Patents by Inventor Nicola John Policicchio

Nicola John Policicchio 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).

  • Nonwoven Materials
    Publication number: 20140130277
    Abstract: A nonwoven material is disclosed. The nonwoven material comprises a first nonwoven substrate comprising a three-dimensional texture. The three-dimensional texture comprises peaks and valleys such that the texture may comprise an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 1 mm to about 20 mm, an Average Height Differential in the range of about 1 mm to about 3 mm, and a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.01 to about 10. The first nonwoven substrate may comprise polyester. The nonwoven material comprises a second nonwoven substrate comprising a polyolefin and a surfactant applied to the first or second nonwoven substrates. The surfactant is included at an add-on level of at least 0.1%, by weight of the nonwoven material. The first nonwoven substrate is joined to the second nonwoven substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saeed FERESHTEHKHOU, Paul Joseph RUSSO, Wilbur Cecil STRICKLAND, JR., Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • Packages Containing Sheets
    Publication number: 20140130276
    Abstract: An article of manufacture is disclosed. The article of manufacture comprises a package and a disposable sheet. The sheet has a first surface and a second surface. One of the surfaces comprises a texture. The texture is defined by peaks and valleys such that the one textured surface may have an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 1 mm to about 20 mm, an Average Height Differential in the range of 1 mm to 3 mm, and a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.01 to about 10. The sheet may be contained within the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saeed FERESHTEHKHOU, Paul Joseph RUSSO, Wilbur Cecil STRICKLAND, JR., Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • Articles of Commerce Having Three-Dimensional Sheets
    Publication number: 20140130278
    Abstract: A sanitary article is disclosed. The sanitary article comprises a disposable, macroscopically three-dimensional sheet. The sheet has a first surface and a second surface. One of the surfaces comprises a macroscopic three-dimensional texture. The macroscopic three-dimensional texture comprises peaks and valleys such that the textured surface may have an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 3 mm to about 16 mm, an Average Height Differential in the range of 1 mm to about 3 mm, and a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.1 to about 5. The sanitary article may comprise a surfactant on the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saeed FERESHTEHKHOU, Paul Joseph RUSSO, Wilbur Cecil STRICKLAND JR., Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • Three-dimensional Materials
    Publication number: 20140134369
    Abstract: A material having a first surface and a second surface is disclosed. The first or second surface comprises a texture. The texture is defined by peaks and valleys such that the textured surface may have an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 3 mm to about 16 mm, an Average Height Differential of at least 1 mm, and a Surface Topography Index from about 0.1 to about 5. The material may comprise a surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saeed FERESHTEHKHOU, Paul Joseph RUSSO, Wilbur Cecil STRICKLAND, JR., Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • NOVEL THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES USEFUL AS CLEANING SHEETS
    Publication number: 20140026341
    Abstract: Disclosed are cleaning sheets having substantial macroscopic three-dimensionality. Optionally, the macroscopically three-dimensional cleaning sheets can comprise a contractable material (e.g., a scrim material), which when heated and then cooled contracts so as to provide a macroscopic, three-dimensional structure. Macroscopic three-dimensionality is described in terms of “average peak-to-peak distance” and “surface topography index”, as well in terms of “average height differential”. Also disclosed are cleaning implements comprising a handle and the described cleaning sheets. Processes for the sheets, benefits of the processes, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saeed FERESHTEHKHOU, Paul Joseph RUSSO, Wilbur Cecil STRICKLAND JR., Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • FLOOR CLEANING APPLIANCE HAVING DISPOSABLE FLOOR SHEETS AND METHOD OF CLEANING A FLOOR THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20130319463
    Abstract: A cleaning system. The system has a steam mop, pad, and a cleaning solution. This combination provides synergistic cleaning benefits over prior art systems using steam alone and over prior art systems using cleaning solutions alone. The cleaning benefits include both the capability to clean larger areas and clean additional types of stains. The cleaning system may be used to clean hard surfaces, such as a floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • Handle for removable cleaning implement
    Patent number: 8578564
    Abstract: A handle for receiving a cleaning article, such as a dusting device. The handle has one or more tines which are disposed outboard of a reference plane. This geometry provides a friction fit for receiving a removable cleaning device on the tines, without substantial interference. The friction fit retains the cleaning article on the handle during use while reducing tearing which occurs during installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicola John Policicchio, David Calvert Rucker, David William Schuller, Richard Christopher Hagee, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Richard Lee Lane, Ryan Robert Berger, Ranier Bernhard Teufel
  • Squeegee having at least one renewable blade surface for treating a target surface
    Patent number: 8578543
    Abstract: A device for treating a target surface, such as occurs when cleaning a window. The device has plural squeegee blades joined by a head. The head has a slot therethrough. A sheet may be longitudinally move over one or more than one of the blades to renew its surface before, during or after use. Each squeegee blade may have a dedicated sheet. The sheet(s) may travel through the slot to originate from or be stored within the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicola John Policicchio, William Michael Cannon, Patricia R. Soll, Kuang-Kai Liu, Mark John Steinhardt
  • Three dimensional structures useful as cleaning sheets
    Patent number: 8536074
    Abstract: Disclosed are cleaning sheets having substantial macroscopic three-dimensionality. Optionally, the macroscopically three-dimensional cleaning sheets can comprise a contractable material (e.g., a scrim material), which when heated and then cooled contracts so as to provide a macroscopic, three-dimensional structure. Macroscopic three-dimensionality is described in terms of “average peak-to-peak distance” and “surface topography index”, as well in terms of “average height differential”. Also disclosed are cleaning implements comprising a handle and the described cleaning sheets. Processes for the sheets, benefits of the processes, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saeed Fereshtehkhou, Paul Joseph Russo, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Jr., Nicola John Policicchio
  • CLEANING ARTICLE WITH DIFFERENTIAL OVERLAP BETWEEN SHEET AND TOW FIBERS
    Publication number: 20130232710
    Abstract: A cleaning article optionally removably attachable to a handle. The cleaning article has a layer of tow fibers and a layer of sheet material, joined together in a layered construction. The tow fiber layer has a greater width than the sheet, so that the tow fibers overhang the edge of the sheet. The amount of overhang varies throughout at least a portion of the length of the cleaning article. Such variation provides a differential overhang believed to promote fluffing of the tow fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • CLEANING ARTICLE WITH UPSTANDING ELASTIC PANEL
    Publication number: 20130232706
    Abstract: A cleaning article optionally removably attachable to a handle and comprising tow fibers and at least one sheet joined together in a layered construction. The cleaning article is generally planar. An elastically contracted panel is joined to the plane of the fibers or the sheet. The elastic causes the panel to contact and extend outwardly from the plane of the cleaning article. By extending outwardly from the plane of the cleaning article, the panel can directly entangle the fibers or disrupt the sheet, to promote fluffing of the tow fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: Nicola John Policicchio
  • CLEANING ARTICLE WITH ELASTICALLY CONTRACTED SHEET
    Publication number: 20130232714
    Abstract: A cleaning article optionally removably attachable to a handle and comprising tow fibers and at least one sheet joined together in a layered construction. The cleaning article is generally planar. The sheet is elastically contracted. The sheet may be elastically contracted by heat shrinkable material, by elastic strands and/or may be elastomeric. This arrangement allows the sheet to entangle and thereby fluff the tow fibers. Such fluffing is believed to improve cleaning performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: Nicola John Policicchio
  • Device having dual renewable blades for treating a target surface and replaceable cartridge therefor
    Patent number: 8495784
    Abstract: A device for treating a target surface, such as occurs when cleaning a window. The device has a squeegee blade or other member to apply pressure to the target surface. A sheet movably covers the blade, to present a fresh covering to the target surface with each use. The fresh surface provides for improved removal of the liquid from, or improved treatment of the liquid on, the target surface. Additionally a sheet may comprise a prewetted substrate to apply the liquid to the target surface. One or both of the sheets may be disposed in a cartridge insertable to and removable from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark John Steinhardt, William Michael Cannon, Nicola John Policicchio, Patricia R. Soll, Kuang-Kai Liu, Christopher Miles Miller, Kevin Michael Rodgers, David Keith Dycher, Gregory Clegg Spooner, Bengt Ivar Anders Ivarsson, William Fraser Gwynfor Jones, Stanley Yuk Ming Chan
  • Cleaning pad and cleaning implement
    Patent number: 8407848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning implement comprises a handle; a head portion pivotally attached to the handle comprising an upper surface and a lower surface connected to the upper surface by side edges; and a cleaning pad removably attached to the head portion, the cleaning pad comprising an absorbent layer which extends over the lower surface of the head portion and a scrubbing strip which extends along a side edge of the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David John Pung, Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Edward Phillip Allie, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, Jeffrey Len Osborne, Nicola John Policicchio
  • CLEANING PAD AND CLEANING IMPLEMENT
    Publication number: 20120279005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning implement comprises a handle; a head portion pivotally attached to the handle comprising an upper surface and a lower surface connected to the upper surface by side edges; and a cleaning pad removably attached to the head portion, the cleaning pad comprising an absorbent layer which extends over the lower surface of the head portion and a scrubbing strip which extends along a side edge of the head portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: David John Pung, Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Edward Phillip Allie, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, Jeffrey Len Osbome, Nicola John Policicchio
  • Device Having Dual Renewable Blades For Treating a Target Surface and Replaceable Cartridge Therefor
    Publication number: 20120266399
    Abstract: A device for treating a target surface, such as occurs when cleaning a window. The device has a squeegee blade or other member to apply pressure to the target surface. A sheet movably covers the blade, to present a fresh covering to the target surface with each use. The fresh surface provides for improved removal of the liquid from, or improved treatment of the liquid on, the target surface. Additionally a sheet may comprise a prewetted substrate to apply the liquid to the target surface. One or both of the sheets may be disposed in a cartridge insertable to and removable from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Mark John Steinhardt, William Michael Cannon, Nicola John Policicchio, Patricia R. Soll, Kuang-Kai Liu, Christopher Miles Miller, Kevin Michael Rodgers, David Keith Dycher, Gergory Clegg Spooner, Bengt Ivar Anders Ivarsson, William Fraser Gwynfor Jones, Stanley Yuk Ming Chan
  • Squeegee Having at Least One Renewable Blade Surface For Treating a Target Surface
    Publication number: 20120266916
    Abstract: A device for treating a target surface, such as occurs when cleaning a window. The device has plural squeegee blades joined by a head. The head has a slot therethrough. A sheet may be longitudinally move over one or more than one of the blades to renew its surface before, during or after use. Each squeegee blade may have a dedicated sheet. The sheet(s) may travel through the slot to originate from or be stored within the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Nicola John Policicchio, William Michael Cannon, Patricia R. Soll, Kuang-Kai Liu, Mark John Steinhardt
  • Plural Zoned Substrate Usable for Treating a Target Surface
    Publication number: 20120266915
    Abstract: A device for treating a target surface, such as occurs when cleaning a window. The device has a substrate. The substrate has plural, alternating zones. One zone may apply a liquid to the target surface, while the immediately succeeding zone removes the liquid from the target surface. The following plural zones may be used to repeat this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Mark John Steinhardt, Nicola John Policicchio, William Michael Cannon, Arthur Hampton Neergaard, Kuang-Kai Liu, Patricia R. Soll
  • Device Having a Renewable Blade Surface For Treating a Target Surface
    Publication number: 20120266923
    Abstract: A device for treating a target surface, such as occurs when cleaning a window. The device has a squeegee blade or other member to apply pressure to the target surface. A sheet movably covers the blade, to present a fresh covering to the target surface with each use. The fresh surface provides for improved removal of the liquid from, or improved treatment of the liquid on, the target surface. Additionally or alternatively, the sheet may comprise a prewetted substrate to apply the liquid to the target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Mark John Steinhardt, William Michael Cannon, Nicola John Policicchio, Patricia R. Soll, Kevin Michael Rodgers, David Keith Dycher, Gregory Clegg Spooner, Bengt Ivar Anders Ivarason, William Fraser Gwynfor Jones, Stanley Yuk Ming Chan
  • Cleaning pad and cleaning implement
    Patent number: 8250700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning implement comprises a handle; a head portion pivotally attached to the handle comprising an upper surface and a lower surface connected to the upper surface by side edges; and a cleaning pad removably attached to the head portion, the cleaning pad comprising an absorbent layer which extends over the lower surface of the head portion and a scrubbing strip which extends along a side edge of the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David John Pung, Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Edward Phillip Allie, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, Jeffrey Len Osborne, Nicola John Policicchio