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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:
Aug. 05, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yvon G Levesque, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128287 ; 162 92 ;
Abstract
An absorbent structure is provided comprising peat moss in combination with mechanical wood pulp, said wood pulp having a Canadian Standard Freeness of from about 30-600 and present in the ratios, by weight of wood pulp to peat moss, of greater than about 0.35. The absorbent structure, which may also contain other absorbent materials such as long-fibered chemical wood pulp, rayon or the like, exhibits improved absorbent properties in both liquid-holding capacity and liquid-retention capacity and maintains its structural integrity.