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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1998
Michael Allen Daley, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Tamara Lee Mace, Doraville, GA (US);
David Michael Matela, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Yvette Lynn Hammonds, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Eugenio Go Varona, Marietta, GA (US);
Arthur Edward Garavaglia, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Laura Jane Walker, Appleton, WI (US);
Ann Marie Giencke, Menasha, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A personal care absorbent article having a fluid intake/distribution layer, a fluid transfer delay layer disposed beneath said fluid intake/distribution layer, said fluid transfer delay layer enabling the transfer of fluid from the fluid intake/distribution layer(s) to a pad layer disposed beneath the fluid transfer delay layer while still allowing fluid distribution by the fluid intake/distribution layer along the machine direction of the article resulting in saturation levels of less than or equal to about 0.86 g/g/in of fluid in the intake/distribution layer(s) and/or essentially equal to or greater than 0.06 g/g/in. of fluid in the pad layer.