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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:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael D Powers, Canton, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442382 ; 428374 ; 428219 ; 428913 ; 604366 ; 604381 ; 604384 ;
Abstract
There is provided a protective laminate having barrier properties which has a first outer layer having liquid repellency through the use of an internal, low surface tension liquid repellency additive and a bulky second outer layer having liquid absorbency through the use of an internal wetting agent, where the layers are bonded to form a laminate. When the laminate is used as part of a garment, the absorbent layer goes against the wearer.