ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,511, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Disposable absorbent article" was invented by Stefan Roell (Bensheim, Germany), Thomas Jan Bruehl (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Clint Adam Morrow (Union, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable absorbent article. The disposable absorbent article has a topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The disposable absorbent article may include embossed central channels, a perimeter channel, and a pair of rear channels disposed on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis transversely inboard of the perim...