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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher Cosgrove Creagan, Marietta, GA (US);
Samuel Edward Marmon, Melbourne, FL (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neehan, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ;
Abstract
There is provided a surge material for personal care products with a first creased layer and at least a second layer, where the layers are in face-to-face relation to one another and bonded together. The first has creases with a depth of between 0.25 and 2 mm and a frequency of between 5 and 100 per centimeter in the cross-machine and the second layer may have densities of between 0.01 and 0.05 g/cc and a basis weight between 25 and 250 gsm.