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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2022
Standard Textile Co., Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Holbert, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
Warren William Gerhardt, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Rajib Mondal, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ken Kaiser, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Benjamin Robers, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Sara Arvidson Broadaway, Woodruff, SC (US);
Standard Textile Co., Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A textile for use as a reusable pad, e.g., a reusable incontinence pad, is provided that is intended to wick and retain moisture or liquid(s), such as bodily fluids (e.g., urine, blood, etc.), away from users of their incontinence pad. Moisture or liquid deposited on an upper surface of the incontinence pad is wicked through one or more layers of material included in the incontinence pad via an increasing capillary gradient using capillary forces. The incontinence pad relies on capillary forces to drive moisture from the incontinent person into the inner layer(s) of the incontinence pad, and leaving a top layer of the incontinence pad dry to the touch. A gradient of capillary size can be present in the incontinence pad in a direction away from the incontinent person, which accordingly encourages liquid to migrate away from the incontinent person and be desirably retained therein.