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: 10456307
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Ryo Minoguchi, Alexander Fedotov, Fred Naval Desai
  • Patent number: 10449099
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon
  • Publication number: 20190298586
    Abstract: A stretch laminate is disclosed. The stretch laminate may include a layer of nonwoven material that includes an accumulation of filaments and has an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone having an attenuated region adjacent to a build-up region wherein the attenuated region has a first basis weight and the build-up region has a second basis weight greater than the first basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The stretch laminate may include a plurality of elastic strands space apart from each other in a crotch-stretch direction. In some examples the elastic strands may have an Average Strand Spacing no greater than 3 mm and/or an Average Decitex no greater than 300, and/or an Average Pre-Strain no greater than 250 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Gary Dean LaVon, Bret Darren Seitz, Sarah Marie Wade, Joseph Allen Eckstein, Vanessa Marie Melendez, Elizabeth Jo Bruns
  • Publication number: 20190274901
    Abstract: An array of packages comprising three or more different sizes of absorbent articles, the array comprising a first, a second and a third packages comprising first, second and third absorbent article having first, second and third sizes. The Array Acquisition/Distribution System to Product Pitch Ratio of the first, second, and third packages is from about 10% to about 28%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Raymond Scott HAMILTON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Luke Robinson MAGEE
  • Publication number: 20190029894
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.5. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Sarah M. WADE, Masaharu NISHIKAWA, Franz-Josef HERMES
  • Publication number: 20190000682
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6, and a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6, and an Array Average Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Franz-Josef HERMES
  • Publication number: 20190000684
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Hip Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 0.85 and a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 0.9. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Masaharu NISHIKAWA, Sarah M. WADE, Franz-Josef HERMES
  • Publication number: 20190000683
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from about 1.8 to about 6. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from about 1.8 to about 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ
  • Publication number: 20190000685
    Abstract: An absorbent article may have a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.8 and a Relaxed Product Side Length that is greater than about 65% of the Relaxed Product Length. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Masaharu NISHIKAWA, Sarah M. WADE, Franz-Josef HERMES
  • Publication number: 20180344536
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or greater than a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.7 to about 6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON, Jill TRYGIER, Vanessa MELENDEZ
  • Patent number: 10143600
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or greater than a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.7 to about 6.0. In another embodiment, a disposable absorbent article has a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette from 1.7 to about 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jill Trygier, Vanessa Melendez
  • Publication number: 20180311083
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Array Average Length Difference of at least the first and second absorbent articles in the array is less than about 65 mm and greater than about negative 10 mm. In another embodiment, a disposable absorbent article may have a Product Length is within about +/?40 mm of the Target Rise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON
  • Patent number: 10034801
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Array Average Length Difference of at least the first and second absorbent articles in the array is less than about 65 mm and greater than about negative 10 mm. In another embodiment, a disposable absorbent article may have a Product Length is within about +/?40 mm of the Target Rise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon
  • Publication number: 20180168890
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles comprising belts comprising 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, while providing adequate modulus of (between about 2 gf/mm and 15 gf/mm), resulting in a Donning-Ratio from about 1.0 and about 3 to make the article easy to apply and to comfortably maintain the article in place on the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Sarah Marie WADE, Joseph Allen ECKSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20180168876
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles comprising belts comprising 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, while providing adequate modulus of (between about 2 gf/mm and 15 gf/mm), resulting in a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.8 to about 1.1 and a Product Waist-to-Crotch Silhouette from about 0.8 to about 2.0 to provide for the advantages described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Sarah Marie WADE, Joseph Allen ECKSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20180168875
    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, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low Average-Dtex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low Average-Pre-Strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low Pressure Under Strand (less than 1 psi according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test), 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Bret Darren SEITZ, Sarah Marie WADE, Joseph Allen ECKSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20180168892
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles comprising belts comprising 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, while providing adequate Section-Modulus of (between about 2 gf/mm and 15 gf/mm), resulting in a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette that is within from about ?0.3 to about 0.3 of the Target Body Length-to-Waist Silhouette to make the article conform better to the body of the wearer at a lower Pressure-Under-Strand, even with a loaded core (holding at least 50 mls of liquid), to provide for the advantages described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Sarah Marie WADE, Joseph Allen ECKSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20180168874
    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, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or very fine (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 method below) under the elastics, while providing adequate modulus of (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 50 mls of liquid), to provide for the advantages described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Bret Darren SEITZ, Sarah Marie WADE, Joseph Allen ECKSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20180168887
    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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Bret Darren SEITZ, Sarah Marie WADE, Joseph Allen ECKSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20180168889
    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, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or very fine (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 method below) under the elastics, while providing adequate modulus of (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 50 mls of liquid), to provide for the advantages described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Joseph Allen ECKSTEIN, Sarah Marie WADE