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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1995
Mary Eva Garvie Weber, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Stanley Michael Gryskiewicz, Woodstock, GA (US);
Pamela Jean Mayberry, Appleton, WI (US);
James Arthur Davis, Roswell, GA (US);
Michael Tod Morman, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Gary Howard Meitner, Winneconne, WI (US);
Leslie Warren Collier, IV, Roswell, GA (US);
Nancy Donaldson Kollin, Roswell, GA (US);
Douglas Bryan Cole, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a liquid absorbent material that is particularly useful as a liner material for personal care absorbent articles such as diapers, training pants, incontinence garments, sanitary napkins, bandages and the like. The material contains a plurality of peaks across its surface at spaced-apart intervals separated by channels. Disposed within the peaks is a liquid absorbing material capable of absorbing body exudates and liquids in general. Due to the materials and the nature of the construction of the present invention, when used as a liner material for personal care absorbent articles such as diapers, it tends to reduce the total surface area in contact with the infant's skin and it also provides a plurality of air channels within the diaper from the front waistband to the back waistband of the diaper thereby providing a path for increased air circulation. The material of the present invention has other uses as, for example, a packing or liner material for packaging and shipping materials containing liquids. In addition, the peaks can contain other additive such as soaps so the material can be used as a wash pad or cloth.