Patent · US Expired

Highly efficient surge material for absorbent articles

US5879343A · kind A · utility

37Cited by

127References

2Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

Richard Norris Dodge, II · Appleton, US
Clifford Jackson Ellis · Woodstock, US
Connie Lynn Hetzler · Alpharetta, US
Sylvia Bandy Little · Marietta, US
Tamara Lee Mace · Marietta, US
Lawrence Howell Sawyer · Neenah, US
Hoa La Wilhelm · Appleton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 1996
Grant date	Mar 9, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T442/698
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is provided a surge material for personal care products which is a wettable web of fibers of 30 microns in diameter or less where the web has a permeability between about 250 and 1500 Darcys, a capillary tension between about 1.5 and 5 cm, and which maintains that permeability and capillary tension over the life of the web. Its preferred that the web have a density between about 0.02 g/cc to about 0.07 g/cc.

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