Patents by Inventor Ronald Joseph Zink

Ronald Joseph Zink 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: 9155670
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Publication number: 20150282994
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Publication number: 20150282995
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Patent number: 9119752
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed, herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Patent number: 9114046
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Publication number: 20150216736
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean LaVon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Patent number: 9023008
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Publication number: 20140318695
    Abstract: An apparatus for assembling diaper pants includes a drum rotatable about an axis of rotation. The drum has an outer surface. The outer surface includes a first lane of folding devices and a second lane of folding devices. Each folding device includes a chassis support member, a chassis folding member pivotally connected with the chassis support member, a first side panel folding member pivotally connected with the chassis support member, and a second side panel folding member pivotally connected with the chassis support member. The first lane of folding devices is offset from the second lane of folding devices in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Nicholas Paul Goyette, Joseph Hung Lam, Ronald Joseph Zink
  • Publication number: 20140110052
    Abstract: A method of attaching a discrete article to a web being conveyed over a carrier member is disclosed. The method comprises providing a transfer assembly comprising a transfer member comprising a transfer surface, engaging the discrete article with the transfer surface, providing a resilient member on the carrier member or on the transfer surface, applying, using the transfer surface, a portion of the discrete article to a portion of the web when the portion of the web moves over a portion of the resilient member, and applying a force to the portion of the discrete article, the portion of the web, and the portion of the resilient member during the first applying step to attach the portion of the discrete article to the portion of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Patrick FINDLEY, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Kazuki FUKUSHIMA, Ronald Joseph ZINK, Clifford Theodore PAPSDORF, Jasmine Marie BROWNE, Todd Douglas LENSER, Kazuya OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20140110226
    Abstract: A carrier member configured to convey one or more webs and to receive a discrete absorbent article from a transfer assembly is disclosed. The transfer assembly comprises a transfer member having a transfer surface. The transfer surface is configured to engage the discrete article. The carrier member comprises a body and a resilient member positioned on the body. The resilient member has a Shore A hardness of between about 20 and about 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Patrick FINDLEY, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Kazuki FUKUSHIMA, Ronald Joseph ZINK, Clifford Theodore PAPSDORF, Jasmine Marie BROWNE, Todd Douglas LENSER, Kazuya OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20140005020
    Abstract: A method for making a refastenable article may comprise the steps of: (1) conveying a first belt web comprising a first nonwoven layer and a first pre-strained elastic element along a machine direction; (2) conveying a second belt web comprising a second nonwoven layer and a second pre-strained elastic element along a machine direction; (3) conveying a fastening web comprising a first fastening tab member and a first fastening element along the machine direction; (4) directly or refastenably joining the fastening web to one or both of the belt webs; (5) joining the first and second belt webs to a chassis comprising a core; (6) folding the article over a longitudinal axis, such that the first belt web generally overlaps the second belt web; (7) forming a permanent side seam between at least one of: a) the first fastening tab member and at least one of the first and second belt webs, b) the first fastening tab member and both of the first and second belt webs, c) the first fastening tab member and a second fast
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Gary Dean LaVON, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Ronald Joseph ZINK
  • Publication number: 20130324956
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises first and second substrates and one or more elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the substrates. The second substrate is attached to the first substrate and/or to portions of the elastic elements. The absorbent article comprises an adhesive having a first and second pattern of elements disposed on first substrate, and first and second texture zones. The first texture zone comprises a first portion of the substrates, a first portion of the elastic elements, and the first pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a background pattern in the first portion of the substrates. The second texture zone comprises a second portion of the substrates, a second portion of the one or more elastic elements, and the second pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a macro pattern in the second portion of the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Rachael Eden Walther, Gary Dean LaVon, Nicholas Paul Goyette, Kaoru Ishihara, Amanda Margaret Bicking, Diana Woehnl Juratovac
  • Publication number: 20130310789
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Publication number: 20130310785
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Publication number: 20130306226
    Abstract: A method of making a laminate for an absorbent article is provided. The laminate comprises elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate two substrates. The first substrate has a primary fiber bond pattern formed therein and comprising a plurality of primary fiber bonds. The method comprises forming densified regions in the first substrate. A perimeter of each of the densified regions is larger than a perimeter of each of the primary fiber bonds. The densified regions together form a pattern of densified regions in the first substrate. The method comprises adhesively attaching the elastic elements to the first substrate, joining the second substrate to the first substrate or to some of the elastic elements, and forming a plurality of rugosities in the first substrate by allowing the elastic elements to at least partially contract. The frequency and amplitude ranges of the rugosities result from the pattern of the densified regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, Sarah Marie Wade, Gary Dean LaVon, Kaoru Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20130310796
    Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a chassis having a belt portion extending therefrom. The belt portion comprises a side edge, a waist opening edge, a leg opening edge, first and second substrates engaged with each other, and elastic elements disposed intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate. The belt portion also comprises a first texture zone comprising a first portion of the substrates and the elastic strands and disposed adjacent to the side edge and the waist opening edge and a second texture zone comprising a second portion of the substrates and the elastic elements and disposed adjacent to the side edge and the leg opening edge. The first texture zone extends at least partially along a first lateral extent of the belt portion and the second texture zone extends at least partially along a second lateral extent of the belt portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph ZINK, Sarah Marie WADE, Tina Marie GLAHN, Rachael Eden WALTHER, Darrell Ian BROWN, Gary Dean LaVON, Nicholas Paul GOYETTE, Kaoru ISHIHARA, Amanda Margaret BICKING, Diana Woehnl JURATOVAC
  • Publication number: 20130310797
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and a core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article comprises a belt portion extending from the chassis. The belt portion comprises a first substrate, a second substrate joined to the first substrate, and a plurality of elongate elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate. The belt portion comprises a texture zone having a texture ratio of greater than about 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald Joseph ZINK, Farihah IBRAHIM, Sarah Marie WADE, Gary Dean LaVON, Tina Marie GLAHN, Kaoru ISHIHARA, Diana JURATOVAC
  • Publication number: 20130310788
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Publication number: 20130310787
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed, herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura
  • Publication number: 20130310786
    Abstract: Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade, Tina Marie Glahn, Gary Dean Lavon, Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Kaoru Ishihara, Masaharu Nishikawa, Ronald Joseph Zink, Anna Elizabeth Macura