ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,818, issued on May 13, was assigned to EASYDAY HEALTH PRODUCTS INC. (Blainville, Canada).

"Sanitary article with removable lateral and/or end portions" was invented by Cristian Stefu (Blainville, Canada), Ioana Mihaela Hidisan (Blainville, Canada) and Regent Racine (Blainville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitary article comprises a longitudinal main body bounded by a perimeter defining opposite ends and opposite lateral margins and comprising a body contacting surface and an opposite outer surface. At least one removable portion extends from at least one segment of the perimeter. A tear line is defined between at least ...