Patents by Inventor Thomas Walenzyk

Thomas Walenzyk 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: 11083642
    Abstract: An absorbent article has a wearer-facing side and a garment-facing side. The article also has a topsheet on the wearer-facing side; a backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; an acquisition layer disposed between the absorbent core and the topsheet; and a visual signal viewable from the wearer-facing side of the absorbent article. The visual signal includes a color imparted to the acquisition layer. The article further comprises at least one channel disposed within the absorbent core that is substantially free of absorbent material; and a wetness indicator disposed on the backsheet and viewable from the garment-facing side of the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Theodore Cory Fites, Nicole Anja Reichardt, Thomas Walenzyk
  • Patent number: 10864119
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a wearer-facing side and garment-facing side, the article comprising: —a nonwoven topsheet on the wearer-facing side, wherein the topsheet has a first color which is not white and comprises thermal bonds; a backsheet on the garment facing-side; an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet; optionally an acquisition layer; and a visual signal disposed on the topsheet or a layer of the article under the topsheet; wherein the visual signal comprises a first portion having a first appearance and a second portion having a different second appearance. The topsheet has an opacity index of at least 28% as measured by the opacity index test as described herein and the visual signal is visible on the wearer-facing side of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Theodore Cory Fites, Nicole Anja Reichardt, Thomas Walenzyk
  • Publication number: 20180200124
    Abstract: An absorbent article has a wearer-facing side and a garment-facing side. The article also has a topsheet on the wearer-facing side; a backsheet; an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; an acquisition layer disposed between the absorbent core and the topsheet; and a visual signal viewable from the wearer-facing side of the absorbent article. The visual signal includes a color imparted to the acquisition layer. The article further comprises at least one channel disposed within the absorbent core that is substantially free of absorbent material; and a wetness indicator disposed on the backsheet and viewable from the garment-facing side of the absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Theodore Cory Fites, Nicole Anja Reichardt, Thomas Walenzyk
  • Publication number: 20170151103
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a wearer-facing side and garment-facing side, the article comprising: —a nonwoven topsheet on the wearer-facing side, wherein the topsheet has a first color which is not white and comprises thermal bonds; a backsheet on the garment facing-side; an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet; optionally an acquisition layer; and a visual signal disposed on the topsheet or a layer of the article under the topsheet; wherein the visual signal comprises a first portion having a first appearance and a second portion having a different second appearance. The topsheet has an opacity index of at least 28% as measured by the opacity index test as described herein and the visual signal is visible on the wearer-facing side of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Theodore Cory Fites, Nicole Anja Reichardt, Thomas Walenzyk
  • Publication number: 20130023901
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a skin treatment device for professional and private use. In particular the present invention concerns a skin treatment device comprising a drive unit and a first attachment and a second attachment, the first attachment comprising a brush, the second attachment comprising an epilation or a depilation unit, wherein the first attachment comprises a gear box and the second attachment comprises a gear box and the gear box comprises by the second attachment provides a gear reduction of at least 1.25 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Pedro Sanchez-Martinez, Andreas Brueckner, Thomas Walenzyk
  • Publication number: 20080260664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to particles comprising an inorganic network and organic compounds covalently bonded to the network via a spacer group, where the organic compounds are present in the interior of the particles and optionally also on the surface of the particles. The present invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of the particles and to the use thereof in formulations and compositions, in particular in compositions having light-protection properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Walenzyk, Christophe Carola, Herwig Buchholz