Patents by Inventor LaRhonda Rachell Preston

LaRhonda Rachell Preston 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).

  • Embossed fibrous structure product with enhanced absorbency
    Patent number: 7741234
    Abstract: A fibrous structure product comprising one or more plies of fibrous structure; a basis weight from about 10 lbs/3000 ft2 to about 50 lbs/3000 ft2; from 16% to about 40% of hardwood fibers, in one embodiment eucalyptus fibers, wherein the starting hardwood fibers have a Runkel Ratio of from 4.5 to about 15 and a fiber count of from about 12 fibers/gram to about 35 fibers/gram; and a Residual Water Value from about 0.001 to about 0.18. In one embodiment the product comprises two or more plies of fibrous structure, a basis weight from about 25 lbs/3000 ft2 to about 50 lbs/3000 ft2 and from about 23% to about 40% of hardwood fibers. In another embodiment at least one of the piles of the fibrous structure product further comprises a plurality of embossments thereon comprising an embossment height of from about 600 ?m to about 1,200 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Jacqueline Smith, LaRhonda Rachell Preston, Kevin Mitchell Wiwi, Ward William Ostendorf, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Embossed fibrous structure product with enhanced absorbency
    Publication number: 20070264896
    Abstract: A fibrous structure product comprising one or more plies of fibrous structure; a basis weight from about 10 lbs/3000 ft2 to about 50 lbs/3000 ft2; from 16% to about 40% of hardwood fibers, in one embodiment eucalyptus fibers, wherein the starting hardwood fibers have a Runkel Ratio of from 4.5 to about 15 and a fiber count of from about 12 fibers/gram to about 35 fibers/gram; and a Residual Water Value from about 0.001 to about 0.18. In one embodiment the product comprises two or more plies of fibrous structure, a basis weight from about 25 lbs/3000 ft2 to about 50 lbs/3000 ft2 and from about 23% to about 40% of hardwood fibers. In another embodiment at least one of the piles of the fibrous structure product further comprises a plurality of embossments thereon comprising an embossment height of from about 600 ?m to about 1,200 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Dana Jacqueline Smith, LaRhonda Rachell Preston, Kevin Mitchell Wiwi, Ward William Ostendorf, Paul Dennis Trokhan