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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Andrew Edsel Huntoon, Appleton, WI (US);
Mary Garvie Weber, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Gordon Allen Shaw, Greenville, WI (US);
Marshall Kenneth Bryant, Lithonia, GA (US);
Mark George Everson, Neenah, WI (US);
Gerald Lewis Clark, Tucker, GA (US);
Wanda Walton Jackson, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Susan Marie Vanage, Centerville, OH (US);
Mark Charles Jacobs, Appleton, WI (US);
Pamela Jean Mayberry, Roswell, GA (US);
James Arthur Davis, Roswell, GA (US);
Douglas Bryan Cole, Appleton, WI (US);
Stanley Michael Gryskiewicz, Woodstock, GA (US);
Ann Louise McCormack, Cumming, GA (US);
Richard Daniel Pike, Norcross, GA (US);
Leslie Warren Collier, IV, Roswell, GA (US);
Frank Andrew Rosch, III, Sherwood, WI (US);
Scott Richard Lange, Little Rock, AR (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A 3-dimension thermoformed bicomponent fiber nonwoven material comprising a lofty bicomponent material layer forming a plurality of peaks separated from one another by channels and having a basis weight in the range of about 0.5 to 7.0 ounces per square yard. The bicomponent material layer comprises a structural component and a heat activatable adhesive component suitable for thermoforming. Also disclosed are various configurations of this material suitable for use in absorbent personal care articles such as sanitary napkins, disposable diapers, incontinent-care pads and the like.