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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1976
George A Butterworth, Western Springs, IL (US);
Robert T Elias, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Abstract
A disposable absorbent pad such as a diaper, sanitary napkin, underpad, surgical dressing or wipe, and the like, is made from a flexible, body fluid-impermeable backing sheet, a layer of absorbent material on the backing sheet, and a soft, body fluid-permeable facing sheet which overlies the absorbent material. The facing sheet is a non-woven, open but interconnected network of oriented thermoplastic polymer fiber elements having a mean denier of not more than 3. In addition to being useful as a separate entity, the absorbent pad of this invention can also be incorporated into a disposable or limited use garment as an integral part thereof.