Patents by Inventor Sybille Fuchs

Sybille Fuchs 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: 20200337913
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is disclosed. A topsheet forms a portion of the wearer-facing surface, wherein the topsheet is a film and a nonwoven. The topsheet further includes a pair of edge regions and a central region disposed inboard of the pair of edge regions. The central region has a first plurality of apertures, and the edge regions have a second plurality of apertures, wherein the second plurality of apertures are smaller than the first plurality of apertures. The disposable absorbent article also includes a backsheet forming a portion of the garment-facing surface and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Sybille Fuchs
  • Patent number: 10729598
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is disclosed herein. The disposable absorbent article includes a topsheet forming a portion of a wearer-facing surface, the topsheet being a composite or laminate structure having a first side and an opposing second side, the composite or laminate structure having a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is a nonwoven and the second layer is a film, the topsheet having a pair of edge regions at least partially disposed on the wings and a central region disposed inboard of the pair of edge regions, wherein the pair of edge regions include a first plurality of discontinuities and the central region comprises a second plurality of discontinuities, wherein the first plurality of discontinuities and the second plurality of discontinuities are different; a backsheet forming a portion of the garment-facing surface; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Sybille Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20190269602
    Abstract: A method for styling hair fibers, a kit and uses are provided. A method for styling hair fibers, preferably human hair fibers, comprises the following steps: providing a hair styling composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, a film-forming polymer; applying the hair styling composition to the hair fibers; heating the hair fibers comprising the hair styling composition at a temperature from 80 C to 230 C; setting the hair fibers in a hair style without subsequent rinsing; and cooling to room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Sybille Fuchs, Brend Andreas Findeis, Martina Becker, Malte Dirk Benjamin Koch, Kathrin Pretz
  • Publication number: 20190269945
    Abstract: A method for coloring hair fibers into a first and a second patterns, wherein the hair fibers have one or more initial color shades is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Sybille Fuchs, Bernd Andreas Findeis, Martina Becker, Malte Dirk Benjamin Koch
  • Publication number: 20180104117
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is disclosed herein. The disposable absorbent article includes a topsheet forming a portion of a wearer-facing surface, the topsheet being a composite or laminate structure having a first side and an opposing second side, the composite or laminate structure having a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is a nonwoven and the second layer is a film, the topsheet having a pair of edge regions at least partially disposed on the wings and a central region disposed inboard of the pair of edge regions, wherein the pair of edge regions include a first plurality of discontinuities and the central region comprises a second plurality of discontinuities, wherein the first plurality of discontinuities and the second plurality of discontinuities are different; a backsheet forming a portion of the garment-facing surface; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Sybille Fuchs
  • Patent number: 9872801
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and backsheet. The topsheet has a central region, a first end intermediate region, a first end region, a second end intermediate region, a second end region, an edge region, and an intermediate edge region. The central region, first end intermediate region, first end region, second end intermediate region, and second end region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline. The central region, intermediate edge region, and edge region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the transverse centerline. The central region texture, first end intermediate region texture, first end region texture, second end intermediate region texture, and second end region texture differ from one another. The central region texture, intermediate edge region texture, and edge region texture differ from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Sybille Fuchs
  • Patent number: 9345628
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet in facing relationship with an absorbent core. The topsheet has a pair of tuft region lateral boundaries. Each tuft region lateral boundary is defined by a line or a portion of a line separating a plurality of first tufts from a plurality of second tufts, first tufts and second tufts differing in either height or area density. The tuft region lateral boundaries are on opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline. The tuft region lateral boundaries extend longitudinally along transversely opposite sides of the topsheet and are spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually increasing or gradually decreasing from a minimum or maximum, respectively, at a parallel transverse axis towards longitudinally opposing ends of the tuft region lateral boundaries. The tufts have fibers integral with and extending from the fibrous nonwoven web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Sybille Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20140296809
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and backsheet. The topsheet has a central region, a first end intermediate region, a first end region, a second end intermediate region, a second end region, an edge region, and an intermediate edge region. The central region, first end intermediate region, first end region, second end intermediate region, and second end region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline. The central region, intermediate edge region, and edge region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the transverse centerline. The central region texture, first end intermediate region texture, first end region texture, second end intermediate region texture, and second end region texture differ from one another. The central region texture, intermediate edge region texture, and edge region texture differ from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Sybille Fuchs
  • Patent number: 8728049
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet and an absorbent core. The topsheet has a pair of tuft region lateral boundaries. Each tuft region lateral boundary is defined by a line or a portion of a line separating a plurality of the tufts from a portion of the topsheet devoid of tufts. Tuft region lateral boundaries are symmetrically disposed on opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline. Tuft region lateral boundaries extend longitudinally along at least part of the longitudinal centerline. Tuft region lateral boundaries are spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually increasing from a minimum at a parallel transverse axis to a maximum at longitudinally opposing ends of the tuft region lateral boundaries or are spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually decreasing from a maximum at a parallel transverse axis to a minimum at longitudinally opposing ends of the tuft region lateral boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Sybille Fuchs, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 8614365
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet having a first portion and a second portion. The topsheet has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline. The topsheet has an area. The second portion can differ in structure from the first portion. The second portion can have a structurally modified zone. The structurally modified zone has a periphery, a length, and a long axis. The length is the maximum straight-line dimension between two points on the periphery. The long axis extends between two points on the periphery separated by the length. The long axis of the structurally modified zone can be asymmetric to the longitudinal centerline. The structurally modified zone can make up more than about 5% of the area of the topsheet. The topsheet can have a lotion zone, the long axis of which is asymmetric to the longitudinal centerline and the transverse centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Sybille Fuchs, Jody Lynn Hoying, Timothy Ian Mullane, Casandre Maffett Walsh, Donna Marie Caudill, Naomi Ruth Nelson
  • Patent number: 8058501
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a liquid pervious topsheet having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion differs in structure from the second portion. The topsheet has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline. The second portion has a first structurally modified zone, a second structurally modified zone, a third structurally modified zone, and a fourth structurally modified zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Sybille Fuchs, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 7993317
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet and an absorbent core in facing relationship with the topsheet. The topsheet has a central region, an inner intermediate region, an outer intermediate region, and an edge region, wherein the inner intermediate region is between the central region and the outer intermediate region and the outer intermediate region is between the inner intermediate region and the edge region. The central region texture, inner intermediate region texture, outer intermediate region texture, and edge region texture differ from one another. At least one of the central region, inner intermediate region, outer intermediate region, and edge region comprises tufted fibers. The central region is on the longitudinal centerline of the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Sybille Fuchs
  • Patent number: 7967801
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a liquid pervious topsheet having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion differs in structure from the second portion. The topsheet has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline. The second portion has a first structurally modified zone and a second structurally modified zone. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are on opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline and the first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are on opposing sides of an axis parallel to the transverse centerline. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are spaced apart from one another. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone together make up more than about 10% of the area of the topsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Sybille Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20100036346
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a liquid pervious topsheet having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion differs in structure from the second portion. The topsheet has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline. The second portion has a first structurally modified zone, a second structurally modified zone, a third structurally modified zone, and a fourth structurally modified zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Sybille Fuchs, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20100036339
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet in facing relationship with an absorbent core. The topsheet has a pair of tuft region lateral boundaries. Each tuft region lateral boundary is defined by a line or a portion of a line separating a plurality of first tufts from a plurality of second tufts, first tufts and second tufts differing in either height or area density. The tuft region lateral boundaries are on opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline. The tuft region lateral boundaries extend longitudinally along transversely opposite sides of the topsheet and are spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually increasing or gradually decreasing from a minimum or maximum, respectively, at a parallel transverse axis towards longitudinally opposing ends of the tuft region lateral boundaries. The tufts have fibers integral with and extending from the fibrous nonwoven web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Sybille Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20100036349
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet and an absorbent core in facing relationship with the topsheet. The topsheet has a central region, an inner intermediate region, an outer intermediate region, and an edge region, wherein the inner intermediate region is between the central region and the outer intermediate region and the outer intermediate region is between the inner intermediate region and the edge region. The central region texture, inner intermediate region texture, outer intermediate region texture, and edge region texture differ from one another. At least one of the central region, inner intermediate region, outer intermediate region, and edge region comprises tufted fibers. The central region is on the longitudinal centerline of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Sybille Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20100036347
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet and an absorbent core. The topsheet has a pair of tuft region lateral boundaries. Each tuft region lateral boundary is defined by a line or a portion of a line separating a plurality of the tufts from a portion of the topsheet devoid of tufts. Tuft region lateral boundaries are symmetrically disposed on opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline. Tuft region lateral boundaries extend longitudinally along at least part of the longitudinal centerline. Tuft region lateral boundaries are spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually increasing from a minimum at a parallel transverse axis to a maximum at longitudinally opposing ends of the tuft region lateral boundaries or are spaced apart from each other by a distance gradually decreasing from a maximum at a parallel transverse axis to a minimum at longitudinally opposing ends of the tuft region lateral boundaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Sybille Fuchs, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20100036338
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a liquid pervious topsheet having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion differs in structure from the second portion. The topsheet has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline. The second portion has a first structurally modified zone and a second structurally modified zone. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are on opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline and the first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are on opposing sides of an axis parallel to the transverse centerline. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone are spaced apart from one another. The first structurally modified zone and the second structurally modified zone together make up more than about 10% of the area of the topsheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Sybille Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20100035014
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and backsheet. The topsheet has a central region, a first end intermediate region, a first end region, a second end intermediate region, a second end region, an edge region, and an intermediate edge region. The central region, first end intermediate region, first end region, second end intermediate region, and second end region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline. The central region, intermediate edge region, and edge region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the transverse centerline. The central region texture, first end intermediate region texture, first end region texture, second end intermediate region texture, and second end region texture differ from one another. The central region texture, intermediate edge region texture, and edge region texture differ from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Luisa Valerio Gonzalez, Sybille Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20090030391
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a topsheet having a first portion and a second portion. The topsheet has a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline. The topsheet has an area. The second portion can differ in structure from the first portion. The second portion can have a structurally modified zone. The structurally modified zone has a periphery, a length, and a long axis. The length is the maximum straight-line dimension between two points on the periphery. The long axis extends between two points on the periphery separated by the length. The long axis of the structurally modified zone can be asymmetric to the longitudinal centerline. The structurally modified zone can make up more than about 5% of the area of the topsheet. The topsheet can have a lotion zone, the long axis of which is asymmetric to the longitudinal centerline and the transverse centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: John Lee Hammons, Sybille Fuchs, Jody Lynn Hoying, Timothy Ian Mullane, Casandre Maffett Walsh, Philip Andrew Sawin, Donna Marie Caudill, Naomi Ruth Nelson