US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on July 22 for "Absorbent article having a fastening system with a visual cue" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,631, issued on July 22, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Absorbent article having a fastening system with a visual cue" was invented by Janet E. Collins (Neenah, Wis.), David Biggs (Neenah, Wis.), Eric D. Johnson (Larsen, Wis.) and Alanna Haessler (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article has a chassis having an outer cover at least in part defining the outer surface of the article, a pair of ears extending transversely outward from opposite sides of the chassis, and a fastening system comprising a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system. The secondary fastenin...