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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1996
Richard Allen Anderson, Roswell, GA (US);
Andrew Scott Burnes, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Kuo-Shu Edward Chang, Roswell, GA (US);
Stanley Michael Gryskiewicz, Woodstock, GA (US);
Connie Lynn Hetzler, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Margaret Gwyn Latimer, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Yong Li, Appleton, WI (US);
Sylvia Bandy Little, Marietta, GA (US);
Tamara Lee Mace, Doraville, GA (US);
Billie Jean Matthews, Woodstock, GA (US);
James Brian Riddle, Dandridge, TN (US);
Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Roswell, GA (US);
Hoa La Wilhelm, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A multifunctional material is provided for use in personal care products. The multifunctional material has a permeability between 100 and 10000 Darcys and a capillary tension between about 2 and 15 cm. Structures containing this multifunctional material can have a runoff rate of less than 25 ml per 100 ml insult, over its life. The multifunctional material should have between about 30 and 75 weight percent of a slow rate superabsorbent, between 25 and 70 weight percent of pulp and from a positive amount up to about 10 percent of a binder component. The material preferably has a density between about 0.05 and 0.5 g/cc. The material has a liquid pass through function which desorbs a surge material across time frames consistent with user conditions and releases the liquid for distribution to remote storage locations. The material, when combined with the intake and distribution materials, defines a composite structure for use in personal care products.