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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2003
Jeffery T. Cook, Germantown, TN (US);
Robert Irvin Bell, Collierville, TN (US);
Sonja McNeil Fields, Memphis, TN (US);
Byron Jerry Lee Huff, Memphis, TN (US);
Gerald Hunt Morton, Germantown, TN (US);
Howard Leon Schoggen, Southaven, MS (US);
David Jay Smith, Germantown, TN (US);
BKI Holding Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are absorbent structures including fibers bound with a polyvalent cation-containing compound and superabsorbent polymer particles. The fibers exhibit an ion extraction factor of at least 5%. Also disclosed are multi-strata absorbent structures, such as disposable absorbent articles, including the treated fibers and SAP particles. Further disclosed are methods for preparing absorbent structures including the treated fibers; structures including fibers combined with a polyvalent cation-containing compound; and methods for treating or coating SAP particles with polyvalent cation-containing compounds.