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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2001
David L. Kinard, Grenada, MS (US);
G. Franklin Vaughn, Jr., Winona, MS (US);
Solomon Bekele, Taylors, SC (US);
Charles Kannankeril, North Caldwell, NJ (US);
David L. Kinard, Grenada, MS (US);
G. Franklin Vaughn, Jr., Winona, MS (US);
Solomon Bekele, Taylors, SC (US);
Charles Kannankeril, North Caldwell, NJ (US);
Cryovac, Inc., Duncan, SC (US);
Abstract
A case-ready package has a support member, a lid, and an absorbent pad capable of withstanding sudden evacuation without rupture. The absorbent pad has upper and lower webs enveloping an absorbent layer, with the upper and lower webs adhered to one another around the periphery of the pad. The lower web is a permeable web comprising fiber. The fiber is preferably hydrophobic, and preferably has a hydrophilic composition thereon. The invention also pertains to a packaging process and packaged product using the absorbent pad.