Apertured film covers with localized wettability and method for making the same

US6410823B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Allen Daley · Alpharetta, US
• Mark Majors · Cumming, US
• Ali Yahiaoui · Roswell, US
• Arthur E. Garavaglia · Alpharetta, US
• Michael D. Powers · Spokane, US
• David W. Primm · Cumming, US
• Tamara Lee Mace · Marietta, US
• Nancy Donaldson Kollin · Roswell, US
• Gregory Alan Zelazoski · Woodstock, US
• Jon Edward Tinsley · Roswell, US
• Jaime Braverman · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2002
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/8405
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A film cover for use in absorbent materials such as feminine care products, surgical drapes, fenestration reinforcement, absorbent pads and the like including a polymeric film having a top planar surface and a bottom planar surface and forming a plurality of apertures, at least a portion of which have an aperture region having a higher wettability than a portion of the top planar surface of the polymeric film.