Patents by Inventor Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck

Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck 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: 8378168
    Abstract: A feminine hygiene garment containing a liquid pervious topsheet coated with a nonuniform pattern of a lotion composition is disclosed. The lotion composition is semi-solid or solid at 20° C. and is partially transferable to the wearer's skin. The lotion composition is applied to the article in a nonuniform manner, preferably such that there are regions on the article's topsheet that are not coated with lotion. In one embodiment the nonuniform pattern is a plurality of stripes of lotion that are separated by a plurality of stripes having no lotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck, Julie Charlene Rule
  • Patent number: 6861571
    Abstract: An article containing a liquid pervious topsheet coated with a lotion composition is disclosed. The lotion composition provides a skin benefit and/or reduces the adherence of BM to the skin of the wearer, thereby improving the case of BM clean up. The lotion composition applied to the article in a nonuniform manner, preferably such there are regions on the article's topsheet that are not coated with lotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck, Julie Charlene Rule
  • Publication number: 20040199136
    Abstract: An article containing a liquid pervious topsheet coated with a lotion composition is disclosed. The lotion composition provides a skin benefit and/or reduces the adherence of BM to the skin of the wearer, thereby improving the ease of BM clean up. The lotion composition applied to the article in a nonuniform manner, preferably such there are regions on the article's topsheet that are not coated with lotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck, Julie Charlene Rule
  • Publication number: 20040193126
    Abstract: An article containing a liquid pervious topsheet coated with a lotion composition is disclosed. The lotion composition provides a skin benefit and/or reduces the adherence of BM to the skin of the wearer, thereby improving the ease of BM clean up. The lotion composition applied to the article in a nonuniform manner, preferably such there are regions on the article's topsheet that are not coated with lotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck, Julie Charlene Rule
  • Patent number: 6710223
    Abstract: The present invention relates a method for improving skin condition by repeatedly applying lotion-treated absorbent articles to a wearer. When applied with sufficient frequency, the skin in the area covered by lotion-treated absorbent articles shows improvement in skin smoothness, relative to skin covered by untreated absorbent articles that do not comprise a skin care composition. The present invention also relates to methods for assessing skin smoothness in the area covered by an absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck, Gretchen Louise Elder, Mauricio Rolando Odio, Susan Baldwin, Michelle Denise Roseman, Kevin Eugene Grandison
  • Patent number: 6426444
    Abstract: An article containing a liquid pervious topsheet coated with a lotion composition is disclosed. The lotion composition provides a skin benefit and/or reduces the adherence of BM to the skin of the wearer, thereby improving the ease of BM clean up. The lotion composition applied to the article in a nonuniform manner, preferably such there are regions on the article's topsheet that are not coated with lotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck, Julie Charlene Rule
  • Publication number: 20010025162
    Abstract: An article containing a liquid pervious topsheet coated with a lotion composition is disclosed. The lotion composition provides a skin benefit and/or reduces the adherence of BM to the skin of the wearer, thereby improving the ease of BM clean up. The lotion composition applied to the article in a nonuniform manner, preferably such there are regions on the article's topsheet that are not coated with lotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck, Julie Charlene Rule
  • Patent number: 6120783
    Abstract: Web materials which have two or more skin care compositions disposed thereon. The skin care compositions are transferable to the wearer's skin by normal contact and/or wearer motion and/or body heat. The skin care compositions disclosed in the present invention are selected to maintain and/or improve the skin health of the wearer upon transfer during use, for example, to provide a skin protective barrier or a therapeutic benefit; to minimize the abrasion between the cuffs and skin in the area where the cuffs contact the wearer's skin, resulting in less skin irritation; to improve BM clean up on the skin, or to improve the barrier properties of the cuffs. Web materials of the present invention have a wide range of potential uses in both durable and disposable articles, but are particularly well suited for use in disposable absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, incontinent briefs, training pants, sanitary napkins, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donald Carroll Roe, Gretchen Louise Elder, Thomas Edward Schulte, Laura Graves Spalding Van Rijswijck, Steven Worthington Miller