Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Virginia Lee Day

Frank Paul Abuto

Sridhar Ranganathan

Donald Eugene Waldroup

A bodyside liner material for use in disposable absorbent personal care products has an average material plane and includes a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of apertures through the liner material; a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas; and a plurality of land areas disposed between the raised areas, wherein the land areas are hydrophilic. The bodyside liner material can also include a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of depressed areas alternating with the plurality of raised areas, wherein the depressed areas extend in the opposite z-direction from the average material plane, and wherein the depressed areas are hydrophilic; a plurality of apertures through the liner material, wherein the apertures are disposed only in the depressions; and a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas.

Treated three-dimensional apertured liners

A surge material for use in disposable absorbent personal care products includes a wearer-facing surface, a plurality of elongate grooves in the wearer-facing surface, and a plurality of apertures disposed in the grooves and extending through the surge material. The surge material can also have an average material plane and including a plurality of ridges extending in a z-direction from the average material plane, a plurality of grooves alternating with the plurality of ridges, wherein the grooves extend in the opposite z-direction from the average material plane, and a plurality of apertures through the surge material, wherein the apertures are disposed only in the grooves. The surge material can also include a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the ridges and a hydrophilic treatment agent disposed within the grooves.

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Woodstock, GA, United States of America

Virginia Lee Day