US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on Nov. 25 for "Absorbent article with selectively positioned waist containment member" (Wisconsin, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,517, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Absorbent article with selectively positioned waist containment member" was invented by David F. Bishop (Appleton, Wis.), Patsy A. Benedict (Omro, Wis.), Joseph D. Coenen (Kaukauna, Wis.), Kaitlyn E. Mast (Shipshewana, Ind.) and Michael J. Faulks (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article (10, 110, 210, 310) can include a chassis (11) including an absorbent body (34). The chassis (11) can include a body facing surface (19). The absorbent article (10, 110, 210, 310) can also include a waist containment member (54, 154, 254). T...