Patents by Inventor Darren Franklin King

Darren Franklin King 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: 10119104
    Abstract: A method of making a personal care article includes placing a converting frame on an anvil plate assembly with an anvil plate; placing at least one lower substrate on the anvil plate and the converting frame; securing the at least one lower substrate within the converting frame; placing a cleansing composition on the at least one lower substrate and within a perimeter of a centering guide on the anvil plate; laying at least one upper substrate over the cleansing composition and the at least one lower substrate; placing the converting frame and the anvil plate assembly on a target location of a heat press; and actuating the heat press to direct a heated seal plate onto the anvil plate, thereby contacting the at least one upper substrate and forming seal between the at least one upper substrate and the at least one lower substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eric Shane Henley, William Allen Watters, Darren Franklin King
  • Publication number: 20180258374
    Abstract: A method of making a personal care article includes placing a converting frame on an anvil plate assembly with an anvil plate; placing at least one lower substrate on the anvil plate and the converting frame; securing the at least one lower substrate within the converting frame; placing a cleansing composition on the at least one lower substrate and within a perimeter of a centering guide on the anvil plate; laying at least one upper substrate over the cleansing composition and the at least one lower substrate; placing the converting frame and the anvil plate assembly on a target location of a heat press; and actuating the heat press to direct a heated seal plate onto the anvil plate, thereby contacting the at least one upper substrate and forming seal between the at least one upper substrate and the at least one lower substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Shane HENLEY, William Allen WATTERS, Darren Franklin KING
  • Patent number: 8461096
    Abstract: Optimizing dilution processing, include the use of cold dilution water, yields fabric softener products of desired rheology and stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Darren Franklin King, Alessandro Corona, III, Eric Foster Hopper, Brian Christopher Groendyke
  • Publication number: 20120036651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric care compositions that comprise thickeners and the use of fabric care composition in high anionic surfactant conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Gayle Marie Frankenbach, Alessandro Corona, III, Alice Marie Ward, Sanaul Siddiquee, Yonas Gizaw, Lisa Grace Brush, Geoffrey Marc Wise, Darren Franklin King, Aniesa Parakkat, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Walter Augusta Maria Broeckx, Mark Robert Sivik, Jose Andres Rojo Moreno
  • Patent number: 8080513
    Abstract: A mixture, apparatus, and method is provided for formulating, solidifying, packaging, shipping, and reprocessing laundry active for purposes of providing laundry active product to developing markets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jerry Keith McGinnis, Alessandro Corona, III, Darren Franklin King
  • Publication number: 20110237490
    Abstract: Optimizing dilution processing, include the use of cold dilution water, yields fabric softener products of desired rheology and stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Darren Franklin King, Alessandro Corona, III, Eric Foster Hopper, Brian Christopher Groendyke
  • Publication number: 20110237489
    Abstract: Optimizing water conductivity, water temperature, and fabric softener active percentage when making a concentrated fabric softener active hydrate yields fabric softener products of desired rheology and stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Darren Franklin King, Alessandro Corona, III, Eric Foster Hopper, Brian Christopher Groendyke
  • Patent number: 7745386
    Abstract: Dryer-added fabric conditioning articles that comprise friable perfume microcapsules provide consumers an impactful freshness experience while wearing clothing that is treated by the article. Manufacturing processes of incorporating friable perfume microcapsules into dryer-added articles that maximizes the yield of unruptured microcapsules are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Darren Franklin King, Komal G. Patel, George Kavin Morgan, III, Glenn Thomas Jordan, IV
  • Publication number: 20100047463
    Abstract: Dryer-added fabric conditioning articles that comprise friable perfume microcapsules provide consumers an impactful freshness experience while wearing clothing that is treated by the article. Manufacturing processes of incorporating friable perfume microcapsules into dryer-added articles that maximizes the yield of unruptured microcapsules are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Darren Franklin King, Komal G. Patel, George Kavin Morgan, III, Glenn Thomas Jordan, IV
  • Patent number: 7659239
    Abstract: Dryer-added fabric conditioning articles that comprise friable perfume microcapsules provide consumers an impactful freshness experience while wearing clothing that is treated by the article. Manufacturing processes of incorporating friable perfume microcapsules into dryer-added articles that maximizes the yield of unruptured microcapsules are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Darren Franklin King, Komal G. Patel, George Kavin Morgan, III, Glenn Thomas Jordan, IV
  • Publication number: 20090181877
    Abstract: A mixture, apparatus, and method is provided for formulating, solidifying, packaging, shipping, and reprocessing laundry active for purposes of providing laundry active product to developing markets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Jerry Keith McGinnis, Alessandro Corona, III, Darren Franklin King
  • Publication number: 20070275870
    Abstract: Dryer-added fabric conditioning articles that comprise friable perfume microcapsules provide consumers an impactful freshness experience while wearing clothing that is treated by the article. Manufacturing processes of incorporating friable perfume microcapsules into dryer-added articles that maximizes the yield of unruptured microcapsules are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Darren Franklin King, Komal G. Patel, George Kavin Morgan, Glenn Thomas Jordan