ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,546, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Absorbent article with waist guard" was invented by Abhishek Prakash Surushe (Kelkheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an absorbent article with a waist guard disposed in the back waist region such that at least a first pocket is formed. The waist guard is formed of at least a first waist guard sheet and a second waist guard sheet. Each of the first and second waist guard sheet forms a portion of the first pocket. The first waist guard sheet is different from the second waist guard sheet, the difference being selecte...