Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Jaime Braverman

Arthur Edward Garavaglia

Yvette Lynn Hammonds

Herb F Velazquez

Susan Jean Moder

Jayne B Nelson

Tamara Lee Mace

Michael Allen Daley

Ali Yahiaoui

Nancy Donaldson Kollin

Eugenio Go Varona

Charles Wilson Colman

David Michael Matela

James Arthur Davis

Tiffany Marshalle Lee Hunter

William V Rayfield

David Wayne Primm

David Martin Jackson

Michael Donald Sperl

Donald Eugene Waldroup

Kuo-Shu Edward Chang

Sylvia Bandy Little

Robert J Makolin

Michael David Powers

Ronald Lee Edens

Rebecca Lyn Dilnik

Theresa Michelle McCoy

Rodney Lawrence Abba

Karen Lynn English

Roland Columbus Smith, Jr

Jon Edward Tinsley

Hristo Angelov Hristov

David Joseph Nickel

Mark Bruce Majors

Gregory A Zelazoski

Reginald Smith

Laura Jane Walker

Rebecca Willey Griffin

Maureen Myrl Falls

Alexander Schmidt-Foerst

Lisa Ann Schild

Steven Rashad Inabinet

Monica Lynn Bontrager

Yen-Ling Lai

Teresa D Petryk

Sharon Rymer

John Thomas Cooper

Robert C Diluccio

Jai L Jones

There is provided a resilient, three dimensional material having fibrous texture and appearance and capable of fluid handling. It consists of a top surface and a bottom surface wherein fiber-like elements typically extend from one surface to the other forming flat to undulating surfaces characterized by a multiplicity of interconnected fluid passageways. Deformed, discontinuous film-like or encapsulated regions connect fiber-like elements and stabilize the material. The material of this invention is unique based on the three principle characteristics which are communicated in this application: 1) f(&#x3c8;)&#x3c;0.87, 2) SA/VV&#x3c;186 cm/cm, and 3) caliper&#x3c;0.150 inches. This material is useful for a number of purposes, such as for use as a liner for personal care products like diapers, absorbent underpants, swim wear, feminine hygiene products, adult incontinence products and the like. The properties of the material may be tailored within the ranges of this invention to deliver optimal material performance for use in specific personal care products.

Creped materials

There is provided a personal care product that has a liquid impermeable backsheet, a liquid permeable topsheet, and an absorbent composite located between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent composite has an upper layer made of pulp cellulose fiber in an amount of from 80 to 95 weight percent, at most 20 weight percent binder and has a density between about 0.03 and 0.15 g/cc and a basis weight between about 20 to 75 gsm. The composite has a lower layer having from 80 to 95 weight percent pulp, at most 20 weight percent binder, and has a density greater than the upper layer and between 0.08 and 0.20 g/cc, and a basis weight between 120 and 200 gsm.

Pulp fiber absorbent composites for personal care products

A personal care product that has a liquid impermeable backsheet, a liquid permeable topsheet, and an absorbent composite located between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent composite has an upper layer made of synthetic fiber with at most 20 weight percent pulp and the upper layer has a density between about 0.03 and 0.15 g/cc and a basis weight between about 20 to 75 gsm. The composite has a lower layer having from 80 to 95 weight percent pulp, at most 20 weight percent binder, and has a density greater than the upper layer and between 0.06 and 0.20 g/cc, and a basis weight between 120 and 200 gsm.

Pulp and synthetic fiber absorbent composites for personal care products

A material having a multi-denier base material layer including a plurality of fine denier fibers, the fine denier fibers of less than about 10 dpf, and a plurality of large denier filaments intermixed with the fine denier fibers which form channels in a longitudinal direction of the material, the large denier filaments of greater than about 10 dpf. A method of producing a multi-denier cover material is also disclosed.

Cover material with improved fluid handling properties

Double swirl embossed surface pattern for an absorbent article

Swirl embossed surface pattern for an absorbent article

A feminine care absorbent article includes an outer cover and an absorbent structure in superposed relation to the outer cover and defining a bodyfacing surface. A lotion formulation is deposited on the bodyfacing surface in discrete locations targeted for specific regions of the wearer's body.

Feminine care product with discrete areas of a skin wellness additive

An absorbent article having a fluid permeable top sheet, a fluid impermeable back sheet, and a corrugated absorbent material having a plurality of alternating peaks and valleys disposed between the fluid permeable top sheet and the fluid impermeable back sheet. The corrugated absorbent material can be a nonwoven web of a synthetic material or a web comprising natural fibers such as a pulp fibers, and include a binder and/or a superabsorbent material. The corrugated absorbent material can be formed by various processes, such as feeding the absorbent material through a nip having a doctor blade which reduces the speed of the absorbent material exiting the nip, thereby creating corrugations.

Corrugated absorbent system for hygienic products

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.

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

Sanitary pad for variable flow management

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Jaime Braverman