US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on June 23 for "Multi-layer absorbent cores and methods of manufacture" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,277, issued on June 23, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Multi-layer absorbent cores and methods of manufacture" was invented by YunSeok Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), WonYoung Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), MinHee Lee (Anseong-si, South Korea) and SukHee Jung (Sejong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Absorbent bodies and methods of forming absorbent bodies are disclosed. In one embodiment, an absorbent garment comprises a bodyside liner; an outer cover; an absorbent comprising: a top facing material layer, a bottom facing material layer, a lofty nonwoven reinforcing material disposed between ...