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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1998
Kevin Edward Smith, Roswell, GA (US);
Bryan David Haynes, Cumming, GA (US);
Justin Max Duellman, Little Rock, AK (US);
Ann Louise McCormack, Cumming, GA (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence McManus, Canton, GA (US);
Charles Allen Smith, Snellville, GA (US);
Debra Jean McDowall, Roswell, GA (US);
Samuel Edward Marmon, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Christopher Cosgrove Creagan, Marietta, GA (US);
Xin Ning, Alpharetta, GA (US);
David Lewis Myers, Cumming, GA (US);
Darryl Franklin Clark, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An improved nonwoven web composite is formed by combining bicomponent thermoplastic filaments having adhesive properties with a component selected from other fibers and particles. The bicomponent filaments include distinct regions of first and second incompatible polymers across a cross-section of individual filaments. After the bicomponent filaments are combined with the other fibers and/or particles, the adhesive properties of the bicomponent filaments result in a web or matrix of filaments having improved ability to entrap, ensnare and contain the other fibers and/or particles within the web or matrix. The nonwoven web composite is particularly useful for making absorbent articles, which require stability and optimum levels of absorbent fibers and/or particles.