Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Angela Dobson

Michael Tod Morman

David William Koenig

Ali Yahiaoui

Phillip A Schorr

Eric Clayton Steindorf

John Joseph Sayovitz

Douglas Robert Hoffman

Michael P Mathis

Patricia Hwang Calhoun

Gregory Todd Sudduth

Robert David Wright

Robert James Gerndt

Courtney Eileen Shea

Uyles Woodrow Bowen, Jr

Mark G Kupelian

Rasha Wafik Guirguis

Anthony Steve Spencer

Uyles Woodrow Bowen

A face mask for reducing the amount of microbes to which a wearer is exposed is provided. The face mask includes a body portion that has an outer layer that has been treated with a germicidal agent in an effective amount. The layer may be a nonwoven fabric like a spunbond, meltblown or coform layer and may be a laminate of such layers. The face mask having such a germicidal treatment can result in a reduction in microbial activity as compared to another face mask, identical but for the germicidal agent.

Germicidal face mask

A process for making a plurality of necked nonwoven strips having similar or identical cross-directional profiles includes the steps of slitting a neckable nonwoven web into a plurality of neckable nonwoven strips, passing the neckable nonwoven web between a first pair of nip rollers having a first surface velocity and a second pair of nip rollers having a second surface velocity greater than the first surface velocity, and necking the nonwoven web between the first pair of nip rollers and the second pair of nip rollers.

Slit neck spunbond process and material

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Angela Dobson