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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
May. 26, 2010
Jian Qin, Appleton, WI (US);
Sandra Marie Rogers, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael John Niemeyer, Appleton, WI (US);
Kenneth Raymond Schueler, Jr., Appleton, WI (US);
Steven Michael Hurley, Neenah, WI (US);
Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Neenah, WI (US);
Whei-neen Hsu, Greensboro, NC (US);
Mark C. Joy, Greensboro, NC (US);
Scott J. Smith, Greensboro, NC (US);
Markus Frank, Baden-Baden, DE;
Nancy Birbiglia Lange, Appleton, WI (US);
Jian Qin, Appleton, WI (US);
Sandra Marie Rogers, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael John Niemeyer, Appleton, WI (US);
Kenneth Raymond Schueler, Jr., Appleton, WI (US);
Steven Michael Hurley, Neenah, WI (US);
Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Neenah, WI (US);
Whei-Neen Hsu, Greensboro, NC (US);
Mark C. Joy, Greensboro, NC (US);
Scott J. Smith, Greensboro, NC (US);
Markus Frank, Baden-Baden, DE;
Nancy Birbiglia Lange, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An absorbent structure made at least in part from a superabsorbent material having a retention capacity (CRC) as determined by a Centrifuge Retention Capacity Test of at least about 25 g/g and a free swell gel bed permeability (GBP) as determined by a Free Swell Gel Bed Permeability Test of at least 575×10cm. In another embodiment, the absorbent structure is made at least in part from a superabsorbent material having a retention capacity (CRC) as determined by a Centrifuge Retention Capacity Test of at least about 25 g/g, an absorbency under load (AUL) at 0.9 psi as determined by an Absorbency Under Load Test of at least 18 and a free swell gel bed permeability (GBP) as determined by a Free Swell Gel Bed Permeability Test of at least about 350×10cm.