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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew Edsel Huntoon, Appleton, WI (US);
Randy Emil Meirowitz, Roswell, GA (US);
Sriram Padmanabhan Anjur, Appleton, WI (US);
Robert John Phelan, Appleton, WI (US);
Kim Te Tang, Neenah, 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 ...
604368 ; 604358 ; 604367 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an absorbent structure containing superabsorbent material, wettable staple fiber, and wettable binder fiber. The absorbent structure exhibits a liquid uptake rate greater than the liquid uptake rate exhibited by an otherwise identical absorbent structure without any wettable staple fiber. Also disclosed is an absorbent garment containing such an absorbent structure.