ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,046, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Daio Paper Corp. (Ehime, Japan).
"Tape-type disposable diaper" was invented by Kohei Aochi (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape-type disposable diaper having upper and lower fastening tapes divided by a perforated line, wherein the initial point of the perforated line is noticeable. The diaper has a fastening tape extending widthwise from each of the opposed lateral portions of the dorsal region, wherein, assuming that a part of the side edge of each fastening tape located between the fastening parts of the waist-side flap and the round-leg-side flap is equally divided in the fro...