US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on July 28 for "Absorbent articles having textured zones" (Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,011, issued on July 28, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Absorbent articles having textured zones" was invented by Ronald Joseph Zink (Blue Ash, Ohio), Sarah Marie Wade (Springfield Township, Ohio), Tina Marie Glahn (West Chester, Ohio), Rachael Eden Walther (Union, Ky.), Darrell Ian Brown (Mason, Ohio), Gary Dean LaVon (Liberty Township, Ohio), Nicholas Paul Goyette (Cincinnati), Kaoru Ishihara (West Chester, Ohio), Amanda Margaret Bicking (Cincinnati) and Diana Juratovac (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article comprises a chassis having a belt portion extending therefrom. The belt ...