US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on Feb. 18 for "Feminine hygiene article with improved wings having distal and proximal zones and adhesive deposits" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,297, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Feminine hygiene article with improved wings having distal and proximal zones and adhesive deposits" was invented by Henning Vohwinkel (Kronberg, Germany), Wolfgang Domeier (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Rainer Hefele (Wurzburg, Germany), Bruce William Lavash (West Chester, Ohio) and Holger Wendt (Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Feminine hygiene articles are disclosed herein. The feminine hygiene articles described herein can provide easily discernable placement and orientation guides which reduce the likelihood of misapplicati...