ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,323, issued on April 29, was assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Absorbent article" was invented by Peter Axborn (Gothenburg, Sweden), Helena Corneliusson (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Cecilia Thelin (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article includes an absorbent core. The article has a central longitudinal axis and a central transverse axis extending perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, the absorbent article having a front end edge and a back end edge. The absorbent article has a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion. The absorbent core includes a coherent ...