Patents by Inventor Gary Dean Lavon

Gary Dean Lavon 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: 20230157901
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to taped and pant articles comprising substantially identical chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Michael Gary NEASE, Gene Xiaoqing HUANG, Jacob Alan BARNHORST, Masaharu NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11648159
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core. The article also includes a waist feature joined to the chassis a waist region and having a portion extending longitudinally outboard of the chassis in said waist region. The backsheet has a barrier layer having a maximum length, LBS. The absorbent core has absorbent material and a maximum length, LCW, and wherein LCW is substantially the same as LBS. The absorbent material is disposed in an absorbent material deposition area. The absorbent material deposition area has a maximum length, LAB, wherein LAB is about 90% or greater of LBS. The first absorbent area lateral edge is disposed a longitudinal distance, D1, from the first barrier lateral edge, wherein D1 is 5% or less of LBS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Masaharu Nishikawa, Gary Dean Lavon
  • Publication number: 20230146261
    Abstract: Absorbent articles of the present disclosure may have Relaxed Product Waist Widths, Relaxed Product Hip Widths, and Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouettes as disclosed herein. And, arrays of the present disclosure may have Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouettes and Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist-to-Weight Ratio as disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON, Kaoru ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11633310
    Abstract: A sensor system for detecting a property of or within an absorbent article may comprise an absorbent article and an auxiliary article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Uwe Schober, Lutz Lisseck, Stefan Hubert Hollinger
  • Patent number: 11607351
    Abstract: A method of making a laminate for an absorbent article is provided. The laminate comprises elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate two substrates. The first substrate has a primary fiber bond pattern formed therein and comprising a plurality of primary fiber bonds. The method comprises forming densified regions in the first substrate. A perimeter of each of the densified regions is larger than a perimeter of each of the primary fiber bonds. The densified regions together form a pattern of densified regions in the first substrate. The method comprises adhesively attaching the elastic elements to the first substrate, joining the second substrate to the first substrate or to some of the elastic elements, and forming a plurality of rugosities in the first substrate by allowing the elastic elements to at least partially contract. The frequency and amplitude ranges of the rugosities result from the pattern of the densified regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Wade, Gary Dean LaVon, Kaoru Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20230049444
    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: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Bret Darren SEITZ, Gary Dean LaVON, Jill TRYGIER, Vanessa MELENDEZ
  • Patent number: 11571340
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to taped and pant articles comprising substantially identical chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Michael Gary Nease, Gene Xiaoqing Huang, Jacob Alan Barnhorst, Masaharu Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230036659
    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: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Gary Dean LaVon, Bret Darren Seitz, Sarah Marie Wade, Joseph Allen Eckstein, Vanessa Marie Melendez, Elizabeth Jo Bruns
  • Publication number: 20230026296
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Sarah Marie WADE, Tina Marie GLAHN, Gary Dean LAVON, Diana Woehnl JURATOVAC, Kaoru ISHIHARA, Masaharu NISHIKAWA, Ronald Joseph ZINK, Anna Elizabeth MACURA
  • Patent number: 11547613
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Arman Ashraf, Gary Dean LaVon, Bret Darren Seitz, Sarah Marie Wade, Joseph Allen Eckstein, Vanessa Marie Melendez, Elizabeth Jo Bruns
  • Patent number: 11510827
    Abstract: An array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The second absorbent article may have a larger Relaxed Product Side Length than the first absorbent article and/or a larger Relaxed Product Length than the first absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jill Trygier, Vanessa Melendez
  • Patent number: 11510826
    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: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon
  • Patent number: 11504281
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jill Trygier, Vanessa Melendez
  • Publication number: 20220354716
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a front belt and a rear belt, each comprising a central zone and first and second peripheral zones, the zones extending substantially in transverse direction of the absorbent article. The at least first belt provides improved fit in the low motion zone of a wearer while being able to adapt easily to the motion of the wearer outside the low motion zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Koichi MORIMOTO, Chunmin CHENG, Ling TONG
  • Patent number: 11491056
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Publication number: 20220331173
    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 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren SEITZ, Sarah M. WADE, Masaharu NISHIKAWA, Franz-Josef HERMES
  • Patent number: 11452644
    Abstract: A sensor system for detecting a property of or within an absorbent article may comprise an absorbent article and a sensor. The absorbent article may comprise a garment-facing layer and an absorbent assembly. The sensor may be disposed in and/or on the absorbent article. The sensor may be separable from the absorbent article. The sensor may be configured to sense a change in condition within the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Vijay Rajagopalan
  • Patent number: 11432974
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Bret Darren Seitz, Sarah M. Wade, Masaharu Nishikawa, Franz-Josef Hermes
  • Patent number: 11432973
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Bret Darren Seitz, Masaharu Nishikawa, Sarah M. Wade, Franz-Josef Hermes
  • Patent number: 11432971
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Bret Darren Seitz, Franz-Josef Hermes