US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on Oct. 20 for "Multi-layer absorbent cores and methods of manufacture" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,046, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Multi-layer absorbent cores and methods of manufacture" was invented by SangHee Ra (Gwangjin-gu, South Korea), KueYoung You (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and MinJae Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multi-layered absorbent bodies and methods of manufacture are disclosed. An absorbent body may comprise a top, liquid permeable covering material, a bottom covering material, a reinforcing material disposed between the top covering material and the bottom covering material, the reinforcing material bonded directly to the top coveri...