Kimberly-clark Corporation

Cedric A Dunkerly, Ii

Thomas Harold Roessler

David Louis Zenker

Christopher Cosgrove Creagan

Richard S Yeo

Michael A Sciaraffa

Jon R Butt, Sr

Roger L Lance

Connie L Hetzler

Stephen C Meyer

Disclosed is a lightweight nonwoven laminate particularly useful as a component of personal care articles, for example as a barrier cuff material for disposable diapers. Components of the laminate include at least one fine fiber layer having a basis weight in the range of from about 1.5 gsm to 26 gsm and at least one continuous filament layer having a basis weight in the range of from about 10 gsm to 30 gsm. The fine fiber component comprises at least a ratio of 5% and the layers are intermittently bonded for a total basis weight up to about 55 gsm. Desirable softness, breathability and barrier properties are obtained.

Disposable garment with improved containments means

A distinctive absorbent article includes an absorbent body composed of a substantially hydrophilic material which is capable of absorbing a selected liquid. A liquid permeable topsheet layer composed of a substantially hydrophobic material is superposed in facing relation with said absorbent body and has an effective average pore size therein. A liquid permeable transport layer is located between the topsheet layer and the absorbent body, and is composed of a material which is less hydrophilic than the absorbent body and has an effective average pore size therein which is smaller than the pore size of the topsheet layer.

Absorbent article having a hydrophobic transport layer

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Alpharetta, GA, United States of America

Cedric A Dunkerly, Ii