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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2003
Applicants:
Hue Scott Snowden, Woodstock, GA (US);
Michael D. Powers, Canton, GA (US);
Phillip Andrew Schorr, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Hue Scott Snowden, Woodstock, GA (US);
Michael D. Powers, Canton, GA (US);
Phillip Andrew Schorr, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/28 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of treating a nonwoven fabric to improve alcohol repellency that includes contacting a nonwoven fabric with an aqueous treatment solution that includes a non-ionic fluoropolymer and essentially no antistatic agent or less than 0.05 weight percent by weight of an antistatic agent. The present invention also provides a nonwoven fabric with improved alcohol repellency.