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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1998
Connie Lynn Hetzler, Sparta, NJ (US);
Nancy Donaldson Kollin, Roswell, GA (US);
Crystal Sutphin Leach, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jack Nelson Lindon, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Neenah, WI (US);
Heather Anne Sorebo, Appleton, WI (US);
Garry Roland Woltman, Greenville, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
There is provided a distribution material for personal care products which is a fabric which wicks artificial menses according to a horizontal wicking test a distance of about 1 inch in less than about 1.5 minutes. Materials meeting this performance criteria generally have a pore size distribution with a high percentage (usually more than 50 percent) of pore diameters between about 80 and 400 microns and a density below about 0.15 g/cc.