Patents by Inventor RICHARD TWEDDELL

RICHARD TWEDDELL 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: 20130255355
    Abstract: Method of evaluating a product by applying a substance to the surface of an artificial substrate to form a substance-coated surface and performing an analysis of the substance-coated surface. The surface of the substrate may have one or more of the following properties: a total surface energy of from about 15 mJ/m2 to about 50 mJ/m2, a polar component of the total surface energy of from about 0 mJ/m2 to about 15 mJ/m2, and a zeta-potential at a pH of about 5.0 of from about ?30 mV to about 30 mV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Saswati DATTA, William Randall BELCHER, Sandra Lou MURAWSKI, Mannie Lee CLAPP, Steven Hardy PAGE, Richard TWEDDELL, III, Louis Fay WONG, Magda EL-NOKALY, Sohini PALDEY, Ronald R. WARNER
  • Publication number: 20020040213
    Abstract: Individual packages for absorbent article that are flushable and water dispersible are disclosed. The flushable individual wrapper for an absorbent personal hygiene device comprises at least one of the following materials a tissue; a collagen film; a water dispersible thermoplastic film; and a nonwoven material. The individual wrapper can be made of a laminate material selected from the group consisting of: thermoplastic films and tissues; collagen films and tissues; thermoplastic films and nonwoven materials; and collagen films and thermoplastic films. In several embodiments, the absorbent article and the wrapper for the absorbent article are both flushable separately or in combination, and when flushed, the wrapper or the combination of the absorbent product and the wrapper will clear the toilet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: RICHARD TWEDDELL III, THOMAS WARD OSBORN III, MATTHEW ERIC UNGER
  • Publication number: 20010014784
    Abstract: An applicator for a catamenial tampon which is capable of inserting a tampon into the vaginal tract and spreading the tampon open within the vaginal cavity is disclosed. In one embodiment, the applicator comprises tube having an interior and a flexible material which has one end that is formed into a flexible and expandable loop. The flexible loop is slidably mounted within the tube. The flexible loop is contained inside the tube until it is desired to deploy the tampon. When it is desired to deploy the tampon, the flexible loop with the tampon thereon is pushed out the expulsion end of the tube. The flexible loop expands laterally and spreads the tampon open within the vaginal cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: RICHARD TWEDDELL, THOMAS WARD OSBORN, LISA ANN MACKAY