ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,109, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Disposable hygiene article" was invented by Philip Blomstrom (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Shadi Stahl (Molndal, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disposable hygiene article is provided including a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core and liquid side barriers arranged substantially along longitudinal edges of the absorbent core and provided to reduce side-edge leakage. The coloured indications are provided on the article along the liquid side barriers to indicate the presence of the liquid side ba...