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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);

Inventors:

Jun G. Zhang, Appleton, WI (US);

April Montoya Vaverka, Roswell, GA (US);

Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Neenah, WI (US);

Richmond R. Cohen, Appleton, WI (US);

Mary Alice Berceau, De Pere, WI (US);

Joseph K. Baker, Cumming, GA (US);

Udaykumar Raval, Cumming, GA (US);

David Glen Biggs, New London, WI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01); B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 5/24 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 37/10 (2006.01); C08L 75/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/53 (2013.01); A61F 13/15203 (2013.01); A61F 13/15577 (2013.01); B32B 5/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 5/245 (2013.01); B32B 37/182 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15406 (2013.01); B32B 2037/1072 (2013.01); B32B 2262/062 (2013.01); B32B 2266/0264 (2013.01); B32B 2266/0278 (2013.01); B32B 2555/02 (2013.01); C08L 75/06 (2013.01); C08L 2203/14 (2013.01); C08L 2205/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

The foam and fiber composite can provide an absorbent article with improved dryness and an improved liquid distribution capability. The foam and fiber composite can be formed from at least two materials. The first material is an open cell foam material and the second material is a fibrous material. A plurality of the fibers forming the fibrous material can be fluid inserted into the open cell foam material thereby forming the foam and fiber composite. In various embodiments, the foam and fiber composite can be incorporated into an absorbent article as a component of an absorbent system located between a topsheet layer and a backsheet layer of the absorbent article.


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