Absorbent sheet material having cut-resistant layer and method for making the same

US6383615B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Geneva Gail Otten · Cincinnati, US
• Albert Sylvester Crawford, II · Cincinnati, US
• Daniel James Rhoads · Columbus, US
• John David Norcom · Sharonville, US
• Richard Tweddell, III · Cincinnati, US
• Peter W. Hamilton · Cincinnati, US
• Richard Emil Hildebrand, IV · Sharonville, US
• Kenneth Stephen McGuire · Montgomery, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 2001
• Grant date: May 7, 2002
• Expiry date: May 31, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/24998
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An absorbent and cut-resistant sheet having a cut-resistant material with a plurality of openings, and an absorbent material attached to the cut-resistant material. Preferably, the apertured cut-resistant material is in the form of sheet having a thickness of between about 0.005 inches and about 0.020 inches, and has an open area of less than about 50 percent. It is also preferred that the cut-resistant sheet have fold lines formed on a non-cutting surface, so as to make the material easily foldable and/or tearable. In addition, a stainable absorbent cover layer can be attached to a cutting surface of the cut-resistant sheet to provide an indication of where cutting has occurred, and to give the material a desirable appearance. A liquid impervious backing layer is also preferably attached to the absorbent material to resist the escape of fluid from the absorbent material. It is preferred that the cut-resistant sheet comprises a polymeric material.