ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,293, issued on May 19, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Absorbent core comprising a high loft central layer and channels" was invented by Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi (Oberursel, Germany) and Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger (Bad Soden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent core for use in an absorbent article, the absorbent core extending in a transversal direction and a longitudinal direction. The absorbent core includes a fluid-permeable top layer, a bottom layer, and a middle layer between the top layer and the bottom layer. The middle layer may be a high loft fibrous nonwoven layer, in particular having ...