Patents by Inventor Ronald Joseph Zink, II

Ronald Joseph Zink, II 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: 20120065043
    Abstract: Aspects of the methods according to the present disclosure relate to the fabrication of diaper pants wherein discrete chassis are advanced in a machine direction such that the longitudinal axis is parallel with the machine direction. Discrete lengths of elastic belt materials are then connected with the first waist region of a first advancing chassis and the second waist region of a second advancing chassis. The lengths of elastic belt materials are cut along the cross-direction between the discrete chassis forming a first elastic belt and a second elastic belt; the chassis are subsequently folded; and the first and second elastic belts disposed on the chassis are bonded together to create a discrete diaper pant. This apparatus and process configuration forms a continuous web of articles formed by intermittently spaced chassis and intermittently spaced elastic belts bridging the gap between the intermittently spaced chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph Hung Lam, Gary Dean Lavon, Ronald Joseph Zink, II
  • Publication number: 20120041409
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include disposable wearable absorbent articles with extensible sides. In an embodiment of the present disclosure a disposable wearable absorbent article includes a front, a back, and an extensible side configured to connect the front and the back, wherein the extensible side has a substantially laterally extensible area, which includes a first area, bounded in part by at least a portion of a longitudinally outboard side edge. An overall lateral extensibility of the first area is substantially less than an overall lateral extensibility of the substantially laterally extensible area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Mark James Kline, Henry William McCusker, III, Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Sarah Marie Young
  • Patent number: 8062278
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include disposable wearable absorbent articles with extensible sides. In an embodiment of the present disclosure a disposable wearable absorbent article includes a front, a back, and an extensible side configured to connect the front and the back, wherein the extensible side has a substantially laterally extensible area, which includes a first area, bounded in part by at least a portion of a longitudinally outboard side edge. An overall lateral extensibility of the first area is substantially less than an overall lateral extensibility of the substantially laterally extensible area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark James Kline, Henry William McCusker, III, Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Sarah Marie Young
  • Publication number: 20110054435
    Abstract: A fastening system has a first fastening member and a second fastening member. The first member has a retaining element and a substrate element. The retaining element includes a proximal edge and a distal edge and is attached to the substrate element along a line of attachment. The second fastening member has an inboard portion, an outboard portion, and an elongated opening disposed between the inboard and outboard portions. The elongated opening is configured such that at least part of the retaining element is capable of passing through the elongated opening when the retaining element is in a first orientation and when the retaining element is in a second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Mark James Kline, Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, George Henry Leal
  • Patent number: 7799006
    Abstract: A fastening system has a first fastening member and a second fastening member. The first member has a retaining element and a substrate element. The retaining element includes a proximal edge and a distal edge and is attached to the substrate element along a line of attachment. The second fastening member has an inboard portion, an outboard portion, and an elongated opening disposed between the inboard and outboard portions. The elongated opening is configured such that at least part of the retaining element is capable of passing through the elongated opening when the retaining element is in a first orientation and when the retaining element is in a second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark James Kline, Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, George Henry Leal
  • Patent number: D579109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Joshua James Norman, Patricia Ai-Lang Wang
  • Patent number: D579110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Henry William McCusker, III, Michael Gary Nease, Stephen Joseph Lange
  • Patent number: D579559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Selin Mano Mariadhas, Douglas Joseph Meyer
  • Patent number: D581043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Henry William McCusker, III, Christofer Fuchs, Sarah Marie Young, Michael Gary Nease, Stephen Joseph Lange, Donna Sue Phillips
  • Patent number: D581525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Joshua James Norman, Patricia Ai-Lang Wang
  • Patent number: D583468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Henry William McCusker, III, Christofer Fuchs, Sarah Marie Young, Michael Gary Nease, Stephen Joseph Lange, Donna Sue Phillips
  • Patent number: D583469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Kathleen Marie Lawson