ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,503, issued on June 30, was assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKITEBOLAG (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Absorbent article" was invented by Helena Corneliusson (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Peter Axborn (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article including an absorbent core sandwiched between a liquid-permeable topsheet and a liquid-impermeable backsheet, and comprises a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion located between the front portion and the back portion. The absorbent component includes a coherent area in only the front portion and the crotch portion of the absorbent article. The absorbent comp...