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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karla E. Williams, Emerson, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Playtex Products, Inc., Westport, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/320 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/320 ;
Abstract
There is provided a fibrous absorbent article for absorbing body fluids. The article includes a fibrous material suitable for absorbing the body fluids, and a molecular sieve disposed within the fibrous material to reduce odors from the body fluids. The molecular sieve is a natural zeolite of the clinoptilolite or chabasite species having an exchangeable cation.