Layered absorbent structure with a zoned basis weight

US6710225B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Rob David Everett · Appleton, US
• Thomas Gerald Bolwerk · Appleton, US
• Richard Norris Dodge, II · Appleton, US
• Violet May Grube · Greenville, US
• Yong Li · Tacoma, US
• Debra Jean McDowall · Roswell, US
• Shannon Kathleen Melius · Appleton, US
• Lawrence Howell Sawyer · Neenah, US
• David Zenker · Neenah, US
• Xiaomin Zhang · Charlotte, US
• Sylvia Bandy Little · Marietta, US
• Billie J. Matthews · Woodstock, US
• Sridhar Ranganathan · Suwanee, US
• Stanley Michael Gryskiewicz · Woodstock, US
• Kuo-Shu Edward Chang · Charlotte, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2000
• Grant date: Mar 23, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T442/668

Abstract

Absorbent article including an absorbent core having multiple absorbent layers. The absorbent layers interact in a manner which desirably locates absorbed liquid in an appointed, high saturation wicking layer.