US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worlwide on July 21 for "Absorbent article with waistband" (British, Russian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,677, issued on July 21, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worlwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Absorbent article with waistband" was invented by KyungSik Jang (Worcester Park, Great Britain), Alexey Markin (Stupino, Russia), JaeYoung Yoo (Reigate, Great Britain) and Marta Embid (Reigate, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Absorbent articles comprising elastic waist members and methods of manufactured are disclosed. In an embodiment, an absorbent article may comprise a chassis including an absorbent body and a body facing surface. The article may further comprise a first adhesive disposed on the body facing surface of the chassis and...