Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Steven Rashad Inabinet

Andrew Mark Long

David Martin Jackson

Robert J Makolin

Sylvia Bandy Little

Charles Wilson Colman

Davis Dang Hoang Nhan

Jaime Braverman

Rodney Lawrence Abba

Nancy Donaldson Kollin

David Joseph Nickel

Maureen Myrl Falls

Tiffany Marshalle Lee Hunter

Yen-Ling Lai

John Thomas Cooper

In some forms of the invention, an absorbent article (e.g., training pants) includes an impermeable cover, an absorbent body and a temperature change member disposed with the absorbent body. The absorbent article further includes a liquid retarding member that is disposed with the temperature change member to temporarily maintain liquid in the temperature change member. The liquid retarding member is formed of a liquid dispersible material such that the liquid retarding member eventually dissolves in the liquid and flows into the absorbent body. In other forms, the absorbent article includes a liquid retarding member that is adjacent to a temperature change member which is formed of a matrix of fibers. The liquid retarding member has a hydrohead that is less than about 0.13 pounds per inch squared such that the liquid retarding member temporarily maintains at least some of the liquid in proximity to the temperature change member.

Absorbent article featuring a temperature change member

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

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Steven Rashad Inabinet