US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on July 22 for "Method for perforating a nonlinear line of weakness" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,559, issued on July 22, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Method for perforating a nonlinear line of weakness" was invented by Deborah Sue Slovut (Madeira, Ohio), Laura Marie Tanno (Cincinnati) and Kathryn Christian Kien (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing a nonlinear line of weakness on a web material including providing: a base, a support, a blade, and a driving means. The base may comprise at least one counter component having a length (LCC) where the counter component comprises a nonlinear shape having a shape width (W) and may have a plurality of teeth. The support may be opera...