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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Michael Allen Daley, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Mark Bruce Majors, Cumming, GA (US);
Ali Yahiaoui, Roswell, GA (US);
Arthur Edward Garavaglia, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Michael David Powers, Canton, GA (US);
David Wayne Primm, Cumming, GA (US);
Tamara Lee Mace, Doraville, GA (US);
Nancy Donaldson Kollin, Roswell, GA (US);
Gregory Alan Zelazoski, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Jon Edward Tinsley, Roswell, GA (US);
Jaime Braverman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A film cover for use in absorbent materials such as feminine care products, surgical drapes, fenestration reinforcement, absorbent pads and the like including a polymeric film having a top planar surface and a bottom planar surface and forming a plurality of apertures, at least a portion of which have an aperture region having a higher wettability than a portion of the top planar surface of the polymeric film.