Patents by Inventor Thomas Alan Wilker

Thomas Alan Wilker 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: 20200325633
    Abstract: Methods for applying a liquid composition to a sanitary tissue product and more particularly methods for applying a liquid composition from a source with a single activation by a user to deliver 100% of a user-desired precise amount of the liquid composition to a surface of a sanitary tissue product are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Alan Wilker
  • Patent number: 10745864
    Abstract: Fibrous structures having pillows and knuckles, wherein the fibrous structures contain two or more pillows that exhibit differential pillow height and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Douglas Jay Barkey, James Allen Cain, Stephen John DelVecchio, Angela Marie Leimbach, Kun Piao, James Kenneth Comer, Ryan Dominic Maladen, Thomas Alan Wilker
  • Publication number: 20180112361
    Abstract: Fibrous structures having pillows and knuckles, wherein the fibrous structures contain two or more pillows that exhibit differential pillow height and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Douglas Jay Barkey, James Allen Cain, Stephen John Delvecchio, Angela Marie Leimbach, Kun Piao, James Kenneth Comer, Ryan Dominic Maladen, Thomas Alan Wilker
  • Patent number: 8156821
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing the break-through strength of a tissue product is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a dose addition assembly having an opening and a sample holder. The sample holder comprises a lower platen and an upper platen disposed in a fact to face relationship and each having coextensive openings disposed therein. The opening of the dose addition assembly is disposed proximate to one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens. A substance is disposed within the dose addition assembly and is capable of being expectorated from the opening of the dose addition assembly through one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens onto a tissue product disposed between the upper and lower platens and within the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Scott Prodoehl, LaTisha Evette Salaam, Thomas Alan Wilker
  • Publication number: 20100313671
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing the break-through strength of a tissue product is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a dose addition assembly having an opening and a sample holder. The sample holder comprises a lower platen and an upper platen disposed in a fact to face relationship and each having coextensive openings disposed therein. The opening of the dose addition assembly is disposed proximate to one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens. A substance is disposed within the dose addition assembly and is capable of being expectorated from the opening of the dose addition assembly through one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens onto a tissue product disposed between the upper and lower platens and within the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Scott Prodoehl, LaTisha Evette Salaam, Thomas Alan Wilker
  • Publication number: 20070196405
    Abstract: Fibrous structures that comprise volatile agents, sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures, articles of manufacture comprising such fibrous structures and processes for making same are provided. More particularly, fibrous structures that comprise unrestrained volatile agents, sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures, articles of manufacture comprising such fibrous structures and processes for making same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Wilker, Robert James Green, Douglas William Gledhill, Jerry Ray Stephens, Joseph Jay Bullock
  • Patent number: 6497345
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing paper. The apparatus allows for the use of an existing wall-mounted dispenser without requiring any modification to the existing wall-mounted unit. The apparatus can also be free-standing or portable. The apparatus will accommodate rolled paper or sheets of paper. The apparatus also comprises an automated system for moistening and/or cleansing which enables the user to optionally moisten the paper and/or apply a cleansing agent to the paper if so desired. The degree (i.e.; the amount) of moistening or cleansing agent applied may be controlled by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Wilker, Stephan Gary Bush, Michael Sean Farrell, Robert Drennan Lewis, Mark John Steinhardt
  • Patent number: 6059882
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing paper. The apparatus comprises a dispensing system and a moistening system. The moistening system enables a user to optionally moisten the tissue if so desired. The degree to which the tissue is moistened is controlled by the user. The tissue may be dispensed either in roll or sheet form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark John Steinhardt, Thomas Alan Wilker, Richard Tweddell, III