ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,173, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Topsheets for absorbent articles" was invented by Arman Ashraf (Mason, Ohio), Kelyn Anne Arora (Cincinnati), Misael Omar Aviles (Cincinnati), John Lee Hammons (Hamilton, Ohio) and Paul Thomas Weisman (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable absorbent article includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent structure positioned intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet. The topsheet includes an elongate central portion and two wing portions opposingly laterally extending from the elongate central portion. The topsheet forms a wearer-faci...