US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on Sept. 23 for "Apparatus and method for application of absorbent article" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,792, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Apparatus and method for application of absorbent article" was invented by William Bowser (Mundelein, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for assisting a caregiver with aligning an absorbent article chassis and side panels with a supine wearer's hips, spine and leg opening. The apparatus includes a complementary mechanical fastener portion for engaging with an absorbent article complementary mechanical fastener portion. To align the apparatus and absorbent article assembly, a caregiver, utilizing a grasping element positions the assembly...