Patents by Inventor Gerard A. Viens
Gerard A. Viens 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).
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Patent number: 11969324Abstract: An absorbent article having a nonwoven topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed therebetween, and a fluid management layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core is disclosed. The fluid management layer is an integrated nonwoven material having a basis weight in a range of from 40 gsm to 75 gsm and has 10 percent to about 60 percent by weight of absorbent fibers, from between about 15 percent to about 70 percent of resilient fibers, and from between about 25 percent to about 70 percent stiffening fibers. The absorbent article exhibits a third dose acquisition time of less than 10 seconds, more preferably less than 8 seconds, and most preferably less than 7 seconds, and a Rewet of no greater than 0.40 g, more preferably less than about 0.3 grams, or most preferably less than about 0.2 grams.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kelyn Anne Arora, Gerard A. Viens
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Patent number: 11911246Abstract: A fluid management layer having an integrated, carded, nonwoven is described. The fluid management layer has a basis weight of between about 115 grams per square meter (gsm) and about 200 gsm; a plurality of absorbent fibers; a plurality of stiffening fibers; and a plurality of resilient fibers. The absorbent fibers make up from about 20 percent to about 60 percent by weight of the fluid management layer. The stiffening fibers have a dtex of between 4 and 10, and the resilient fibers have a dtex of between 3 and 12.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: The Procter and Gamble CompanyInventor: Gerard A. Viens
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Publication number: 20230329922Abstract: A fluid management layer having a basis weight of between about 40 grams per square meter (gsm) and about 120 gsm is described. The fluid management layer has a plurality of absorbent fibers, a plurality of stiffening fibers and a plurality of resilient fibers, wherein the absorbent fibers are present at about 20 percent to about 75 percent by weight, and wherein the integrated, carded, staple fiber, nonwoven has a first side and a second side, and wherein there is a higher number of absorbent fibers on the first side or second side versus the other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Gerard A. Viens, Jacquelyn Harris, Carlos Domingo Naranjo Martin, Alejandro Navarro
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Publication number: 20230277392Abstract: A feminine hygiene pad, having a topsheet of a unitary fibrous nonwoven web, is disclosed. The web includes bicomponent staple topsheet fibers having an average denier of 3.0 to 5.0 and a sheath-core bicomponent configuration, wherein the sheath component comprises polyethylene (PE) and the core component comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET), in a weight ratio of PE:PET of 40:60 to 60:40; the fibers include hydrophobic fibers; and the web includes inter-fiber bonds randomly distributed therewithin along the x-, y- and z-directions, wherein the inter-fiber bonds are present where sheaths of adjacent fibers are fusion-bonded together without compression.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Misael Omar AVILES, Jose Enrique BETANCOURT, Pietro CECCHETTO, Gerard A. VIENS, Olivia Maeve NEWMAN
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Patent number: 11717451Abstract: A fluid management layer having a basis weight of between about 40 grams per square meter (gsm) and about 120 gsm is described. The fluid management layer has a plurality of absorbent fibers, a plurality of stiffening fibers and a plurality of resilient fibers, wherein the absorbent fibers are present at about 20 percent to about 75 percent by weight, and wherein the integrated, carded, staple fiber, nonwoven has a first side and a second side, and wherein there is a higher number of absorbent fibers on the first side or second side versus the other.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANYInventors: Gerard A. Viens, Jacquelyn Harris, Carlos Domingo Naranjo Martin, Alejandro Navarro
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Publication number: 20230121636Abstract: A feminine hygiene pad is disclosed. The pad may include a topsheet comprising a nonwoven web, and a fluid management layer beneath the topsheet. The web may include bicomponent staple fibers having an average denier of 1.5 to 2.5 and a sheath-core configuration, have a basis weight of about 18 gsm to 40 gsm, and a plurality of randomly-distributed inter-fiber bonds wherein sheaths of adjacent fibers are fusion-bonded together without compression. The sheaths may comprise PE and the cores may comprise PET, in a weight ratio of 40:60 to 60:40. The web may be formed predominantly of hydrophobic fibers, or the web may include a blend of hydrophilic fibers and hydrophobic fibers, in a weight ratio of 30:70 to 70:30, wherein fiber hydrophilicity is effected by application of a surface treatment composition. The topsheet may bear an application of an anti-stick agent and/or have a pattern of apertures therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Pietro CECCHETTO, Misael Omar AVILES, Gerard A. VIENS, Olivia Maeve Newman, Jose Enrique BETANCOURT
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Publication number: 20230058874Abstract: An absorbent tampon is disclosed herein. The absorbent tampon has a fiber integrated primary absorbent member having an insertion end and a withdrawal end disposed opposite the insertion end, a top portion and a bottom portion as determined by the Secondary Desorption Performance method, and a secondary absorbent member attached to the primary absorbent member and extending outboard of the withdrawal end of the primary absorbent member. The tampon exhibits a wet weight percentage fluid in the bottom portion of at least about 60 percent when measured in accordance with the Secondary Desorption Performance method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Henry A. Brown, Ryo Minoguchi, Lymarie Semidey-Flecha, Gerard A. Viens
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Publication number: 20230039375Abstract: A tampon has a pair of longitudinally extending side edges and an absorbent member. The absorbent member has an insertion area, a withdrawal area, and an intermediate area between the insertion area and the withdrawal area and an attachment area. The absorbent material has a plurality of fiber integrated nonwoven layers but are without fiber integration adjacent layers outboard of the attachment area. A withdrawal line extends from the withdrawal area and is attached to the absorbent member in the attachment area such that each of the plurality of absorbent layers is attached to an adjacent nonwoven layer in the attachment area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Gerard A. VIENS, Nery Vanesa BRESLIN
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Patent number: 11497656Abstract: An absorbent tampon is disclosed herein. The absorbent tampon has a fiber integrated primary absorbent member having an insertion end and a withdrawal end disposed opposite the insertion end, a top portion and a bottom portion as determined by the Secondary Desorption Performance method, and a secondary absorbent member attached to the primary absorbent member and extending outboard of the withdrawal end of the primary absorbent member. The tampon exhibits a wet weight percentage fluid in the bottom portion of at least about 60 percent when measured in accordance with the Secondary Desorption Performance method.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Henry A. Brown, Ryo Minoguchi, Lymarie Semidey-Flecha, Gerard A. Viens
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Patent number: 11491055Abstract: A tampon has a pair of longitudinally extending side edges and an absorbent member. The absorbent member has an insertion area, a withdrawal area, and an intermediate area between the insertion area and the withdrawal area and an attachment area. The absorbent material has a plurality of fiber integrated nonwoven layers but are without fiber integration adjacent layers outboard of the attachment area. A withdrawal line extends from the withdrawal area and is attached to the absorbent member in the attachment area such that each of the plurality of absorbent layers is attached to an adjacent nonwoven layer in the attachment area.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gerard A. Viens, Nery Vanesa Breslin
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Patent number: 11389336Abstract: An absorbent structure including a distribution layer and a storage layer is disclosed. The distribution layer has two or more stratums. The two or more stratums include a body facing stratum and a subsequent stratum below the body facing stratum. The density of the subsequent stratum is a fraction of the density of the body facing stratum and the porosity of the subsequent stratum is a multiple of the body facing stratum porosity.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christopher Philip Bewick-Sonntag, Gerard A. Viens
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Patent number: 11369524Abstract: An absorbent structure is disclosed. The absorbent structure includes a first fibrous layer having a first surface and a second surface and a second layer having a first surface and second surface. The first fibrous layer is substantially planar and the second absorbent layer includes voids within the layer. The absorbent structure first fibrous layer and the second layer exhibit a structural integrity substantially equal to an absorbent structure without voids.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Wade Monroe Hubbard, Jr., Gerard A Viens, Kelyn Anne Arora, Nathan Ray Whitely
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Publication number: 20220104974Abstract: An absorbent article having a nonwoven topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed therebetween, and a fluid management layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core is disclosed. The fluid management layer is an integrated nonwoven material having a basis weight in a range of from 40 gsm to 75 gsm and has 10 percent to about 60 percent by weight of absorbent fibers, from between about 15 percent to about 70 percent of resilient fibers, and from between about 25 percent to about 70 percent stiffening fibers. The absorbent article exhibits a third dose acquisition time of less than 10 seconds, more preferably less than 8 seconds, and most preferably less than 7 seconds, and a Rewet of no greater than 0.40 g, more preferably less than about 0.3 grams, or most preferably less than about 0.2 grams.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Kelyn Anne Arora, Gerard A. Viens
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Publication number: 20220104973Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is described. The disposable absorbent article has a topsheet that is a carded, air-through bonded, nonwoven; a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and an integrated nonwoven fluid management layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core. The integrated nonwoven fluid management layer has a basis weight in a range of from 40 gsm to 75 gsm as determined by the Basis Weight method, 10 percent to about 60 percent by weight of absorbent fibers, from between about 15 percent to about 70 percent of resilient fibers, and from between about 25 percent to about 70 percent stiffening fibers as determined by the Material Composition Analysis. The absorbent article exhibits an average acquisition speed in a first gush of between about 10 seconds to about 40 seconds, when measured in accordance with the Repetitive Acquisition and Rewet method.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Gerard A. Viens, Pietro Cecchetto
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Patent number: 11285055Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is described. The disposable absorbent article has a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. A carded staple fiber nonwoven having a basis weight of between about 50 grams per square meter (gsm) and about 100 gsm, includes a blend of absorbing fibers, stiffening fibers and filler fibers. The carded staple fiber nonwoven has a pore volume radius mode of between about 60 ?m and about 120 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gerard A. Viens, Stephen Lebeuf Hardie, Edward Paul Carlin, Ronda Lynn Glassmeyer
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Patent number: 11173078Abstract: An absorbent structure comprising a heterogeneous mass comprising one or more enrobeable elements and one or more discrete open cell foam pieces wherein at least one of the discrete open cell foam pieces comprises a first vacuole and a second vacuole wherein the first vacuole has a first cross sectional area, wherein the second vacuole has a second cross sectional area, wherein the first vacuole enrobes a first enrobeable element, wherein the second vacuole enrobes a second enrobeable element, wherein the first enrobeable element and the second enrobeable element exhibit different surface properties.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Wade Monroe Hubbard, Jr., Paul Aaron Grosse, Gerard A. Viens
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Patent number: 11071656Abstract: An absorbent tampon is disclosed herein. The absorbent tampon strikes a balance between fluid distribution and expansion to reduce the likelihood of kinetic leakage and bypass leakage. The tampons have a fluid kinetic value “FKV” and a dynamic expansion value which are associated with their respective Syngyna ratings.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lymarie Semidey-Flecha, Gerard A. Viens, Arvind Rachamadugu
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Publication number: 20200315872Abstract: A disposable absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a fluid management layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core is disclosed. The disposable absorbent article provides improved fluid acquisition, improved stain size control, and improved performance when wet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Gerard A. Viens, Carlos Domingo NaranjoMartin, Paul Dominic Mellor, Andreas Knorr
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Publication number: 20200315873Abstract: A fluid management layer having an integrated, carded nonwoven is described. The fluid management layer has a basis weight of between about 40 grams per square meter (gsm) and about 75 gsm; a plurality of absorbent fibers; a plurality of stiffening fibers; and a plurality of resilient fibers. The fluid management layer has a caliper factor of at least about 0.13.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Gerard A. Viens, Carlos Domingo NaranjoMartin, Paul Dominic Mellor, Andreas Knorr
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Publication number: 20200315874Abstract: A disposable absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a fluid management layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core is disclosed. The fluid management layer is an integrated, carded, nonwoven disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core. The absorbent article exhibits an average stain size of less than about 2400 mm{circumflex over (?)}2, when measured in accordance with the Stain Size test method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Gerard A. Viens, Carlos Domingo NaranjoMartin, Paul Dominic Mellor, Andreas Knorr