ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,274, issued on June 23, was assigned to Attends Healthcare Products Inc. (Greenville, N.C.).
"Method of applying fastener elements for disposable absorbent garment" was invented by William W. Gaston (Greenville, N.C.) and Mark Hoff (Oriental, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of making disposable absorbent articles and disposable absorbent articles that comprise: a first, second, and third fastener elements to a web such that: the first fastener element is spaced from the second fastener element by a first distance along a length of the web; the second fastener element is spaced from the third fastener element by a second d...