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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wanda Walton Jackson, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Monica Signoret Diaz, Woodstock, GA (US);
Cheryl Anne Perkins, Roswell, GA (US);
Dawn Marie Huffman, Neenah, WI (US);
Wendy Louise Bush, Maidstone, GB;
Cheryl Ann Mocadlo, New London, WI (US);
Richard John Birtwell, Maidstone, GB;
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenan, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604378 ; 604366 ; 604370 ; 604383 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a combination apertured film and lofty fibrous nonwoven web separation layer which is particularly well suited for use as, among other things, a body side liner for personal care absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins and the like. When used in such applications, the material of the present invention has excellent liquid penetration rates and it resists rewet of the surface of the material.