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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David William Bjorkquist, Wyoming, OH (US);
Todd Leon Mansfield, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604364 ; 604372 ; 604374 ; 604376 ; 604367 ; 525 543 ; 525 61 ; 442119 ; 4284758 ; 428913 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a flushable fibrous structure that is particularly useful as a disposable tissue product and as a component (e.g., topsheets) for absorbent articles such as catamenial pads, diapers, incontinent articles and the like. The invention specifically relates to a flushable fibrous structure that has an in-use wet tensile strength of at least about 100 g/in. and a disposal wet tensile strength of not more than about 30 g/in. The invention also relates to absorbent articles comprising the fibrous structures, and methods for making the structures.