US Patent Issued to GDM on July 8 for "Line and process for the production of nappy pants" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,132, issued on July 8, was assigned to GDM S.p.A. (Bologna, Italy).

"Line and process for the production of nappy pants" was invented by Matteo Piantoni (Bologna, Italy) and Alessandro Zavalloni (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A line for the production of diaper pants including at least one absorbent pad and a plurality of elastic bands, forming a pants-like structure; the production line includes a first forming unit for forming a composite web from which said absorbent pads are obtained, a second unit for forming elastic bands for forming said elastic bands and an assembly line for assembling the pads and the elastic ...