Patents by Inventor Dean Larry DuVal

Dean Larry DuVal 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: 20240051734
    Abstract: An array of toilet tissue products comprising first and second packages, where first package conveys one of strength and softness, and where the second package conveys something different than the first package. The first package may use a character to convey one of strength and softness. Lint, basis weight, total dry tensile, absorbency, and softness are common intensive properties of the first and second toilet tissue products and one or more of these common intensive properties can be different between the first and second toilet tissue products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Thorsten KNOBLOCH, Michael Ricardo BURNS (Deceased), Jennifer Lori STEEVES-KISS, Illya Torrance THOMAS, John Paul BRASE, Dennis Xavier LEGAULT, Dean Larry DUVAL
  • Patent number: 11839531
    Abstract: A nonwoven web for use in an absorbent article is described. The nonwoven web has first and second nonwoven layers. The first nonwoven layer has a first plurality of fibers, an additive disposed, at least in part, on a portion of the first plurality of fibers, a first side and an opposing second side, wherein second side has a plurality of discontinuities. The second nonwoven layer has a second plurality of fibers, a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a plurality of tufts extending through at least a portion of the discontinuities in the first nonwoven layer, wherein the second nonwoven layer is attached to the first nonwoven layer such that at least a portion of the second plurality of fibers are in liquid communication with the first nonwoven layer, wherein the first nonwoven layer is hydrophobic and the second nonwoven layer is hydrophilic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Kelyn Anne Arora, Dean Larry DuVal, Stephanie Michelle Niezgoda, Rajeev Chhabra
  • Publication number: 20230329926
    Abstract: A package comprising an interior space and an exterior surface may have a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package. Each of the disposable absorbent articles may have a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent products may exhibit an In-Bag Stack Height of less about 80 mm as measured according to an In-Bag Stack Height Test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Thomas WEISMAN, Dean Larry DuVAL, Holger BERUDA, Peter DZIEZOK, Axel KRAUSE, Mattias SCHMIDT, Lutz STELZIG
  • Patent number: 11744743
    Abstract: An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Clint Adam Morrow, Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, John Lee Hammons, Dean Larry DuVal
  • Patent number: 11730641
    Abstract: A package comprising an interior space and an exterior surface may have a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package. Each of the disposable absorbent articles may have a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent products may exhibit an In-Bag Stack Height of less about 80 mm as measured according to an In-Bag Stack Height Test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Dean Larry Duval, Holger Beruda, Peter Dziezok, Axel Krause, Mattias Schmidt, Lutz Stelzig
  • Patent number: 11666493
    Abstract: An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Callida Williams Ludher, John Lee Hammons, Kelyn Anne Arora, Clint Adam Morrow, Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Stephanie Niezgoda Moss, Dean Larry DuVal
  • Patent number: 11590254
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an absorbent gelling material (AGM) having an encapsulated compound of one or more odor controlling organic compounds disposed upon a surface thereof is described. Alternatively, an AGM particle comprising an encapsulated reactive compound of one or more odor controlling organic compounds disposed as a surface coating thereon is described. Additionally, a method to manufacture an absorbent article is described. The method provides for the steps of: a) providing a solution in a solvent system, the solution has an encapsulating agent and one or more odor controlling organic compounds as a surface coating; b) applying an amount of the solution to a surface of an AGM particle; and, c) incorporating the AGM particle having the solution applied thereto into the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ebrahim Rezai, Timothy Alan Scavone, Joerg Andreas Mueller, Sebastian Blanck, Dean Larry DuVal, James Steven Riedeman, Victor Nicholas Vega, Michael P. Purdon, Peter Christopher Ellingson, Vincent Scott Stapp, Marc Jennewein
  • Patent number: 11523944
    Abstract: An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Kelyn Anne Arora, Timothy Ian Mullane, John Lee Hammons, Dean Larry DuVal
  • Patent number: 11376168
    Abstract: An Absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core comprising an absorbent structure, wherein the absorbent structure exhibits a Cross Direction bending rigidity between 0.3 gf*cm{circumflex over (?)}2/cm and 1.6 gf*cm{circumflex over (?)}2/cm and a Machine Direction bending rigidity between 1.5 gf*cm{circumflex over (?)}2/cm and 14 gf*cm{circumflex over (?)}2/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Clint Adam Morrow, Dean Larry DuVal, Wade Monroe Hubbard, Jr., Remo Bellucci
  • Publication number: 20220000682
    Abstract: A package comprising an interior space and an exterior surface may have a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package. Each of the disposable absorbent articles may have a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent products may exhibit an In-Bag Stack Height of less about 80 mm as measured according to an In-Bag Stack Height Test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Thomas WEISMAN, Dean Larry DuVAL, Holger BERUDA, Peter DZIEZOK, Axel KRAUSE, Mattias SCHMIDT, Lutz STELIZIG
  • Publication number: 20210369508
    Abstract: A nonwoven web for use in an absorbent article is described. The nonwoven web has first and second nonwoven layers. The first nonwoven layer has a first plurality of fibers, an additive disposed, at least in part, on a portion of the first plurality of fibers, a first side and an opposing second side, wherein second side has a plurality of discontinuities. The second nonwoven layer has a second plurality of fibers, a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a plurality of tufts extending through at least a portion of the discontinuities in the first nonwoven layer, wherein the second nonwoven layer is attached to the first nonwoven layer such that at least a portion of the second plurality of fibers are in liquid communication with the first nonwoven layer, wherein the first nonwoven layer is hydrophobic and the second nonwoven layer is hydrophilic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Kelyn Anne Arora, Dean Larry DuVal, Stephanie Michelle Niezgoda, Rajeev Chhabra
  • Patent number: 11160690
    Abstract: An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Clint Adam Morrow, Dean Larry DuVal, John Lee Hammons
  • Patent number: 11154435
    Abstract: A package comprising an interior space and an exterior surface may have a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package. Each of the disposable absorbent articles may have a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent products may exhibit an In-Bag Stack Height of less about 80 mm as measured according to an In-Bag Stack Height Test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Dean Larry DuVal, Holger Beruda, Peter Dziezok, Axel Krause, Mattias Schmidt, Lutz Stelzig
  • Patent number: 11110013
    Abstract: A nonwoven web for use in an absorbent article is described. The nonwoven web has first and second nonwoven layers. The first nonwoven layer has a first plurality of fibers, an additive disposed, at least in part, on a portion of the first plurality of fibers, a first side and an opposing second side, wherein second side has a plurality of discontinuities. The second nonwoven layer has a second plurality of fibers, a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a plurality of tufts extending through at least a portion of the discontinuities in the first nonwoven layer, wherein the second nonwoven layer is attached to the first nonwoven layer such that at least a portion of the second plurality of fibers are in liquid communication with the first nonwoven layer, wherein the first nonwoven layer is hydrophobic and the second nonwoven layer is hydrophilic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Kelyn Anne Arora, Dean Larry DuVal, Stephanie Michelle Niezgoda, Rajeev Chhabra
  • Publication number: 20210038438
    Abstract: An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Kelyn Anne Arora, John Lee Hammons, Callida Williams Ludher, Tana Marie Kirkbride, Clint Adam Morrow, Timothy Ian Mullane, Dean Larry DuVal, Stephanie Niezgoda Moss
  • Publication number: 20210015682
    Abstract: An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Clint Adam Morrow, Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, John Lee Hammons, Dean Larry DuVal
  • Patent number: 10849795
    Abstract: An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Kelyn Anne Arora, John Lee Hammons, Callida Williams Ludher, Tana Marie Kirkbride, Clint Adam Morrow, Timothy Ian Mullane, Dean Larry DuVal, Stephanie Niezgoda Moss
  • Patent number: 10780001
    Abstract: A process for shipping absorbent products having a substantially airfelt free absorbent core, on pallets, is provided. The loaded pallet comprises a plurality of packages, each having a plurality of disposable absorbent articles disposed within the interior space of the package, wherein the plurality of packages are arranged on the pallet such that the plurality of packages on the pallet exhibit a density of from about 11.0 lbs/ft3 to about 14.6 lbs/ft3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Dean Larry Duval, Harald Hermann Hundorf, Holger Beruda, Horst Blessing, Peter Dziezok, Axel Krause, Mattias Schmidt, Lutz Stelzig
  • Publication number: 20200253794
    Abstract: An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Callida Williams Ludher, John Lee Hammons, Kelyn Anne Arora, Clint Adam Morrow, Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Stephanie Niezgoda Moss, Dean Larry DuVal
  • Publication number: 20200129345
    Abstract: A nonwoven web for use in an absorbent article is described. The nonwoven web has first and second nonwoven layers. The first nonwoven layer has a first plurality of fibers, an additive disposed, at least in part, on a portion of the first plurality of fibers, a first side and an opposing second side, wherein second side has a plurality of discontinuities. The second nonwoven layer has a second plurality of fibers, a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a plurality of tufts extending through at least a portion of the discontinuities in the first nonwoven layer, wherein the second nonwoven layer is attached to the first nonwoven layer such that at least a portion of the second plurality of fibers are in liquid communication with the first nonwoven layer, wherein the first nonwoven layer is hydrophobic and the second nonwoven layer is hydrophilic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Kelyn Anne Arora, Dean Larry DuVal, Stephanie Michelle Niezgoda, Rajeev Chhabra