ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. D1,080,865, issued on June 24, was assigned to THE PENNINGTON SCHOOL (Pennington, N.J.).

"Reusable shell for absorbent article" was invented by Susan Wirsig (Pennington, N.J.), Shealyn Tirendi (Pennington, N.J.), Kira Cafferty (Pennington, N.J.), Julia McDougall (Pennington, N.J.), Francesca Pendus (Pennington, N.J.), Jordan Mahony (Pennington, N.J.), Elizabeth Adams (Pennington, N.J.), Ariana Colner (Pennington, N.J.), Gloria Liu (Pennington, N.J.), Isabella Fermo (Pennington, N.J.), Emily Barkley (Pennington, N.J.), Alexa Lepold (Pennington, N.J.), Maygala Selvisudhakar (Pennington, N.J.) and Molly Gibbard (Pennington, N.J.).

The patent was filed on Feb. 7, 2022, under Application No....