Patents by Inventor Bret Darren Seitz

Bret Darren Seitz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10987253
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to one or a combination of an absorbent article's chassis, inner leg cuffs, outer leg cuffs, ear panels, side panels, waistbands, and belts that may comprise one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm) and/or low Average-Dtex (less than 300 dtex) and/or low Average-Pre-Strain (less than 300%) elastics to deliver low Pressure Under Strand (less than 1 psi), while providing adequate Section-Modulus (between about 2 gf/mm and 15 gf/mm) to make the article easy to apply and to comfortably maintain the article in place on the wearer, even with a loaded core (holding at least 100 mls of liquid), to provide for the advantages described above. Further, the elastomeric laminates of the present disclosure outperform existing laminates currently used for disposable absorbent articles as it relates to one or more key parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Uwe Schneider, Bret Darren Seitz, Sarah Marie Wade, Joseph Allen Eckstein
  • Patent number: 10973709
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise three or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And the Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a third absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.1 to about 0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jill Trygier, Vanessa Melendez
  • Publication number: 20210100698
    Abstract: A durable underwear brief panty adapted to accommodate an absorbent component is disclosed. The panty may include a crotch portion that exhibits a crotch longitudinal Elongation of 5 percent to 100 percent and a crotch longitudinal Tensile Modulus of 20 gf/mm to 100 gf/mm; and a crotch lateral Elongation of 50 percent to 200 percent and a crotch lateral Tensile Modulus of 2 gf/mm to 20 gf/mm. A combination of a brief panty and an absorbent pad, and an array including a brief panty product and an absorbent pad product, are also disclosed. The products are useful for management of incontinence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Frederick Michael LANGDON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Janice Faye SWINFORD
  • Patent number: 10966874
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent article's chassis that may comprise one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low decitex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low pressure less than 1 psi (according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test in the Method below) under the elastics. The elastics in the chassis may be oriented parallel or transverse to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Uwe Schneider, Bret Darren Seitz, Sarah Marie Wade, Joseph Allen Eckstein
  • Publication number: 20210059865
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jeremy Menner, Raymond Scott Hamilton, Luke Robinson Magee
  • Patent number: 10864117
    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
  • Publication number: 20200345560
    Abstract: An array of absorbent articles each having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core is described. A first absorbent article has a first physical feature disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core, and a second absorbent article has a second physical feature disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core. The first physical feature has a first length between 27 and 77 percent of a first absorbent core length. The second physical feature has a second length between 27 and 77 percent of a second absorbent core length. The first length is less than the second length, and the first physical feature comprises a convex portion oriented toward a first end of the first absorbent article and/or the second physical feature comprises a convex portion oriented toward a first end of the second absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Douglas Gregory Stevens
  • Patent number: 10821035
    Abstract: An array of packages may comprise three or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of an array of three or more absorbent articles may be from about 0.9 to about 1.1 or from about 0.5 to about 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jill Trygier, Vanessa Melendez
  • Publication number: 20200330289
    Abstract: An array of packages comprising two or more different sizes of absorbent articles, the array comprising first, second, and third packages comprising first, second, and third absorbent articles having at least first and second sizes. The first, second, and third articles may have an insert length to rise ratio greater than 60%. And, the first, second, and third packages may comprise the same brand name and sub-brand name. And, the first, second, and third absorbent articles may have identical or substantially identical chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Raymond Scott HAMILTON, Luke Robinson MAGEE, Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON
  • Patent number: 10751226
    Abstract: An array of absorbent articles each having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core; the absorbent article having a physical feature to at least partially fill a wearer's panty-body void; for a wearer having a BMI greater than about 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Douglas Gregory Stevens
  • Publication number: 20200229994
    Abstract: Absorbent articles of the present disclosure may have Relaxed Product Waist Widths, Relaxed Product Hip Widths, and Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouettes as disclosed herein. And, arrays of the present disclosure may have Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouettes and Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist-to-Weight Ratio as disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON, Kaoru ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 10583054
    Abstract: Absorbent articles of the present disclosure may have Relaxed Product Waist Widths, Relaxed Product Hip Widths, and Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouettes as disclosed herein. And, arrays of the present disclosure may have Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouettes and Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist-to-Weight Ratio as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Kaoru Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20200054500
    Abstract: Disposable absorbent articles and arrays of disposable absorbent articles may comprise inventive product dimensions, including inventive Length-to-Side and Hip-to-Waist Silhouettes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON, Jeremy MENNER, Raymond Scott HAMILTON, Luke Robinson MAGEE
  • Publication number: 20200030156
    Abstract: An array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The second absorbent article may have a larger Relaxed Product Side Length than the first absorbent article and/or a larger Relaxed Product Length than the first absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON, Jill TRYGIER, Vanessa MELENDEZ
  • Publication number: 20190388283
    Abstract: An array of packages comprising two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles comprising first and second absorbent cores, the array comprising a Core Bracket Maximum Difference of the absorbent core of the second size is less than the Core Bracket Maximum Difference of the absorbent core of the first size and/or a Maximum Core Bracket of the absorbent core of the second size is equal to or less than the Maximum Core Bracket of the absorbent core of the first size and/or a Minimum Core Bracket of the absorbent core of the second size is equal to or greater than the Minimum Core Bracket of the absorbent core of the first size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON
  • Publication number: 20190388284
    Abstract: An array of packages comprising two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles may comprise first and second articles comprising first and second cores having different Channel Spacings, Curvatures, Arm Angles, and/or Lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON, Ryo MINOGUCHI, Alexander FEDOTOV, Fred Naval DESAI
  • Publication number: 20190374401
    Abstract: An array of packages comprising three or more different sizes of absorbent articles, the array comprising first, second, and third packages comprising first, second, and third absorbent article having first, second, and third sizes. The Array Elastic Modulus of the Belt of the first, second, and third package is from about 6 gf/mm to about 15 gf/mm. And, the first, second, and third packages comprise the same brand name and sub-brand name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON
  • Patent number: 10485712
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles, including a first size and a second size that is a larger size than the first size. The Product Length-to-Side Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or greater than a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Length-to-Side Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.2 to about 1.6. Further, the second size may have a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette that is greater than the Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of the first size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jeremy Menner, Raymond Scott Hamilton, Luke Robinson Magee
  • Patent number: 10478352
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Length-to-Side Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or greater than a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Length-to-Side Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.2 to about 1.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jill Trygier, Vanessa Melendez
  • Publication number: 20190343693
    Abstract: An absorbent article or an array of absorbent articles of the present disclosure may have particular Product Length-to-Hip Silhouette(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON, Jill TRYGIER, Vanessa MELENDEZ