ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,272, issued on June 3, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).
"Absorbent article" was invented by Justin M. Mueller (Oshkosh, Wis.), Bridget Balogh (Menasha, Wis.), Marcille F. Ruman (Oshkosh, Wis.), Matthew R. Van Hout (Appleton, Wis.), Lindsay Borkovetz (Hortonville, Wis.), Jason K. Sieck (Neenah, Wis.) and Jason G. Csida (Appleton, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article has a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between and connecting the front region and the back region. A non-rectangular absorbent core is located in the absorbent article wherein a portion of the absor...