US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on March 4 for "Absorbent article with body conforming structure" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,513, issued on March 4, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Absorbent article with body conforming structure" was invented by Suzanne Marie Schmoker (Neenah, Wis.), Heidi Bauerlein Hopkins (Neenah, Wis.), Sohyun Sara Park (Neenah, Wis.) and Christopher Peter Olson (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article has a top sheet, a back sheet, and an absorbent assembly positioned between the back sheet and the top sheet. The absorbent article includes a fluid intake layer positioned between the absorbent assembly and the top sheet. The fluid intake layer has a rearward-facing arch located in...