Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Rachelle McElroy

Elizabeth Rachelle McElroy 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: 8317764
    Abstract: A method for designing an absorbent article to be worn close to the body is disclosed. For one embodiment of the method, the steps are attaching middy tape in the shape of an edge of a first element of an absorbent article onto a body form to create an outline of the first element of the absorbent article, attaching conformable sheet material to the body form about the outline of the first element of the absorbent article, marking the shape of the outline of the first element of the absorbent article on the conformable sheet material to create a pattern, removing the conformable sheet material from the body form, constructing a first element of the absorbent article corresponding to the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Rachelle McElroy, Beth Goldman Mason
  • Publication number: 20120016327
    Abstract: A method of designing graphics for absorbent articles comprising the steps of: selecting one or more basic technical flats comprising a plurality of printing zones; selecting a color palette; selecting one or more patterns and/or solid prints; and modeling the one or more selected patterns and/or solid prints, using the one or more selected colors, in the printing zones of the basic technical flat that they are selected for, to form an enhanced technical flat that comprises the graphic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Beth Goldman Mason, Elizabeth Rachelle Mcelroy, Frances J. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20080015529
    Abstract: A method for designing an absorbent article to be worn close to the body is disclosed. For one embodiment of the method, the steps are attaching middy tape in the shape of an edge of a first element of an absorbent article onto a body form to create an outline of the first element of the absorbent article, attaching conformable sheet material to the body form about the outline of the first element of the absorbent article, marking the shape of the outline of the first element of the absorbent article on the conformable sheet material to create a pattern, removing the conformable sheet material from the body form, constructing a first element of the absorbent article corresponding to the pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Elizabeth Rachelle McElroy, Beth Goldman Mason
  • Publication number: 20080015533
    Abstract: A method for designing an absorbent article to be worn close to the body is disclosed. For one embodiment of the method, the steps are attaching middy tape in the shape of an edge of a first element of an absorbent article onto a body form to create an outline of the first element of the absorbent article, attaching conformable sheet material to the body form about the outline of the first element of the absorbent article, marking the shape of the outline of the first element of the absorbent article on the conformable sheet material to create a pattern, removing the conformable sheet material from the body form, constructing a first element of the absorbent article corresponding to the pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Elizabeth Rachelle McElroy, Beth Goldman Mason
  • Patent number: D686318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Beth Goldman Mason, George Christopher Dobrin, Elizabeth Rachelle McElroy, Jenny Sauer Cutshaw, Kimberly Elizabeth Hawes
  • Patent number: D691715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Beth Goldman Mason, George Christopher Dobrin, Elizabeth Rachelle McElroy, Jenny Sauer Cutshaw, Kimberly Elizabeth Hawes
  • Patent number: D695895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Beth Goldman Mason, George Christopher Dobrin, Elizabeth Rachelle McElroy, Jenny Sauer Cutshaw, Kimberly Elizabeth Hawes
  • Patent number: D699346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Elizabeth Rachelle McElroy, John Joseph Litchholt, Jenny Sauer Cutshaw, Mary Holladay Kirschner, Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Sian Erica Saxon