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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Sherry Ann Van Dyke, Neenah, WI (US);
Robin Kurt Nason, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Daryl Steven Meyer, Oshkosh, WI (US);
David W. Koenig, Menasha, WI (US);
Thomas Mathias Kolb, Appleton, WI (US);
Cynthia Helen Nordness, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Faith Eileen Cochrane, Appleton, WI (US);
Jesse Paul Sorenson, Little Chute, WI (US);
Devertt DeWayne Woolwine, Neenah, WI (US);
Jerome James Workman, Jr., Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A quantitative method of evaluating swimwear for underwater leakage using a mechanical test mannequin, a water tank, a fluorescent bowel movement simulant, and a fluorescence meter. More particularly, a swimwear garment is applied to the mannequin, the fluorescent bowel movement simulant is inserted into the swimwear garment, the mannequin and the swimwear garment are submersed into water within the water tank, and a motion mechanism attached to the mannequin moves the mannequin up and down, thereby simulating typical water play movements. The fluorescence meter can be used to quantitatively determine the amount of leakage of the fluorescent bowel movement simulant from the swimwear garment.