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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1998
Debra Jean McDowall, Roswell, GA (US);
Charles Allen Smith, Snellville, GA (US);
Melanie Stephens Winstanley, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent elastic nonwoven material having improved conformability includes a matrix of thermoplastic elastomeric nonwoven filaments, present in an amount of about 3 to less than 20% by weight of the absorbent elastic nonwoven material. A plurality of absorbent fibers and a superabsorbent material are contained within the matrix, each constituting about 20-77% by weight of the absorbent elastic nonwoven material. The absorbent elastic nonwoven material is useful in a wide variety of personal care and medical absorbent articles where softness and conformability, as well as absorbency and elasticity, are important.