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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2000
Yong Li, Appleton, WI (US);
Wendy Lynn Van Dyke, Appleton, WI (US);
Gary Douglas Williams, Neenah, WI (US);
Anthony John Wisneski, Kimberly, WI (US);
Bernhardt Edward Kressner, Appleton, WI (US);
Sridhar Ranganathan, Suwanee, GA (US);
Michael Franklin Kalmon, Atoka, TN (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article ( ) includes a backsheet layer ( ), a liquid permeable topsheet layer ( ), and an absorbent body ( ) sandwiched between the backsheet and topsheet layers. The absorbent body ( ) includes a first fibrous stratum ( ) having a first quantity of absorbent fibers, a second fibrous stratum ( ) having a second quantity of absorbent fibers, and at least a third fibrous stratum ( ) which is located between and integrally formed with the first and second fibrous strata ( ). In particular aspects, the third fibrous stratum ( ) includes an operative quantity of a substantially hydrophilic, wet-strength agent. In other aspects, the wet-strength agent is distributed in the third quantity of absorbent fibers to render the third fibrous stratum ( ) substantially non-dispersible.