Gregory J Taylor

US Patent:

6932800, Aug 23, 2005

Filed:

Jul 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/911108

Inventors:

Gary Dean LaVon - Middletown OH, US
Gerald Alfred Young - Lawrenceburg IN, US
Gregory Wade Taylor - LaGrange GA, US
Theodora Beck - Cincinnati OH, US

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61F013/15

US Classification:

60438514, 60438501, 60438511, 60438513, 60438519

Abstract:

Disclosed are absorbent cores for inclusion in articles such as diapers, incontinent briefs, training pants, diaper holders and liners, feminine hygiene garments, and the like, designed to provide improved fit and comfort for the wearer while adequately containing body exudates. The absorbent core is designed so as to retain low levels of fluid in the crotch region, relative to the other core regions, even when the core absorbs significant amounts of fluid during use. To achieve this, the absorbent core is designed such that fluid is moved substantially from the crotch region to the front and/or rear ends of the article. In particular, the absorbent core comprises in its crotch region a material having significant vertical wicking absorbent capacities. The absorbent core also preferably comprises a non-removable absorbent core component in the crotch region, and removable absorbent core components in the front or rear regions of the article.

US Patent:

20120180732, Jul 19, 2012

Filed:

Jan 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

12/930897

Inventors:

Gary Silvis - Sardinia OH, US
Gregory N. Taylor - Anderson OH, US
Jeffrey J. Ballman - Washington Court House OH, US

International Classification:

A01K 1/01

US Classification:

119479

Abstract:

Devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods related to animal enclosures. Specifically, the disclosed devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods relate to animal enclosure floor seal systems that may be coupled to an animal enclosure wall and may impede, restrict and/or reduce debris from entering or exiting the animal enclosure. In this manner, likelihood of contamination of the animal enclosure may be reduced.

US Patent:

53185544, Jun 7, 1994

Filed:

Aug 27, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/935938

Inventors:

Gerald A. Young - Cincinnati OH
Gary D. LaVon - Harrison OH
Gregory W. Taylor - Springdale OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61F 1315
A61F 1320

US Classification:

604378

Abstract:

Disclosed are absorbent articles, such as diapers, for the management of incontinence. Such articles utilize in their absorbent cores an fluid acquisition/distribution component and a fluid storage/redistribution component maintained in fluid communication with the acquisition/distribution component. The fluid acquisition/distribution component can be any porous hydrophilic, e. g. , fibrous or foam-based, material which will provide an initial Fluid Acquisition Rate of at least 2 mL of synthetic urine per second and will also preferably provide a 30-minute Vertical Wicking Height of at least 2 cm. The fluid storage/redistribution component comprises a hydrophilic, flexible, open-celled polymeric foam having a free absorbent capacity of at least about 12 mL of synthetic urine per gram of dry foam and an absorbent capacity under a 5. 1 kPa confining pressure which is at least 5% of this free capacity. Preferred fluid acquisition/distribution component materials comprise chemically stiffened, twisted, curled cellulosic fibers.

US Patent:

59066024, May 25, 1999

Filed:

Mar 27, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/833015

Inventors:

Gerald Martin Weber - Loveland OH
Gerald Alfred Young - Cincinnati OH
Gregory Wade Taylor - Forest Park OH
Gary Dean La Von - Middletown OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61F 1315

US Classification:

6043851

Abstract:

Disclosed is a shaped absorbent core suitable for absorbing and retaining aqueous body fluids. The absorbent cores comprise a front panel and a back panel. The front and back panels are made from fluid absorbent material, and each has an inner end, an outer end, and two sides. The inner and outer ends of each front and back panel have a length, with the inner end of each being shorter than the outer length of each. The front and back panels may comprise multiple layers of absorbent material. The absorbent cores also comprise a center section made from fluid absorbent material having first and second ends. The first end of the center section is in fluid communication with the front panel by overlapping the front panel intermediate the front inner and outer ends, and the second end is in fluid communication with the back panel by overlapping the back panel intermediate the back inner and outer ends. A method of preparing a shaped absorbent core comprises the steps of providing at least one continuous rectilinear web of first absorbent material having a longitudinal axis and a pair of lateral edges defining a first width. A continuous rectilinear web of second absorbent material having a longitudinal axis and a pair of lateral edges defining a second width wider than the first width of the first absorbent material is formed with opposing generally arcuate notched areas in the lateral edges at spaced intervals along the web of second absorbent material.

US Patent:

60159359, Jan 18, 2000

Filed:

Mar 27, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/825071

Inventors:

Gary Dean LaVon - Middletown OH
Gerald Alfred Young - Cincinnati OH
Gregory Wade Taylor - Forest Park OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61F 1315
A61F 1320

US Classification:

604378

Abstract:

Disclosed are absorbent cores for inclusion in articles such as diapers, incontinent briefs, training pants, diaper holders and liners, feminine hygiene garments, and the like, designed to provide improved fit and comfort for the wearer while adequately containing body exudates. The absorbent core is designed so as to retain low levels of fluid in the crotch region, relative to the other core regions, even when the core absorbs significant amounts of fluid during use. To achieve this, the absorbent core is designed such that fluid is moved substantially from the crotch region to the front and/or rear ends of the article. In particular, the absorbent core comprises in its crotch region a material having significant vertical wicking absorbent capacities.

US Patent:

62910507, Sep 18, 2001

Filed:

Oct 30, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/183768

Inventors:

James William Cree - Mundelein IL
Gregory Wade Taylor - Forest Park OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61F 1315

US Classification:

428131

Abstract:

An apertured polymeric film web having a first surface, a second surface generally parallel to and spaced apart from said first surface, and a plurality of fluid passageways extending between the first surface and the second surface to place the first surface and the second surface in fluid communication with one another. The web is formed of a polymeric film comprising at least one bulk modified layer, the bulk modified layer comprising a substantially homogeneous, stabilized dispersion comprising a comparatively low surface energy material in a polymeric material. The comparatively low surface energy material, referred to herein as a hydrophobic additive, imparts hydrophobicity to the web's first surface, thereby promoting enhanced effectiveness in transporting fluid away from the first surface of the web, particularly when used in combination with a hydrophilic adhesive applied to the web's second surface in a topsheet system of the present invention.

US Patent:

51473453, Sep 15, 1992

Filed:

Aug 12, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/743950

Inventors:

Gerald A. Young - Cincinnati OH
Gary D. LaVon - Harrison OH
Gregory W. Taylor - Springdale OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B32B 2700
B32B 326
A61F 1315
A61F 1320

US Classification:

604378

Abstract:

Disclosed are absorbent articles, such as diapers, for the management of incontinence. Such articles utilize in their absorbent cores a fluid acquisition/distribution component and a fluid storage/redistribution component maintained in fluid communication with the acquisition/distribution component. The fluid acquisition/distribution component can be any porous hydrophilic, e. g. , fibrous or foam-based, material which will provide an initial Fluid Acquisition Rate of at least 2 mL of synthetic urine per second and will also preferably provide a 30-minute Vertical Wicking Height of at least 2 cm. The fluid storage/redistribution component comprises a hydrophilic, flexible, open-celled polymeric foam having a free absorbent capacity of at least about 12 mL of synthetic urine per gram of dry foam and an absorbent capacity under a 5. 1 kPa confining pressure which is at least 5% of this free capacity. Preferred fluid acquisition/distribution component materials comprise chemically stiffened, twisted, curled cellulosic fibers.