ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,240, issued on July 1, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Durable absorbent pant" was invented by Cassandra A. Sepello (Loveland, Ohio), Ashley Basius (Cincinnati), Bret D. Seitz (West Chester, Ohio), Roi Kurt Ballin (Hoboken, N.J.) and Amit Ron Ronkin (Ramot Hashavim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A durable absorbent pant is disclosed. The pant includes a crotch portion with a crotch gusset including an absorbent assembly. The crotch gusset may be configured to exhibit a maximum Longitudinal Elongation of 25 percent to 100 percent and a Longitudinal Tensile Modulus of 10 gf/mm to 100 gf/mm. The described ...