ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,047, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Absorbent article having fastening system" was invented by Hiroshi Nakahata (Cincinnati), Urmish Popatlal Dalal (Milford, Ohio) and James David Landgrebe (Madeira, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening member includes a base substrate and one or more engagement portions disposed on the base substrate. The one or more engagement portions comprise a first engagement portion. The engagement portions each comprise one or more hooks. The fastening member comprises a fold line and the fold line is at least partially disposed within the first engagemen...