Low gauge films and film/nonwoven laminates

US6309736A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ann Louise McCormack · Cumming, US
• Kevin George Hetzler · Sparta, US
• Karen Lynn English · Alpharetta, US
• Billy R. Jones · Anderson, US
• Charles John Morell · Roswell, US
• Wiliam Bela Haffner · Kennesaw, US
• Glynis Allicia Walton · Roswell, US
• Lance Garrett · Marietta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T442/678
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a low gauge, multilayer film which may be laminated to other materials such as, for example, fibrous nonwoven webs. The multilayer film may include one or more skin layers which in certain configurations comprise no more than about 15 percent of the overall thickness and in other configurations no more than about 10 percent of the overall thickness of the multilayer film. Such films and laminates have a wide variety of uses including, but not limited to, personal care absorbent products, articles of clothing and health care related items such as surgical drapes and gowns.