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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sriram Padmanabhan Anjur, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael Franklin Kalmon, Brillion, WI (US);
Anthony John Wisneski, Kimberly, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604367 ; 604368 ; 604370 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an absorbent structure containing hydrogel-forming polymeric material, wettable staple fiber, and wettable binder fiber. The absorbent structure exhibits improved z-direction permeability of a liquid as compared to an otherwise essentially identical absorbent structure which does not comprise a wettable binder fiber. Also disclosed is an disposable absorbent product containing such an absorbent structure.