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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2000
Julia Carter, Tampa, FL (US);
Darryl Franklin Clark, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Bryan David Haynes, Cumming, GA (US);
Matthew Boyd Lake, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Caroline L. Miller, Zachary, LA (US);
Kevin Edward Smith, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Ty Jackson Stokes, Suwanee, GA (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence McManus, Canton, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A personal care absorbent article made of a nonwoven material having a plurality of polymeric fibers having a fiber interior comprising at least one of a liquid fluid and a gaseous fluid. The nonwoven materials are produced by heating at least one polymer to a melting point, forming a molten polymer; extruding the molten polymer through a plurality of capillaries, injecting a liquid fluid and/or a gaseous fluid into the molten polymer prior to, during and/or after the extruding step, forming a plurality of fluid-filled polymeric fibers, wherein the liquid fluid and/or gaseous fluid is dispersed within the interior of the polymeric fibers, and depositing the fluid-filled polymeric fibers onto a web forming surface, forming a nonwoven material.