Transfer delay for increased access fluff capacity

US6613028B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Allen Daley · Alpharetta, US
• Tamara Lee Mace · Marietta, US
• David Michael Matela · Alpharetta, US
• Yvette Lynn Hammonds · Fond du Lac, US
• Eugenio Varona · Marietta, US
• Arthur E. Garavaglia · Alpharetta, US
• Laura Walker · Appleton, US
• Ann Marie Giencke · Menasha, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 1998
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/53782
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A personal care absorbent article having a fluid intake/distribution layer, a fluid transfer delay layer disposed beneath said fluid intake/distribution layer, said fluid transfer delay layer enabling the transfer of fluid from the fluid intake/distribution layer(s) to a pad layer disposed beneath the fluid transfer delay layer while still allowing fluid distribution by the fluid intake/distribution layer along the machine direction of the article resulting in saturation levels of less than or equal to about 0.86 g/g/in of fluid in the intake/distribution layer(s) and/or essentially equal to or greater than 0.06 g/g/in. of fluid in the pad layer.