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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2003
Jeffrey Jennings Krueger, Marietta, GA (US);
Fred Robert Radwanski, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Mark G. Reichmann, Roswell, GA (US);
Peter Robert Elliker, Appleton, WI (US);
Ali Yahiaoui, Roswell, GA (US);
Renette E. Richard, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Oomman Painummoottil Thomas, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Jeffrey Jennings Krueger, Marietta, GA (US);
Fred Robert Radwanski, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Mark G. Reichmann, Roswell, GA (US);
Peter Robert Elliker, Appleton, WI (US);
Ali Yahiaoui, Roswell, GA (US);
Renette E. Richard, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Oomman Painummoottil Thomas, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A soft, flexible, low-density, open-cell, thermoplastic, absorbent foam formed from a foam polymer formula including a balanced amount of a plasticizing agent and a surfactant in combination with a base resin. Thermoplastic elastomers can be added to the foam polymer formula to improve softness, flexibility, elasticity, and resiliency of the resulting foam. The surfactant may be either a single surfactant or a multi-surfactant system. The foam possesses a number of qualities, such as softness and strength, which render the foam particularly suitable for use in a variety of personal care products, medical products, and the like.