Patents by Inventor Rebecca Howland Spitzer

Rebecca Howland Spitzer 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).

  • Publication number: 20100119779
    Abstract: A fibrous structure product having a continuous first densified region; a plurality of discrete pillow regions having an area of from about 0.002 in2 to about 0.015 in2; and at least some of the plurality of the discrete pillow regions have an inner perimeter forming a boundary defining at least one discrete second densified region comprising an area of from about 5% to about 75% of the area of the discrete pillow region, is provided. In another embodiment, a fibrous structure product is provided having a continuous first densified region; a plurality of discrete pillow regions having an area of from about 0.002 in2 to about 0.015 in2; and at least some of the plurality of the discrete pillow regions have an inner perimeter forming a boundary defining at least one discrete second densified region comprising an area of from about 5% to about 75% of the area of the discrete pillow region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Rebecca Howland Spitzer
  • Publication number: 20100112320
    Abstract: A fibrous structure product having a continuous first densified region; a plurality of discrete pillow regions having an area of from about 0.002 in2 to about 0.015 in2; and at least some of the plurality of the discrete pillow regions have an inner perimeter forming a boundary defining at least one discrete second densified region comprising an area of from about 5% to about 75% of the area of the discrete pillow region, is provided. In another embodiment, a fibrous structure product is provided having a continuous first densified region; a plurality of discrete pillow regions having an area of from about 0.002 in2 to about 0.015 in2; and at least some of the plurality of the discrete pillow regions have an inner perimeter forming a boundary defining at least one discrete second densified region comprising an area of from about 5% to about 75% of the area of the discrete pillow region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Rebecca Howland Spitzer
  • Publication number: 20090297775
    Abstract: A ply of cellulosic fibrous structure product having a repeating pattern such that the repeating pattern contains one or more master patterns. A first one or more master pattern has: a first individual embossment having a major axis and a minor axis, a first line segment axis parallel to the major axis of the first individual embossment, and at least one individual embossment adjacent to the first individual embossment. The individual embossment adjacent to the first individual embossment has a major axis and a minor axis such that the major axis of the individual embossment adjacent to the first individual embossment and the first line segment axis form an angle of from about 0° to about 20°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Rebecca Howland Spitzer, Ward William Ostendorf, Elizabeth Jan Mercer
  • Publication number: 20090280297
    Abstract: A ply of a fibrous structure product that has a continuous first pillow region, and a plurality of discrete densified regions. At least one of the plurality of discrete densified regions forms a continuous hollow border area with a plurality of discrete second pillow regions. At least one of the discrete second pillow regions is disposed in the hollow border area and the area of the discrete densified region is from about 0.006 in2 to about 0.010 in2. The area of the second pillow region is from about 5% to about 50% of the area of the discrete densified region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Rebecca Howland Spitzer, Ward William Ostendorf
  • Publication number: 20080245498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a papermaking belt, and more particularly to a papermaking belt having a multiple layers of a patterned framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Rebecca Howland Spitzer
  • Publication number: 20080232638
    Abstract: A process for making an image for a papermaking belt wherein the image is the product of (a) providing an image; and (b) performing at least one image modification algorithm thereon, one of the at least one image modification algorithms being a beta image modification algorithm and the beta image modification algorithm being a three-dimensional image modification algorithm to provide a resultant image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Grant Edward Tompkins, Rebecca Howland Spitzer, Ward William Ostendorf
  • Publication number: 20080230200
    Abstract: A papermaking belt for making a fibrous structure product that has a machine direction, a cross machine direction orthogonal and co-planar with the machine direction, and a Z-direction mutually orthogonal to both the machine and cross machine directions. The papermaking belt also has a framework having a structure formed by a first layer wherein the first layer comprises a plurality of deflection conduits that correspond to a resultant image and extend in the Z-direction, where the resultant image being the product of at least one image modification algorithm. Further, at least one of the image modification algorithms is a beta image modification algorithm such that the beta image modification algorithm is a three dimensional image modification algorithm. The papermaking belt also has a reinforcing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Grant Edward Tompkins, Rebecca Howland Spitzer, Ward William Ostendorf
  • Publication number: 20080102250
    Abstract: A cellulosic fibrous structure product having one or more plies. At least one of the plies has one or more unembossed areas, and the one or more unembossed area has a macroscopic first surface and a macroscopic second surface. The fibrous structure product also has a first wall which forms vertices with the first surface and the second surface. In addition, the first wall and the second surface form a top side wall angle of from about 90° to about 140°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Rebecca Howland Spitzer
  • Patent number: D613948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Rebecca Howland Spitzer