ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,731, issued on June 10, was assigned to LIVEDO Corp. (Ehime, Japan).
"Absorbent article" was invented by Yuki Takahashi (Tokushima, Japan) and Shingo Takeda (Tokushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article (1) comprising a top sheet (2), a back sheet (3), an absorbent body (4) provided therebetween, and side sheets (5) provided on both sides of the top sheet (2) in a width direction, wherein; a leak-proof flap (6) is formed from a portion of the side sheet (5); the leak-proof flap (6) is configured such that a front end portion (6F) and a rear end portion (6B) are joined to the top sheet (2) at end fixing parts (...