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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1998
Bryan David Haynes, Cumming, GA (US);
Billy Dean Arnold, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Justin Max Duellman, Little Rock, AR (US);
Ryan Clinton Frank, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence McManus, Canton, GA (US);
Charles Allen Smith, Snellvile, GA (US);
Ty Jackson Stokes, Suwanee, GA (US);
Kevin Edward Smith, Roswell, GA (US);
Darryl Franklin Clark, Alpharetta, 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);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An improved nonwoven web composite is formed by combining splittable bicomponent thermoplastic filaments with a component selected from other fibers and particles. The bicomponent filaments include distinct regions of first and second incompatible polymers extending the length of the filaments. After the bicomponent filaments are combined with the other fibers and/or particles, the bicomponent filaments are caused to split lengthwise along boundaries between the regions of different polymers, resulting in a web or matrix of finer filaments which 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 durability and optimum levels of absorbent fibers and/or particles.