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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Linda Susan Huard, Appleton, WI (US);
David John Tyrrell, Appleton, WI (US);
David Roland Otts, Appleton, WI (US);
Bernard Joseph Minerath, III, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Brenda Marie Nelson, Appleton, WI (US);
Chantel Spring Buhrow, Weyauwega, WI (US);
Dennis Stein Everhart, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Robert Cosmo DiLuccio, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Frank Jerrel Akin, Marietta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Absorbent personal care articles, such a diapers and adult incontinent briefs, are provided comprising an absorbent article and having disposed thereon a skin irritant sequestering effective amount of an unmodified particulate skin irritant sequestering agent, and a lipophilic skin health benefit agent. An unmodified particulate skin irritant sequestering agent can be a clay, such as bentonite or laponite unmodified by organic amphiphilic compounds. A lipophilic skin health benefit agent can be stearic acid, isoparrafin, petrolatum, and a combination thereof. The skin irritant can be bound to the sequestering agent either on an individual's skin or on the absorbent article.