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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Tredegar Film Products Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Rickey J. Seyler, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Gregory M. Rieker, Columbus, IN (US);
Assignee:
Tredegar Film Products Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/51 (2006.01); A61F 13/512 (2006.01); A61F 13/537 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/53713 (2013.01); A61F 13/512 (2013.01); A61F 13/5122 (2013.01); A61F 13/5376 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53721 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53782 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24273 (2015.01);
Abstract
A film particularly suited for use as a transfer layer in an absorbent article has a plurality of capillaries and a plurality of drains, said capillaries comprising side walls depending from a female side of the film and terminating in an aperture on a male side of the film; said drains comprising side walls that depending from the female side of the film and terminating in an aperture on the male side of the film, wherein the drains are disposed at an obtuse angle relative to a base plane of the film.