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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, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
David W Guthrie, Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428286 ; 156 628 ; 156285 ; 156313 ; 156324 ; 428287 ; 428288 ; 428290 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a synthetic sheet composite that is tear resistant and has paper-like aesthetic qualities. The composite comprises two spun filament polymer webs of unbonded continuous filaments with a binder web sandwiched between. The binder has a melting point below that of the spun filament webs. When the composite is subjected to heat and pressure the binder melts, and fills the interstital space between the filaments, and binds the filaments together. The filaments are encapsulated within the composite but retain their discrete identity. The filaments at the surface are exposed, flattened, discrete, and adhered to the binder.