Patents by Inventor Rachael Eden Walther

Rachael Eden Walther 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: 9456935
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprising a raised barrier is provided. The raised barrier extends into a front waist region, a crotch region, and a back waist region of the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nelson Edward Greening, II, Marie B. O'Reilly, Barry Robert Feist, Lisa J. Goodlander, Rachael Eden Walther, Tina Maria Glahn, Kathleen Quinlan Ames-Ooten, Sue Ann Mills, Vera Hille, Nicolette Johanna Birgitta Maria Vanderklaauw, Donald Carroll Roe, Sharon Irene Grenberg, Alfred Grant Edwards, Bruce J. Bader, Robert Christopher Frost
  • Publication number: 20160220426
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises first and second substrates and one or more elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the substrates. The second substrate is attached to the first substrate and/or to portions of the elastic elements. The absorbent article comprises an adhesive having a first and second pattern of elements disposed on first substrate, and first and second texture zones. The first texture zone comprises a first portion of the substrates, a first portion of the elastic elements, and the first pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a background pattern in the first portion of the substrates. The second texture zone comprises a second portion of the substrates, a second portion of the one or more elastic elements, and the second pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a macro pattern in the second portion of the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Gary Dean LaVon, Nicholas Paul Goyette, Kaoru Ishihara, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Juratovac
  • Publication number: 20160220425
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a chassis having a belt portion extending therefrom. The belt portion comprises a side edge, a waist opening edge, a leg opening edge, first and second substrates engaged with each other, and elastic elements disposed intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate. The belt portion also comprises a first texture zone comprising a first portion of the substrates and the elastic strands and disposed adjacent to the side edge and the waist opening edge and a second texture zone comprising a second portion of the substrates and the elastic elements and disposed adjacent to the side edge and the leg opening edge. The first texture zone extends at least partially along a first lateral extent of the belt portion and the second texture zone extends at least partially along a second lateral extent of the belt portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Darrell Ian Brown, Gary Dean LaVon, Nicholas Paul Goyette, Kaoru Ishihara, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Juratovac
  • Publication number: 20160136919
    Abstract: A patterned apertured web comprises a layer comprising a plurality of apertures and a plurality of land areas. The plurality of apertures comprise a first set of apertures in a first zone and a second set of apertures in a second zone. The first set of apertures in the first zone have Interaperture Distances, according to the Aperture Test herein. The Interaperture Distances of the first set of apertures have a first distribution having a first mean and a first median. The first mean is different than the first median. The second set of apertures in the second zone have Interaperture Distances, according to the Aperture Test herein. The Interaperture Distances of the second set of apertures have a second distribution having a second mean and a second median. The second mean is different than the second median. The first and second sets of apertures have different patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Donald Carroll ROE, Kelyn Anne ARORA, Timothy Ian MULLANE, Jill Marlene ORR, Jennifer SCHUTTE, John Brian STRUBE, Ann Cecilia TAPP, Rachael Eden WALTHER, Amanda Margaret BICKING, Jennifer Lynn DUSOLD, Margaret Elizabeth PORTER
  • Publication number: 20160136016
    Abstract: A laminate comprising a first nonwoven layer comprising a plurality of apertures and a second nonwoven layer is provided. One of the first and second nonwoven layers is a pre-strained layer and is joined to the other one of the first and second nonwoven layers. The other one of the first and second nonwoven layers is a non-pre-strained layer. The pre-strained layer and the non-pre-strained layer together form a three-dimensional laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy Ian MULLANE, Kelyn Anne ARORA, Jill Marlene ORR, Donald Carroll ROE, Jennifer SCHUTTE, John Brian STRUBE, Ann Cecilia TAPP, Rachael Eden WALTHER, Amanda Margaret BICKING, Jennifer Lynn DUSOLD, Margaret Elizabeth PORTER
  • Publication number: 20160136015
    Abstract: A laminate comprises a first layer comprising a plurality of lower opacity zones positioned within a higher opacity zone is provided. The plurality of lower opacity zones form a first pattern. The laminate comprises a second layer comprising a second pattern. The laminate comprises a non-joined span of the first and second layers having a dimension of at least about 20 mm. A first portion of the second pattern is visible through at least some of the plurality of lower opacity zones when the first layer, within the non-joined span, is in a first position relative to the second layer, within the non-joined span. A second portion of the second pattern is visible through at least some of the plurality of lower opacity zones when the first layer, within the non-joined span, is in a second position relative to the first layer, within the non-joined span.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Sara Lyn GIOVANNI, Donald Carroll ROE, John Lee HAMMONS, Kelyn Anne ARORA, Timothy Ian MULLANE, Matthew Steven RITTER, Jill Marlene ORR, Jennifer SCHUTTE, John Brian STRUBE, Ann Cecilia TAPP, Rachael Eden WALTHER, Amanda Margaret BICKING, Jennifer Lynn DUSOLD, Margaret Elizabeth PORTER
  • Publication number: 20160136014
    Abstract: A patterned apertured web comprises a plurality of land areas and a plurality of apertures. At least some of the land areas surround at least some of the apertures. The patterned apertured web has an Effective Open Area in the range of about 5% to about 50%, according to the Aperture Test herein. The patterned apertured web has a plurality of Interaperture Distances, according to the Aperture Test herein. The Interaperture Distances have a distribution having a median and a mean, wherein the mean is greater than the median.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne ARORA, Donald Carroll ROE, Timothy Ian MULLANE, Jill Marlene ORR, Jennifer SCHUTTE, John Brian STRUBE, Ann Cecilia TAPP, Rachael Eden WALTHER, Amanda Margaret BICKING, Jennifer Lynn DUSOLD, Margaret Elizabeth PORTER
  • Publication number: 20160136010
    Abstract: An absorbent article is provided. The absorbent article comprises a liquid permeable topsheet on a wearer-facing side of the absorbent article and a garment-facing laminate on a garment-facing side of the absorbent article. The garment-facing laminate comprises a first nonwoven layer and a second layer joined to the first nonwoven layer. The first nonwoven layer comprises a plurality of apertures. At least 3 of the plurality of apertures in a repeat unit have a different Effective Aperture Area, according to the Aperture Test herein, a different shape, or a different Absolute Feret Angle, according to the Aperture Test herein. The absorbent article comprises an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable topsheet and the garment-facing laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Donald Carroll ROE, Sara Lyn GIOVANNI, Kelyn Anne ARORA, Timothy Ian MULLANE, Jill Marlene ORR, Jennifer SCHUTTE, John Brian STRUBE, Ann Cecilia TAPP, Rachael Eden WALTHER, Amanda Margaret BICKING, Jennifer Lynn DUSOLD, Margaret Elizabeth PORTER
  • Patent number: 9339421
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region, wherein the first waist region and second waist region are joined with each other such that a pair of side seams are formed and the absorbent article has two leg openings and a waist opening. At least one of the first waist region or the second waist region include a first graphic zone, a second graphic zone, and a third graphic zone, wherein the first graphic zone, the second graphic zone, and the third graphic zone are disposed at a side seam of the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Gary Dean Lavon, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Sara Jon Shipley, Vanessa Melendez, Fred Naval Desai, Margaret Henderson Hasse
  • Publication number: 20160129662
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed therebetween is described herein. The topsheet includes an array of apertures and a first array of structures which are disposed adjacent the array of apertures. A first plurality of the array of apertures is disposed generally parallel to a longitudinal axis, a second plurality of apertures has a first Absolute Feret angle, and a third plurality of apertures has a second Absolute Feret angle. The first Absolute Feret angle is different than the second Absolute Feret angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne Arora, Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Timothy Ian Mullane, Jill Marlene Orr, Margaret Elizabeth Porter, Jennifer Schutte, Donald Carroll Roe, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Rachael Eden Walther, Stephanie Niezgoda Moss, John Brian Strube, Amanda Margaret Bicking
  • Publication number: 20160129663
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed therebetween is described herein. The topsheet includes a first zone disposed between a second zone and a third zone; a first end area and a second end area; and an array of features which includes one of apertures, tufts, ridges, or grooves disposed in the first zone. A plurality of bond sites are disposed in the second and third zones. The plurality of bond sites are configured in a curvilinear manner in at least the first end area or the second end area and mask a boundary of the first zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Stephanie Niezgoda Moss, Rong Deng, Kelyn Anne Arora, Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Timothy Ian Mullane, Jill Marlene Orr, Margaret Elizabeth Porter, Jennifer Schutte, Donald Carroll Roe, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Rachael Eden Walther, John Brian Strube, Amanda Margaret Bicking
  • Publication number: 20160129661
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed therebetween is described herein. The topsheet includes an array of apertures and a first array of structures which are disposed adjacent the array of apertures. The array of apertures forms apertured indicia, and the first array of structures forms first structural indicia. The apertured indicia is coordinated with the first structural indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Kelyn Anne Arora, Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Timothy Ian Mullane, Jill Marlene Orr, Margaret Elizabeth Porter, Jennifer Rodic, Donald Carroll Roe, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Rachael Eden Walther, Stephanie Michelle Niezgoda, John Brian Strube, Amanda Margaret Bicking
  • Patent number: 9333119
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a chassis having a belt portion extending therefrom. The belt portion comprises a side edge, a waist opening edge, a leg opening edge, first and second substrates engaged with each other, and elastic elements disposed intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate. The belt portion also comprises a first texture zone comprising a first portion of the substrates and the elastic strands and disposed adjacent to the side edge and the waist opening edge and a second texture zone comprising a second portion of the substrates and the elastic elements and disposed adjacent to the side edge and the leg opening edge. The first texture zone extends at least partially along a first lateral extent of the belt portion and the second texture zone extends at least partially along a second lateral extent of the belt portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Darrell Ian Brown, Gary Dean LaVon, Nicholas Paul Goyette, Kaoru Ishihara, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Woehnl Juratovac
  • Patent number: 9326899
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises first and second substrates and one or more elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the substrates. The second substrate is attached to the first substrate and/or to portions of the elastic elements. The absorbent article comprises an adhesive having a first and second pattern of elements disposed on first substrate, and first and second texture zones. The first texture zone comprises a first portion of the substrates, a first portion of the elastic elements, and the first pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a background pattern in the first portion of the substrates. The second texture zone comprises a second portion of the substrates, a second portion of the one or more elastic elements, and the second pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a macro pattern in the second portion of the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Gary Dean LaVon, Nicholas Paul Goyette, Kaoru Ishihara, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Woehnl Juratovac
  • Publication number: 20150283003
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article. The absorbent article comprises a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable topsheet and the liquid impermeable backsheet. The liquid permeable topsheet comprise a first zone and a second zone. The first zone comprises a morphological treatment. The morphological treatment comprises a plurality of three-dimensional protrusions extending from a plane of the topsheet. At least some of the three-dimensional protrusions comprise a base forming an opening, an opposed distal portion, and one or more side walls between the base and the distal portion. At least one distance between opposing side wall portions is larger than a width of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Rodrigo ROSATI, Blanca ARIZTI, Donald Carroll ROE, Kelyn Anne ARORA, Amanda Margaret BICKING, Adrien GRENIER, James T. KNAPMEYER, Timothy Ian MULLANE, Jill Marlene ORR, Matthew S. RITTER, Jennifer RODIC, John B. STRUBE, Ann Cecilia TAPP, Rachael Eden WALTHER
  • Publication number: 20150282999
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, a lateral axis defining a front region on a first side of the lateral axis and a back region on a second side of the lateral axis, and an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable topsheet and the liquid impermeable backsheet. The liquid permeable topsheet may comprise a first zone situated primarily in the front region and having a substantially transferrable chemical treatment and a second zone situated primarily in the back region and having the substantially transferrable chemical treatment. A basis weight of the substantially transferrable chemical treatment may be greater in the second zone than in the first zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Blanca ARIZTI, Donald Carroll ROE, Nelson Edward GREENING, Marie Brigid O'REILLY, Rachael Eden WALTHER
  • Publication number: 20150282998
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable topsheet and the liquid impermeable backsheet. The absorbent article may comprise a substantially laterally-extending separation element defining a visual front portion and a visual back portion on a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article. The liquid permeable topsheet may comprise a first zone in the visual front portion that comprises a first geometric treatment and a second zone in the visual back portion that comprises a second geometric treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Blanca ARIZTI, Donald Carroll ROE, Nelson Edward GREENING, II, Barry Robert FEIST, Amanda Margaret BICKING, Marie Brigid O'REILLY, Rachael Eden WALTHER
  • Publication number: 20150283001
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article. The absorbent article comprises a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable topsheet and the liquid impermeable backsheet. The liquid permeable topsheet comprises a first zone and a second zone. The first zone comprises a pattern of apertures. At least two apertures of the pattern of apertures have different sizes, shapes, and/or orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Blanca ARIZTI, Rodrigo ROSATI, Donald Carroll ROE, Kelyn Anne ARORA, Amanda Margaret BICKING, Adrien GRENIER, James T. KNAPMEYER, Timothy Ian MULLANE, Jill Marlene ORR, Matthew S. RITTER, Jennifer RODIC, John B. STRUBE, Ann Cecilia TAPP, Rachael Eden WALTHER
  • Patent number: D756669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Amanda Margaret Bicking, Marie Brigid O'Reilly, Sara Jon Shipley, Jennifer Rodic, Rachael Eden Walther
  • Patent number: D772405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Theodore Cory Fites, Rachael Eden Walther, John Andrew Strasemeier, Ann Cecilia Tapp, Jennifer Lynn DuSold