ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,069, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Disposable hygiene article" was invented by Philip Blomstrom (Gothenburg, Sweden), Shadi Stahl (Molndal, Sweden) and Anna Bagger-Sjoback (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disposable hygiene article having a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core. The article is releasably attached to a garment and has liquid side barriers arranged substantially along longitudinal edges of the absorbent core. The article has a front portion, oriented upwards during use, having a tapering shape wi...