ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,515, issued on July 15, was assigned to Drylock Technologies NV (Zele, Belgium).
"Absorbent article with spacer element" was invented by Bart Van Malderen (Zele, Belgium), Steven Smet (Zele, Belgium) and Werner Van Ingelgem (Zele, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article having a front edge intended to be positioned at a front side of a person and a rear edge intended to be positioned at a rear side of a person, said absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent material between said topsheet and said backsheet, wherein at least a first spacer element is in...