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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Claudio Giori, Riverwoods, IL (US);
Bettakeri S. Udayakumar, Darien, IL (US);
Ole Pedersen, Brøndby, DK;
Claudio Giori, Riverwoods, IL (US);
Bettakeri S. Udayakumar, Darien, IL (US);
Ole Pedersen, Brøndby, DK;
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
A flushable biodegradable pouch having water-dispersible fibers along at least a portion of the outer surface of the pouch's cover layer provided with a water-soluble hydrophilic coating. The pouch's cover layer is water-disintegratable, and the water-soluble hydrophilic coating is a lubricating agent capable of becoming slippery when exposed to water and, upon subsequent drying, again becoming water-soluble upon re-exposure to water. As such, the hydrophilic coating serves as a rewettable, redesolving lubricating agent.