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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
May. 23, 2003
Brian Michael Drzewiecki, Princeton, NJ (US);
Joseph M. Luizzi, Newtown, PA (US);
Brian Michael Drzewiecki, Princeton, NJ (US);
Joseph M. Luizzi, Newtown, PA (US);
McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Abstract
A thin, flexible absorbent structure comprising a flexible substrate and an aqueous liquid absorbing material disposed on said substrate, wherein said aqueous liquid absorbing material comprises a homogeneous mixture of a hot melt adhesive and an aqueous liquid absorbing polymer, wherein the aqueous liquid absorbing polymer is present in the mixture in an amount greater than 1% by weight of the mixture and the aqueous liquid absorbing structure has an absorbency greater than about 5 g/g, and a Gurley Stiffness less than about 400 mg and a caliper less than about 4 mm.