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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Leigh E. Wood, Woodbury, MN (US);
Lori-ann S. Prioleau, St. Paul, MN (US);
Kerstin Ehlers, Langenfeld, DE;
Bernard Vincent, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Leigh E. Wood, Woodbury, MN (US);
Lori-Ann S. Prioleau, St. Paul, MN (US);
Kerstin Ehlers, Langenfeld, DE;
Bernard Vincent, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Other;
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.