Patents by Inventor Nicholas Jerome Wilke, II

Nicholas Jerome Wilke, II 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).

  • High bulk strong absorbent single-ply tissue-towel paper product
    Patent number: 7967950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent tissue-towel paper products comprising one essentially continuous ply of fibrous structure having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the product has an HFS absorbency greater than 8 g/g and the first surface exhibits an embossment height of at least 650 ?m and the second surface exhibits an embossment height of at least about 650 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Anthony Horenziak, Ellyne Elizabeth Prodoehl, Nicholas Jerome Wilke, II
  • Process for high engagement embossing on substrate having non-uniform stretch characteristics
    Patent number: 7678229
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a deep-nested embossed paper product comprising the steps of delivering one or more plies of paper to an embossing apparatus and embossing the one or more plies of the paper between two opposed embossing cylinders. The one or more plies of paper have a first direction and a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction where both the first and second directions are in the plane of the paper and the one or more plies of paper have a stretch characteristic in the first direction that is higher than the stretch characteristic in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Jerome Wilke, II
  • Process for high engagement embossing on substrate having non-uniform stretch characteristics
    Patent number: 7597777
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a deep-nested embossed paper product comprising the steps of delivering one or more plies of paper to an embossing apparatus and embossing the one or more plies of the paper between two opposed embossing cylinders. The one or more plies of paper have a first direction and a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction where both the first and second directions are in the plane of the paper and the one or more plies of paper have a stretch characteristic in the first direction that is higher than the stretch characteristic in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Jerome Wilke, II
  • Process for producing deep-nested embossed paper products
    Patent number: 7413629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing a deep-nested embossed paper products. The invention relates to a process for producing a deep-nested embossed paper products comprising one or more plies of paper where the resulting embossed ply or plies of paper comprise a plurality of embossments having an average embossment height of at least about 650 ?m and have a high finished product wet burst strength relative to the unembossed wet strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Wayne Robert Fisher, Donn Nathan Boatman, David Mark Rasch, Nicholas Jerome Wilke, II
  • HIGH BULK STRONG ABSORBENT SINGLE-PLY TISSUE-TOWEL PAPER PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20080149286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent tissue-towel paper products comprising one essentially continuous ply of fibrous structure having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the product has an HFS absorbency greater than 8 g/g and the first surface exhibits an embossment height of at least 650 ?m and the second surface exhibits an embossment height of at least about 650 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Steven Anthony Horenziak, Ellyne Elizabeth Prodoehl, Nicholas Jerome Wilke II
  • High bulk strong absorbent single-ply tissue-towel paper product
    Patent number: 7374638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent tissue-towel paper products comprising one essentially continuous ply of fibrous structure having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the product has an HFS absorbency greater than 8 g/g and the first surface exhibits an embossment height of at least 650 ?m and the second surface exhibits an embossment height of at least about 650 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Anthony Horenziak, Ellyne Elizabeth Prodoehl, Nicholas Jerome Wilke, II