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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2006
Michael Alan Hermans, Neenah, WI (US);
Richard Joseph Behm, Appleton, WI (US);
Mike Thomas Goulet, Neenah, WI (US);
Mark John Hassman, Appleton, WI (US);
Jeffrey Janne Johnson, Neenah, WI (US);
Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Appleton, WI (US);
Rebecca Catherine Mohr, Appleton, WI (US);
Maurizio Tirimacco, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael Alan Hermans, Neenah, WI (US);
Richard Joseph Behm, Appleton, WI (US);
Mike Thomas Goulet, Neenah, WI (US);
Mark John Hassman, Appleton, WI (US);
Jeffrey Janne Johnson, Neenah, WI (US);
Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Appleton, WI (US);
Rebecca Catherine Mohr, Appleton, WI (US);
Maurizio Tirimacco, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Absorbent paper products, such as paper towels, are disclosed which have a combination of high absorbent capacity and a moderate to low rate of absorbency for hand protection. These properties can be produced, for example, using a throughdried basesheet, such as an uncreped throughdried sheet, in which at least one surface of which has been printed with a patterned moisture barrier coating and creped. The presence of the moisture barrier coating on the surface retards the absorbent rate for that side of the sheet while allowing a significant amount of liquid to pass through to the center of the sheet.