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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jerald K. Rasmussen, Woodville, WI (US);
Mahfuza B. Ali, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Bathsheba E. Chong Conklin, St. Paul, MN (US);
Andrew P. Klein, St. Paul, MN (US);
Scott E. Langer, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Described herein are absorbent articles made by bonding a copolymer onto a substrate to form a core. The absorbent articles are particularly useful in personal care product, e.g., disposable hygiene products. In some embodiments, the absorbent article includes a first substrate; and a copolymer irreversibly bonded onto the first substrate to form a core, wherein the copolymer is derived from a polymerizable solution comprising: (a) a first monomer selected from a (meth)acrylic acid or salt thereof; (b) greater than 1 wt % of a second monomer, wherein the second monomer is a hydrophilic crosslinking monomer, and (c) a polymeric porogen.