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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2004
Patricia Hwang Calhoun, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Chad Isaac Medlock, LaGrange, GA (US);
Roland Columbus Smith, Jr., Gainesville, GA (US);
Patricia Hwang Calhoun, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Chad Isaac Medlock, LaGrange, GA (US);
Roland Columbus Smith, Jr., Gainesville, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are multicomponent fibers, and particularly sheath-and-core type multicomponent fibers including elastic polymers. The multicomponent fibers have at least three cross sectional elements, wherein a first cross sectional element is an outer sheath element, the second cross sectional element is an inner sheath element, and the third cross sectional element may be either a hollow element or a filled core element.