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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:
Jun. 23, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jared A Austin, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128285 ;
Abstract
A tampon is provided having an absorbent core made of a plurality of discrete plies of a blend of cellulosic material and superabsorbent fibers and having an absorbent layer overwrap and a fluid permeable cover surrounding the absorbent material. The absorbent layer is located on both the top and bottom surfaces of the absorbent core and contains staple textile fibers.