US Patent Issued to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag on March 25 for "Incontinence pad with varying thickness profile" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,130, issued on March 25, was assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Incontinence pad with varying thickness profile" was invented by Pia Kalentun (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Marie Kristensson (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The incontinence pad comprises a fluid permeable topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core being located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises a first core layer and a fluid control layer. The first core layer comprises 100 gsm superabsorbent material or more. The absorbent core has a varying thickness profile as seen in the longitu...