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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1997
Jaime Braverman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Michael Allen Daley, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Arthur Edward Garavaglia, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Rebecca Griffin, Woodstock, GA (US);
Tamara Lee Mace, Doraville, GA (US);
David Wayne Primm, Cumming, GA (US);
Eugenio Go Varona, Marietta, GA (US);
Ali Yahiaoui, Roswell, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A multilayer material suitable for use as a cover or topsheet for personal care absorbent articles such as diapers, sanitary pads, adult incontinence garments, training pants and the like having a top layer and a bottom, where the top layer forms a plurality of apertures and contacts the bottom layer in land areas disposed between the apertures. The bottom layer has a permeability substantially equivalent to, or higher than, the top layer.