Patents by Inventor Raymond John Dirk

Raymond John Dirk 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: 5763044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluid pervious, dispersible, and flushable webs particularly suited for use in a disposable absorbent article, such as a diaper, sanitary napkin, panty liner, incontinence pad, or the like. The present invention further relates to such webs which also include an improved, functional textured surface so as to be suitable for use as a topsheet on such a disposable absorbent article.The present invention provides a fluid pervious web which disperses into fragments which are readily flushable in a normal toilet. The web preferably comprises a wetlaid apertured tissue having a temporary wet strength resin incorporated therein. The web preferably further includes a plurality of individual fibrils on a body-facing surface thereof, so as to provide a clean and dry tactile impression in use. The fibrils serve to separate the wearer's skin from the underlying tissue substrate in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Albert Ahr, Raymond John Dirk
  • Patent number: 5704930
    Abstract: An absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, having flaps and zones of differential extensibility for relieving the stresses that develop in the flaps when the flaps are folded down along the edges of crotch of the wearer's undergarments is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruce William Lavash, Thomas Henrich, Carl Louis Bergman, Raymond John Dirk, Kaoru Niihara, Thomas Ward Osborn III, Jeffrey Vincent Bamber
  • Patent number: 5670110
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for forming a three-dimensional, macroscopically-expanded, fluid pervious web having an improved functional surface comprised of a sheet of polymeric material having a first surface and a second surface. A plurality of discrete deposits of a water resistant resinous material having a pre-determined open time are deposited on the first surface of the sheet. The deposits of resinous material are drawn upwardly from the first surface of the sheet to form corresponding fibrils during the open time. After resinous material has cured, the sheet is fed onto a forming structure having opposed surfaces such that the sheet is in contact with the forming structure. The forming structure exhibits a multiplicity of apertures which place the opposed surfaces of the forming structure in fluid communication with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raymond John Dirk, Nicholas Albert Ahr