US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on July 1 for "Absorbent article with three dimensional shape retaining structure" (Georgia, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,243, issued on July 1, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Absorbent article with three dimensional shape retaining structure" was invented by Roger B. Quincy III (Cumming, Ga.), Andrew T. Hammond (Grand Chute, Wis.) and Prasad S. Potnis (Johns Creek, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article (10) can include a body facing liner (28), a backsheet (26), and an absorbent body (34) disposed between the body facing liner (28) and the backsheet (26). The body facing liner (28) can include at least one embossment (64). The absorbent article (10) can also include an acquisition layer (70, 170, 270, 37...