US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on July 8 for "Deflecting member for making fibrous structures" (Ohio, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,984, issued on July 8, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Deflecting member for making fibrous structures" was invented by John Leslie Brent Jr. (Springboro, Ohio), James Michael Singer (Liberty Township, Ohio), John Allen Manifold (Sunman, Ind.), Eric James Watkins (Lawrenceburg, Ind.), Mario Castillo (Cincinnati) and Jeffrey Glen Sheehan (Symmes Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member that includes a resin coating, and at least one tile fastened to the resin coating."

The patent was filed on Sept. 29, 2022, under Application No. 17/936,425.

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