US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on Jan. 20 for "System of a pull-on wearable article and an absorbent article" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,699, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"System of a pull-on wearable article and an absorbent article" was invented by YangSook Jeon (Dongjak-gu, South Korea), CheolHee Kim (Suseong-gu, South Korea), JeongOg Byun (Songpa-gu, South Korea), JungNam Kim (Dongdaemun-gu, South Korea) and Candace D. Krautkramer (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pull-on wearable article can have a front region, a back region, and a crotch region located between the front region and the back region. The pull-on wearable article has a permanent closed waist configuration providing the pull-on wearabl...