Patents by Inventor John Allen Manifold

John Allen Manifold 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).

  • Sanitary Tissue Products
    Publication number: 20170254024
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products employing fibrous structures that exhibit a novel combination of compressibility properties, plate stiffness properties, and slip stick coefficient of friction properties, and methods for making same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Guillermo Matias Vidal, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, David Warren Loebker, Ryan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold, Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi
  • Fibrous structures and methods for making same
    Patent number: 9752281
    Abstract: Fibrous structures having a surface including a plurality of line elements and a method for making same is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, Douglas Jay Barkey, Angela Marie Leimbach, James Allen Cain
  • Embossed Fibrous Structures
    Publication number: 20170247842
    Abstract: Embossed multi-ply fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 15.8% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch
  • Sanitary Tissue Products
    Publication number: 20170226697
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products employing fibrous structures that exhibit novel compressibility properties alone and in combination with plate stiffness properties and methods for making same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Guillermo Matias Vidal, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, David Warren Loebker, Ryan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold
  • Fibrous Structures
    Publication number: 20170183825
    Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Tensile Ratio of less than 1.75 and/or less than 1.49 as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method described herein and a Geometric Mean Modulus (GM Modulus) of less than 1402.4 g/cm at 15 g/cm and/or a Machine Direction Modulus (MD Modulus) of less than 1253.4 g/cm at 15 g/cm and/or a Cross Machine Direction Modulus (CD Modulus) of less than 1569.2 g/cm at 15 g/cm, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, Joshua Thomas Fun, Jeremy Howard Nugent, Ashley Lynn Kuntz, Katie Christine Fleming Glass, Kathryn Christian Kien, Kevin Mitchell
  • Sanitary tissue products
    Patent number: 9683331
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products employing fibrous structures that exhibit a novel combination of compressibility properties, plate stiffness properties, and slip stick coefficient of friction properties, and methods for making same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Guillermo Matias Vidal, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, David Warren Loebker, Ryan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold, Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi
  • Embossed fibrous structures
    Patent number: 9677226
    Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 12.5% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch
  • Sanitary tissue products
    Patent number: 9670620
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products employing fibrous structures that exhibit novel compressibility properties alone and in combination with plate stiffness properties and methods for making same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Guillermo Matias Vidal, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, David Warren Loebker, Ryan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold
  • Sanitary tissue products with superior machine direction elongation and foreshortening properties and methods for making same
    Patent number: 9631323
    Abstract: Fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products comprising fibrous structure, and more particularly to fibrous structures comprising pulp fibers, wherein the fibrous structures exhibit unique elongation (stretch) and total foreshortening properties, and methods for making such fibrous structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ryan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold, Ward William Ostendorf, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Douglas Jay Barkey
  • Sanitary tissue products with free fibers and methods for making same
    Patent number: 9622625
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products that exhibit novel free fiber numbers compared to known sanitary tissue products as measured according to the Free Fiber Test Method described herein, and methods for making same, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ryan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold, Ward William Ostendorf, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan
  • Sanitary tissue products and methods for making same
    Patent number: 9617684
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products employing 3D patterned fibrous structure plies having a surface comprising a novel three-dimensional (3D) pattern such that the 3D patterned fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products employing the fibrous structures exhibit novel cushiness as evidenced by compressibility of the fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products, novel flexibility as evidenced by plate stiffness of the fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products, and/or surface smoothness as evidenced by slip stick coefficient of friction of the fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products, and methods for making same, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ryan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold, Ward William Ostendorf, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Douglas Jay Barkey
  • Fibrous structures
    Patent number: 9593452
    Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Tensile Ratio of less than 1.75 and/or less than 1.49 as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method described herein and a Geometric Mean Modulus (GM Modulus) of less than 1402.4 g/cm at 15 g/cm and/or a Machine Direction Modulus (MD Modulus) of less than 1253.4 g/cm at 15 g/cm and/or a Cross Machine Direction Modulus (CD Modulus) of less than 1569.2 g/cm at 15 g/cm, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, Joshua Thomas Fung, Jeremy Howard Nugent, Ashley Lynn Kuntz, Katie Kristine Fleming Glass, Kathryn Christian Kien, Kevin Mitchell
  • Sanitary Tissue Products
    Publication number: 20170022670
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products employing fibrous structures that exhibit novel combination of average TS7 values and slip stick coefficient of friction and/or compressibility properties and methods for making same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: William Ellis Bailey, Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi, John Allen Manifold, Ward William Ostendorf
  • Seamless Unitary Deflection Member for Making Fibrous Structures Having Increased Surface Area and Process for Making Same
    Publication number: 20160369452
    Abstract: A seamless unitary deflection member. The seamless unitary deflection member can have a backside defining an X-Y plane and a thickness in a Z-direction. The seamless unitary deflection member can also have a reinforcing member and a plurality of protuberances positioned on the reinforcing member. Each protuberance can have a three-dimensional shape such that any cross-sectional area of the protuberance parallel to the X-Y plane can have an equal or lesser area than any cross-sectional area of the protuberance being a greater distance from the X-Y plane in the Z-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, John Leslie Brent, Jr., James Michael Singer
  • Fibrous Structures
    Publication number: 20160362844
    Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 15.8% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch, Robert Lenord Powers, Christopher Gerald Donner
  • Unitary Deflection Member for Making Fibrous Structures Having Increased Surface Area and Process for Making Same
    Publication number: 20160354979
    Abstract: A unitary deflection member and a method for making a unitary deflection member is disclosed. The method can include the steps of: providing an additive manufacturing making apparatus; providing a material for the unitary deflection member, the material being compatible for use with the additive manufacturing making apparatus; generating a 3-D digital image of objects in a repeat element of the unitary deflection member, the objects including at least a reinforcing member and at least one protuberance of the unitary deflection member; assembling the objects into a digitized file including the at least one protuberance being on said reinforcing member; importing the digitized file to make numerical control file; and depositing the material using the additive manufacturing making apparatus to make the unitary deflection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, John Leslie Brent, JR., James Michael Singer
  • Unitary Deflection Member for Making Fibrous Structures Having Increased Surface Area and Process for Making Same
    Publication number: 20160355988
    Abstract: A unitary deflection member. The unitary deflection member can have a fluid pervious reinforcing member and a patterned framework. The patterned framework can have a plurality of regularly spaced protuberances extending from the reinforcing member. At least two of said protuberances can be similar in size and shape, and each protuberance can have a transition portion having a transition portion width and a forming portion having a forming portion width. The transition portion width can be less than the forming portion width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, John Leslie Brent, JR., James Michael Singer
  • Sanitary Tissue Products
    Publication number: 20160355989
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products employing fibrous structures that exhibit a novel combination of compressibility properties, plate stiffness properties, and slip stick coefficient of friction properties, and methods for making same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Guillermo Matias Vidal, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, David Warren Loebker, Ryan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold, Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi
  • Fibrous Structures
    Publication number: 20160331191
    Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Modulus (GM Modulus) of less than 1402.4 g/cm at 15 g/cm as measured according to the Modulus Test Method described herein and a Geometric Mean Elongation (GM Elongation or GM Elong) of less than 10.2% measured according to the Elongation Test Method described herein are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, Joshua Thomas Fung, Jeremy Howard Nugent, Ashley Lynn Kuntz, Katie Kirstine Fleming Glass, Kathryn Christian Kien, Kevin Mitchell
  • Unitary Deflection Member for Making Fibrous Structures Having Increased Surface Area and Process for Making Same
    Publication number: 20160319483
    Abstract: A unitary deflection member. The unitary deflection member can have a backside defining an X-Y plane and a thickness in a Z-direction. The unitary deflection member can also have a reinforcing member and a plurality of protuberances positioned on the reinforcing member. Each protuberance can have a three-dimensional shape such that any cross-sectional area of the protuberance parallel to the X-Y plane can have an equal or greater area than any cross-sectional area of the protuberance being a greater distance from the X-Y plane in the Z-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: John Allen Manifold, John Leslie Brent, JR., James Michael Singer