable absorbent articles, the package being formed of flexible polymeric film, and having a path of perforations or scoring defining a hood opening structure is disclosed. The hood may be configured so as to serve as an effective package reclosure device whereby the package may be used to store the unused supply of articles following opening.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 1, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Astrid Annette Sheehan, James T. Fenton, Brian Patrick Sellers, Alexander Eberhard Unger, Yoichiro Yamomoto
Abstract: A method of quantitating of ions in the extracellular polymer substances area of a dental biofilm is an effective way of assessing efficacy of oral care compositions.
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:
August 25, 2020
Assignees:
The Procter & Gamble Company, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Inventors:
Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia, George Franklin Gerberick, Michael Reilly, Stanley Leon Hazen, Xiaodong Gu
Abstract: A non-fibrous laundry detergent sheet includes at least one line of frangibility for separating the sheet into smaller sections with different sizes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 5, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 25, 2020
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Hong Sing Tan, MIng Tang, Mark Robert Sivik, Frank William Denome