ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,571, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to FITESA FILM PRODUCTS LLC (Simpsonville, S.C.).
"Formed film laminate for absorbent articles" was invented by Andrew D. Maschino (Paris, Ill.), Phillip A. Mellor (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Jesse B. Schalburg (Terre Haute, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A formed film laminate includes two formed films. Each formed film includes a first side and a second side. The first side includes a plurality of elongated ridges extending from a first land area, a plurality of valleys defined by adjacent elongated ridges and the first land area, and a plurality of primary apertures located at bottoms of the ...