Lyle Brown Tuthill, 77Columbus, OH

6315482, Nov 13, 2001

Nov 4, 1998

9/185785

Richard Michael Girardot - West Chester OH
Gene Michael Altonen - West Chester OH
Lyle Brown Tuthill - Indian Hill OH
Curtis Bobby Motley - West Chester OH

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

B05C 1100

401266

Applicator for applying and distributing a substance onto a target surface. The applicator comprises a substantially planar sheet of compressible, conformable material having opposed first and second surfaces and an interior region between said first and second surfaces. The sheet of material has a thickness between the first and second surfaces which decreases when the sheet of material is subjected to an externally-applied force in a direction substantially normal to the first surface. The applicator further includes at least one discrete reservoir extending inwardly of the first surface into the interior of the sheet of material which is at least partially filled with a substance and at least one discrete aperture formed in the first surface which is in fluid communication with the reservoir. Compression of the sheet of material via an externally-applied force substantially normal to said first surface expresses product from the aperture and translational motion of the first surface relative to a target surface applies and distributes said product onto the target surface. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of apertures are associated with corresponding reservoirs forming a delivery zone near one end of a hand-held applicator, and the sheet material is preferably resilient both in compression and in bending to conform to irregular target surfaces.

6165603, Dec 26, 2000

Aug 8, 1996

8/695253

Richard M. Girardot - Cincinnati OH
Gene M. Altonen - West Chester OH
Lyle B. Tuthill - Indian Hill OH

Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

A47K 702
A47K 704
B32B 502

428219

An improved washing implement which exhibits superior softness, while also retaining good resiliency and durability, is made from at least one piece of open cell polymer mesh. To achieve the improved softness, resiliency, and durability of the improved washing implement an improved open cell mesh is provided which is softer and sufficiently resilient as a result of its controlled material and cell structure parameters. In preferred embodiments, the controlled physical parameters of the open cell mesh include basis weight, cell count, node count, node length and node diameter. Optimizing the physical parameters of the mesh also results in a washing implement that absorbs and delivers increased amounts of water and cleansing product to the surface being cleaned.

5630245, May 20, 1997

Dec 8, 1995

8/569757

Lyle B. Tuthill - Indian Hill OH
John P. Grooms - Cincinnati OH
H. Norman Reiboldt - West College Corner IN
William P. Dirksing - Cleves OH
Charles G. Yeazell - Cincinnati OH
Richard M. Girardot - Cincinnati OH
Eric J. Grosgogeat - Cincinnati OH
Richard G. Bausch - Cincinnati OH

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

A47L 1310

1522911

A personal cleansing implement comprises a tubular piece of hydrophobic diamond-mesh scrim, which is stretched to expand the diamond mesh, gathered along a longitudinal axis of the tubular piece of scrim to form circumferential pleats, and heat set in an expanded and pleated condition to form a substantially rectangular resilient batt. Top and bottom surfaces of the batt are bonded together adjacent the perimeter of the batt by a bonding means. Thread stitching or intermittent thermobonding are the preferred bonding means. Ultrasonic bonding is most preferred. A tether loop is connected to the implement for hanging it from a support during drying.

5863844, Jan 26, 1999

Jun 27, 1996

8/672193

Richard M. Girardot - Cincinnati OH
Gene M. Altonen - West Chester OH
Lyle B. Tuthill - Indian Hill OH

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

B32B 502

442 1

An improved washing implement which exhibits superior softness, while also retaining good resiliency. To achieve the improved softness and resiliency of the improved washing implement an improved open cell mesh is provided which is softer and sufficiently resilient as a result of its controlled cell structure parameters. In preferred embodiments, the controlled physical parameters of the open cell mesh include basis weight, cell count, node count, node length and node diameter. Additionally there is provided a method of testing the mesh's resistance to an applied load, which provides an additional parameter for characterizing the mesh of the present invention.

4116851, Sep 26, 1978

Jun 20, 1977

5/808016

Lewis Allen Rupe - Cincinnati OH
Lyle Brown Tuthill - Cincinnati OH
John William Leikhim - Cincinnati OH

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

C11D 754
C11D 756

252103

Highly alkaline thickened aqueous liquid hypohalite compositions containing either mineral oil, water insoluble saturated fatty acid esters, water insoluble ethers, and mixtures thereof, preferably thickened with a clay, preferably thixotropic, and containing an alkali metal silicate which can be used in a process for cleaning kitchen utensils having baked-on soils comprising the steps of treating a soiled utensil surface with the thickened alkaline hypohalite composition and then covering the treated soiled utensil surface with an excess of water at a temperature of more than about 100. degree. F. The compositions containing clay, an alkali metal silicate and the mineral oil, water insoluble ester and ethers, etc. are particularly stable, provide good corrosion protection to metals, are milder to skin than the same alkaline hypohalite compositions without the mineral oil, etc. Preferred compositions containing the silicate and saturated fatty acid esters do not leave a residue of dried product which is difficult to remove.

6146745, Nov 14, 2000

Jun 27, 1996

8/672126

Gene M. Altonen - West Chester OH
Richard M. Girardot - Cincinnati OH
Lyle B. Tuthill - Indian Hill OH

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

B32B 312

428219

Disclosed is an improved open cell mesh which exhibits superior softness, while also retaining acceptable resiliency, as a result of controlling cell structure parameters. In preferred embodiments, physically measurable parameters of the open cell mesh, and more particularly the cell structure, are controlled within pre-defined ranges. The controlled physical parameters of the subject open cell mesh include basis weight, cell count, node count, node length, node thickness, and node width. Additionally, there is provided a method of testing the mesh's resistance to an applied load, which is a predictive indicator of softness and resiliency.

5715561, Feb 10, 1998

Apr 12, 1996

8/631588

Lyle B. Tuthill - Indian Hill OH
Charles G. Yeazell - Cincinnati OH
Richard M. Girardot - Cincinnati OH

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

A47L 1310
A47L 1708

1522911

A personal cleansing implement is made from a hydrophobic piece of tubular scrim. The piece of tubular scrim is gathered along a longitudinal axis thereof to form circumferential pleats. The circumferential pleats are permanently fixed in a gathered condition by bonding together a top surface and a bottom surface of them adjacent to their perimeter while they are maintained in the gathered condition. The tubular scrim have properties which result in a consumer preferred softness in the personal cleansing implement. The properties of the tubular scrim comprise a node width ranging from 0. 18 mm to 0. 56 mm; a strand length ranging from 1. 78 mm to 3. 68 mm; and a repeat unit average weight ranging from 1. times. 10. sup. -4 gm to 3. 4. times. 10. sup. -4 gm. The tubular scrim is preferably made substantially of low density polyethylene.

D261992, Nov 24, 1981

Dec 19, 1979

6/105183

Lyle B. Tuthill - Cincinnati OH
Dutro Blocksom - Cincinnati OH

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

D0907

D 9449