US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on Oct. 14 for "Absorbent articles and methods for manufacturing same" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,139, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Absorbent articles and methods for manufacturing same" was invented by Francis P. Abuto (Johns Creek, Ga.), Andrew T. Baker (Norcross, Ga.) and Marvin E. Swails (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A one-ply absorbent article comprising a nonwoven first layer; a non-woven third layer; a nonwoven second layer between the first layer and the third layer; and wherein the one-ply absorbent article has a first absorbency measure at a first delamination state and a second absorbency measure at a second delamination state, wherein the first abs...