ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,236, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).
"Absorbent article" was invented by Xiaomin Liu (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article (10) can have a first body panel (20), a second body panel (30), and an absorbent panel (40) spanning between connecting the first body panel (20) and the second body panel (30). The absorbent panel (40) is narrower in width than each of the first body panel (20) and the second body panel (30) and is bonded to at least one of the first body panel (20) and/or second body panel (30) with at least one bond region (102,104) having a first bond s...