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High permeability liner with improved intake and distribution

US5931823A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1997
Grant dateAug 3, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD04H1/5416
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is provided a absorbent material for personal care products which is made from wettable fibers of at most 40 microns in diameter which are made into a web and where the web has controlled spaces in the side away from a wearer point unbonded bonding pattern. The web will accept a liquid insult of 50 ml with a runover/run-through percentage ratio of less than 1.5.

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