Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Kimberly-clark Corporation

Michael William Veith

Lawrence Howell Sawyer

Mark Alan Burazin

Thomas Gerard Shannon

David Arthur Fell

Sridhar Ranganathan

Ralph Lee Anderson

Bo Shi

Candace Dyan Krautkramer

Jerome Steven Veith

Kenneth Curtis Larson

Edward Joseph VanRengen

Dave Allen Soerens

Heather Anne Sorebo

William Grover Reeves

David Louis Zenker

Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet

Shannon Kathleen Melius

Anthony John Wisneski

Andrew Edsel Huntoon

Violet May Grube

Toan Thanh LeMinh

Robert Lee Popp

Mike Thomas Goulet

Jian Qin

David Martin Jackson

Eric Donald Johnson

Daniel Robert Schlinz

Maurizio Tirimacco

Richard John Schmidt

Frank Paul Abuto

Sylvia Bandy Little

Tamara Lee Mace

Richard Norris Dodge, Ii

Debra Jean McDowall

David Charles Potts

Edward E Werner

Michael Allen Daley

David Michael Matela

Kendell Jean Williams

Nancy Donaldson Kollin

Thomas William VanDenBogart

Amy Michele Achter

Dmitry Yavich

Gregory Marc Lefkowitz

Peter Robert Elliker

Barbara Jean Burns

EoYeon Hwang

Cynthia Marie Phillips

Bruce Wilfuhr Achter

JinHee Lee

Patrick E O'Brien

Francis P Abuto

JinYoung Jung

WonYoung Lee

Allyson Marie Sagel

Kevin Wilson Wood

Patrick Emmett O'BRIEN

Novel pulps comprising conventional papermaking and macroalgae fibers are provided. By combining conventional papermaking fibers with never-dried macroalgae fibers, rather than dried macroalgae fibers, the disclosure provides pulp sheets having improved characteristics such as tensile and burst strength, with minimal deterioration in freeness.

High strength macroalgae pulps

An absorbent article having improved handling of liquid and improved intake and retention of liquid loadings during use. The absorbent article can minimize the amount of moisture in contact with a wearer's skin and can provide a feeling of softness on the skin of the wearer.

Absorbent article with point fusion bonding

The disclosure provides tissue webs, and products incorporating the same, where the webs comprise macroalgae fibers. More specifically the disclosure provides soft and durable tissue webs comprising at least about 1 percent macroalgae fiber by weight of the web. In the tissue webs of the present disclosure, macroalgae fibers may preferably replace high average fiber length wood fibers, which increases the strength and durability of the web without negatively stiffness.

Tissue comprising macroalgae

The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved either by imparting cross-machine direction dominant bar-like protrusions to the air side of the tissue by using specially woven transfer fabrics and/or by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative to the surface features of adjacent sheets within the roll, such as by providing a throughdryer fabric with an offset seam. Both techniques provide the resulting tissue sheets with improved capabilities for providing an improved combination of roll bulk and roll firmness.

Tissue sheets having improved properties

The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative to the surface features of adjacent sheets within the roll, such as by providing a throughdryer fabric with an offset seam. This provides the resulting tissue sheets with improved capabilities for providing an improved combination of roll bulk and roll firmness.

Method for making rolls of tissue sheets having improved properties

Paper towels are produced by printing a binder material, such as certain latex binders, onto one side of a basesheet and creping the binder-treated sheet. The resulting products have exceptional wipe dry properties and a unique pore structure and wicking properties.

Paper towel with superior wiping properties

In a method of making an absorbent composite, a porous, stabilized structure is formed and impregnated with a flowable superabsorbent precursor. The flowable superabsorbent precursor is cross-linked to form a superabsorbent material within the stabilized structure. The surface area of one of the flowable superabsorbent precursor impregnated with the stabilized structure and the superabsorbent material formed within the structure is increased. In one embodiment, the surface is increased by freeze drying the impregnated structure.

Method of making an absorbent composite

The present invention provides an absorbent article ( ) having a longitudinal direction ( ), and a lateral, cross direction ( ). The article includes a liquid permeable top sheet layer ( ), a substantially liquid impermeable backsheet layer ( ), and an absorbent structure ( ) having a primary retention portion ( ) sandwiched between the top sheet and backsheet layers. The retention portion ( ) includes a wet-formed mixture of fibers and superabsorbent material. The retention portion has a selected edge-wise compression value, such as an edge-wise compression value of not more than a maximum of about 9 g/gsm, and a modified circular bend value, such as a modified circular bend value of at least minimum of about 0.3 g/gsm. In particular aspects, the retention portion ( ) can include cellulosic fibers.

Absorbent article with improved, wet-formed absorbent

There is provided an intake/retention/transfer material for personal care products like feminine hygiene products, which is a heterogeneous composite containing between 5 and 25 weight percent of a superabsorbent or gelling material and having a density less than 0.17 g/cc. A more particular embodiment contains less than 20 weight percent and a still more particular embodiment contains 15 weight percent or less of a superabsorbent or gelling material. Also provided are absorbent articles which contain the class of intake/transfer materials mentioned above along with additional absorbent layers such that the absorption of a menses simulant provides fluid partitioning of less than 72% of fluid in the intake/transfer/retention composite. Additionally said composite should have retention capacity values greater than 2.7 g/g.

Personal care product with fluid partitioning

The present invention provides an absorbent article (,) having a longitudinal direction (,), and a lateral, cross direction (,). The article includes a liquid permeable top sheet layer (,), a substantially liquid impermeable backsheet layer (,), and an absorbent structure (,) having a primary retention portion (,) sandwiched between the top sheet and backsheet layers. The retention portion (,) includes a wet-formed mixture of fibers and superabsorbent material. The retention portion has a selected edge-wise compression value, such as an edge-wise compression value of not more than a maximum of about 9 g/gsm, and a modified circular bend value, such as a modified circular bend value of at least minimum of about 0.3 g/gsm. In particular aspects, the retention portion (,) can include cellulosic fibers.

Absorbent article with an improved, wet-formed absorbent

Disclosed is an absorbent composite including a web formed from a mixture of fibrous material and particulate absorbent material. The web contains from about 15 to about 30 weight percent water. The described absorbent web is capable of containing relatively large quantities of particulate absorbent materials while maintaining an acceptable degree of flexibility.

High absorbency composite

The present invention is directed to an absorbent article with a tissue-wrapped absorbent core wherein the tissue is made from a specifically designed thermoplastic fibrous nonwoven web which is particularly well-suited to trapping and retaining particulate material such as superabsorbent particles. The invention has particular application in conjunction with personal care products such as diapers, training pants, incontinence garments, sanitary napkins, bandages and the like.

Thermoplastic fibrous nonwoven webs for use as core wraps in absorbent

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Oshkosh, WI, United States of America

Michael William Veith