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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Daniel Pike, Norcross, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 5/00 ; D04H 1/00 ; D04H 1/300 ; D04H 3/00 ; B32B 5/26 ; B32B 5/06 ; D02G 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 5/00 ; D04H 1/00 ; D04H 1/300 ; D04H 3/00 ; B32B 5/26 ; B32B 5/06 ; D02G 3/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a web containing superfine microfibers. The web contains a blend of a first group of split microfibers which contains a first polymer component and a second group of split microfibers which contains a second polymer component, wherein at least one of the polymer components is hydrophilic. The invention additionally provides a meltblown fiber web having at least two groups of fibers, wherein each group of the fibers has a distinct cross-sectional configuration.