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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:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1991
Richard H Young, Sr, Federal Way, WA (US);
Amar N Neogi, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael R Hansen, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin T Hodgson, Seattle, WA (US);
Donald D Halabisky, Tacoma, WA (US);
David G Marsh, Federal Way, WA (US);
Christel Brunnenkant, Seattle, WA (US);
David W Park, Puyallup, WA (US);
Paul G Gaddis, Renton, WA (US);
William C Johnston, Jr, Puyallup, WA (US);
Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, WA (US);
Abstract
A fiber product comprises dry discontinuous fibers having a starch binder on at least a portion of the fiber surfaces, at least about seventy percent of the starch binder coated fibers being unbonded to one another, solid particles are adhered to the fibers by the binder without the binder entirely coating the particles. The fibers may be air laid into a web or formed into an absorbent structure. Superabsorbent particles are a specific example of the particles which may be adhered to the fibers.