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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1996
Jacek Dutkiewicz, Appleton, WI (US);
Kristin Ann Goerg-Wood, Sherwood, WI (US);
Krzysztof Andrezej Szymonski, Neenah, WI (US);
Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Roswell, GA (US);
Connie Lynn Hetzler, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Andrew S Burnes, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an absorbent structure comprising fibers, wherein the absorbent structure exhibits desired liquid transport properties. In one embodiment of the present invention, an absorbent structure comprises wettable cellulosic fibers, wherein the absorbent structure exhibits a Vertical Liquid Flux rate value at a height of about 15 centimeters of at least about 0.002 grams of liquid per minute per gram per square meter of absorbent structure per inch of cross-sectional width of the absorbent structure (g/(min*gsm*inch). The absorbent structure is suitable for use in disposable absorbent products.