ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,273, issued on June 3, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Absorbent article with absorbent core" was invented by Ronald Joseph Zink (Blue Ash, Ohio), Masaharu Nishikawa (Cincinnati) and Gary Dean Lavon (Liberty Township, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis having a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core. The article also includes a waist feature having a portion extending longitudinally outboard of the chassis in the waist region. The backsheet inclu...