ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,282, issued on July 7, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Discrete cells forming distinct pillow regions" was invented by Kari B. Ross (Loveland, Ohio), Kathryn Christian Kien (Cincinnati), Charles Allen Redd (Harrison, Ohio), Osman Polat (Montgomery, Ohio) and Anthony Paul Bankemper (Green Township, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Belts and fibrous structures of the present disclosure may comprise discrete cells comprising one or more legs and/or one or more concavities in certain patterns or Cell Groups. The Cell Group(s) may comprise pillows having different densities."
The patent was filed on Oct. 24, 202...