Patents by Inventor Dale Gary Kavalew

Dale Gary Kavalew 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).

  • Publication number: 20240060237
    Abstract: A sanitary tissue product may comprise a first layer comprising eucalyptus fibers and a second layer comprising eucalyptus fibers and softwood fibers. The eucalyptus fibers in the second layer may have at least 24% more vessel elements than the eucalyptus fibers in the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Osman POLAT, Dale Gary KAVALEW
  • Patent number: 11834787
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a web material is disclosed. The process generally provides the steps of: a. providing a pulp material comprising fibers and vessels; b. separating said vessels from said fibers to form an accepts stream and a rejects stream; c. forming plies with the rejects and accepts streams; and d. joining the plies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Osman Polat, Dale Gary Kavalew
  • Publication number: 20210269974
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a web material is disclosed. The process generally provides the steps of: a. providing a pulp material comprising fibers and vessels; b. separating said vessels from said fibers to form an accepts stream and a rejects stream; c. forming plies with the rejects and accepts streams; and d. joining the plies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Osman POLAT, Dale Gary KAVALEW
  • Patent number: 11090244
    Abstract: A compliant personal care composition can include i) from about 20% to about 80%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant; and ii) from about 3% to about 40%, by weight of the composition, of a water insoluble hygroscopic fiber, fine, or filament; wherein the composition has a compliance value of about 0.01 kg/mm to about 1.5 kg/mm or before a simulated use. The composition may also be at least partially surrounded by a substrate and in the form of an article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shawn David McConaughy, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Dale Gary Kavalew
  • Patent number: 11047090
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a web material is disclosed. The process generally provides the steps of: a. providing a pulp material comprising fibers and vessels; b. separating said vessels from said fibers in said pulp material to form a slurry having at least about 7 percent less vessels per meter than said pulp material; and c. processing said slurry to form said web material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Osman Polat, Dale Gary Kavalew
  • Publication number: 20190323174
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a web material is disclosed. The process generally provides the steps of: a. providing a pulp material comprising fibers and vessels; b. separating said vessels from said fibers in said pulp material to form a slurry having at least about 7 percent less vessels per meter than said pulp material; and c. processing said slurry to form said web material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Osman POLAT, Dale Gary KAVALEW
  • Patent number: 10385508
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a web material is disclosed. The process generally provides the steps of: a. providing a pulp material comprising fibers and vessels; b. separating said vessels from said fibers in said pulp material to form a slurry having at least about 7 percent less vessels per meter than said pulp material; and c. processing said slurry to form said web material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Osman Polat, Dale Gary Kavalew
  • Patent number: 9907738
    Abstract: A compliant personal care composition can include a granular personal care composition, including i) from about 20% to about 80%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant; and ii) from about 3% to about 40%, by weight of the composition, a water insoluble hygroscopic fiber, fine, or filament; wherein the composition is granular before a first simulated use and has a compliance value of about 0.01 kg/mm to about 1.5 kg/mm after 2 simulated uses. The composition may also be at least partially surrounded by a substrate and in the form of an article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shawn David McConaughy, Edward Dewey Smith, III, Dale Gary Kavalew
  • Publication number: 20170275820
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a web material is disclosed. The process generally provides the steps of: a. providing a pulp material comprising fibers and vessels; b. separating said vessels from said fibers in said pulp material to form a slurry having at least about 7 percent less vessels per meter than said pulp material; and c. processing said slurry to form said web material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Osman POLAT, Dale Gary KAVALEW
  • Publication number: 20150005223
    Abstract: A compliant personal care composition can include a granular personal care composition, including i) from about 20% to about 80%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant; and ii) from about 3% to about 40%, by weight of the composition, a water insoluble hygroscopic fiber, fine, or filament; wherein the composition is granular before a first simulated use and has a compliance value of about 0.01 kg/mm to about 1.5 kg/mm after 2 simulated uses. The composition may also be at least partially surrounded by a substrate and in the form of an article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Shawn David McCONAUGHY, Edward Dewey SMITH, III, Dale Gary KAVALEW
  • Publication number: 20150000058
    Abstract: A compliant personal care composition can include i) from about 20% to about 80%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant; and ii) from about 3% to about 40%, by weight of the composition, of a water insoluble hygroscopic fiber, fine, or filament; wherein the composition has a compliance value of about 0.01 kg/mm to about 1.5 kg/mm or before a simulated use. The composition may also be at least partially surrounded by a substrate and in the form of an article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Shawn David McCONAUGHY, Edward Dewey SMITH, III, Dale Gary KAVALEW
  • Patent number: 8057636
    Abstract: Fibrous structures, especially fibrous structures that exhibit softness and strength, sanitary tissue products employing such fibrous structures and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided. More particularly, fibrous structures that have a long fiber furnish that comprises less than 10% by weight of fibers having a coarseness of less than 20 mg/100 m, sanitary tissue products employing such fibrous structures and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Eric James Watkins, Dale Gary Kavalew
  • Patent number: 7943814
    Abstract: Differentially densified fibrous structures, methods for making same, and processes for treating fibers used in the fibrous structures are provided. More particularly, fibrous structures comprising two or more regions, at least one of which exhibits a density that is at least 1.6 times greater than another region within the fibrous structure, methods for making such fibrous structures and non-naturally occurring fibers useful in such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Stanley Ampulski, Dale Gary Kavalew
  • Publication number: 20110088858
    Abstract: Fibrous structures employing non-naturally occurring hardwood pulp fibers, and more particularly, sanitary tissue products employing non-naturally occurring hardwood pulp fibers and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Osman Polat, Dale Gary Kavalew
  • Patent number: 7381297
    Abstract: Fibrous structures, especially fibrous structures incorporated into facial tissue, toilet tissue and paper towel and napkin products, that comprise a fiber having a length of from about 0.4 mm to about 1.2 mm and a coarseness of from about 3.0 mg/100 m to about 7.5 mg/100 m, wherein the fibrous structures exhibit a lint value of greater than about 3.5 to about 15, and processes for making such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Diego Antonio Hernandez-Munoa, Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Dale Gary Kavalew, Patrick Kip Edwards, John Allen Manifold
  • Publication number: 20080014428
    Abstract: Fibrous structures, especially fibrous structures that exhibit softness and strength, sanitary tissue products employing such fibrous structures and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided. More particularly, fibrous structures that have a long fiber furnish that comprises less than 10% by weight of fibers having a coarseness of less than 20 mg/100 m, sanitary tissue products employing such fibrous structures and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Eric James Watkins, Dale Gary Kavalew
  • Publication number: 20040163782
    Abstract: Through-air dried (“TAD”) fibrous structures, especially TAD fibrous structures incorporated into sanitary tissue products, that comprise a short fiber furnish having a length of from about 0.4 mm to about 1.2 mm and a coarseness of from about 3.0 mg/100 m to about 7.5 mg/100 m, and processes for making such TAD fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Diego Antonio Hernandez-Munoa, Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Dale Gary Kavalew, Patrick Kip Edwards, John Allen Manifold
  • Publication number: 20040163781
    Abstract: Fibrous structures, especially fibrous structures incorporated into facial tissue, toilet tissue and paper towel and napkin products, that comprise a fiber having a length of from about 0.4 mm to about 1.2 mm and a coarseness of from about 3.0 mg/100 m to about 7.5 mg/100 m, wherein the fibrous structures exhibit a lint value of greater than about 3.5 to about 15, and processes for making such fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: The procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Diego Antonio Hernandez-Munoa, Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Dale Gary Kavalew, Patrick Kip Edwards, John Allen Manifold