ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,514, issued on April 14, was assigned to Daio Paper Corp. (Ehime, Japan).
"Disposable diaper and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Akie Moritani (Ehime, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable diaper whose absorber body changes its shape to motion of the wearer for enhanced fitting and wearing comfort, without excessively increased rigidity, includes an absorbent element having an absorber body and a wrapping sheet, and provided on its body side round and oval compressed areas, respectively. The round areas includes first and second compressed areas arranged respectively at intervals in the width and front-bac...