Method of manufacturing a foam and fiber composite

US11998432B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jun Zhang · Irvine, US
• April Montoya Vaverka · Roswell, US
• Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet · Neenah, US
• Richmond R. Cohen · Wanaque, US
• Mary Alice Berceau · De Pere, US
• Joseph K. Baker · Neenah, US
• Udaykumar Raval · Cumming, US
• David Glen Biggs · Neenah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2024
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L2205/16
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.