ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,078, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Waist-to-side silhouettes of adult disposable absorbent articles and arrays" was invented by Bret Darren Seitz (Loveland, Ohio), Gary Dean LaVon (Liberty Township, Ohio), Jill Trygier (West Chester, Ohio) and Vanessa Melendez (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or greater than a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And, an Arra...