Patents by Inventor Richard Rothe

Richard Rothe 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: 20060025739
    Abstract: The present invention provides a personal care product including a wrapper having at least one free edge, an absorbent personal care article and a sensory cue providing indicia as to the location of the free edge. In one embodiment, the wrapper is a wrapper component and has a first panel, a back panel and a second panel, where the first panel is connected to the back panel and the second panel is connected to the back panel at an opposite end from where the first panel is connected to the back panel. The second panel having a free edge positioned adjacent the first panel, wherein the second panel has a first set of sensory attributes which terminate at the free edge of the second panel and the first panel has a second set of sensory attributes which are adjacent the free edge of the second panel. In the present invention, at least one attribute from the first set of sensory attributes or at least one attribute from the second set of attributes is different from attributes from the other set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph DiPalma, Adrienne Loyd, Marie Mathews, Kristi Bryant, Garry Woltman, Sarah Wilkes, Sheila Heyrman, James Clark, Brian Thomas, Laura Walker, Shelley Rasmussen, Steven Nielsen, Mark Ingle, Richard Rothe, Richard Hantke