ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,237, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Absorbent article with waist guard" was invented by Abhishek Prakash Surushe (Kelkheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an absorbent article with a waist guard disposed in the back waist region. The waist guard comprises one or more waist guard sheets, and at least a first and a second pocket. The first pocket is formed by the one or more waist guard sheets, and the second pocket is at least partially provided between the topsheet and the first pocket."
The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2022, under Application No. 17/982,874...