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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randy E Meirowitz, Neenah, WI (US);
Jerome W Riese, Appleton, WI (US);
Robert J Phelan, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428297 ; 428224 ; 428397 ; 428400 ; 428284 ; 428913 ; 604367 ; 604374 ;
Abstract
A nonwoven web for absorbing and transporting a liquid, which web is capable of both interfiber and intrafiber liquid transportation. The web includes shaped fibers, which fibers define a notch, which notch defines an angle alpha such that .alpha.<180.degree.-2.theta. wherein .theta. is the contact angle between said liquid and the shaped fiber. The nonwoven web further includes high-absorbency material in fluid communication with said nonwoven web in an area wherein intrafiber liquid transport occurs.