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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2011
Applicants:

Leigh E. Wood, Woodbury, MN (US);

Lori-ann S. Prioleau, St. Paul, MN (US);

Kerstin Ehlers, Langenfeld, DE;

Bernard Vincent, Rueil Malmaison, FR;

Inventors:

Leigh E. Wood, Woodbury, MN (US);

Lori-Ann S. Prioleau, St. Paul, MN (US);

Kerstin Ehlers, Langenfeld, DE;

Bernard Vincent, Rueil Malmaison, FR;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); D04H 1/54 (2012.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/537 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/0206 (2013.01); A61F 13/022 (2013.01); A61F 13/15 (2013.01); A61F 13/537 (2013.01); A61F 13/53708 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); D04H 1/54 (2013.01); Y10T 442/69 (2015.04);
Abstract

An assembled intermediate is described comprising a fluid transport element proximate an absorbent material is described. The fluid transport element comprises a thermoplastic nonwoven web comprising a plurality of bonded staple fibers having an average diameter of 20 to 500 microns and the web has a thickness of 3 to 20 mm, a density ranging from 0.01 to 0.10 g/cm, and a work of compression no greater than 20 kJ/m. Also described are articles comprising such assembled intermediate.


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