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Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Marsha R. Forthofer, South Burlington, VT (US);

Karen Goeders, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Wing-Chak Ng, Roswell, GA (US);

Sridhar Ranganathan, Suwanee, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/53 (2006.01); A61F 13/532 (2006.01); A61F 13/534 (2006.01); A61F 13/537 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/532 (2013.01); A61F 13/534 (2013.01); A61F 13/53756 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53778 (2013.01);
Abstract

A material for distributing fluid can include a first side edge, a second side edge, a first end edge, and a second end edge. The material can include a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The material can be liquid impermeable and at least one of the first surface and the second surface include at least one channel. The channel can include a channel width, a channel length, and a channel depth. The channel width can be from 0.1 mm to 2.5 mm. The channel depth can be configured such that the channel does not extend completely through the material.


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