ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,732, issued on Oct. 21, 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) and John Allen Manifold (Sunman, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member."
The patent was filed on Jan. 23, 2023, under Application No. 18/157,852.
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