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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2002
Richard Norris Dodge, II, Appleton, WI (US);
Nancy Birbiglia Lange, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Jayant Chakravarty, Appleton, WI (US);
Jian Qin, Appleton, WI (US);
Sridhar Ranganathan, Suwanee, GA (US);
Fu-Jya Daniel Tsai, Appleton, WI (US);
Cathleen M. Uttecht, Menasha, WI (US);
Xiaomin Zhang, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are absorbent composites, useful in an absorbent article, having high liquid intake rates. The absorbent composites may also have a rapid liquid lock-up. Absorbent composites of this invention have an intake rate of at least about 1.9 cc liquid/second at an 80% absorbent composite saturation level and a liquid lock-up fraction of at least about 0.70 at 50% superabsorbent material saturation. The absorbent composites of this invention can be a freeze-dried composite, an airformed absorbent composite, or other fibrous or non-fibrous absorbent composites.