| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE39919 |
Heterogeneous surge material for absorbent articles |
November 13, 2007 |
| There is provided a surge material for personal care products comprising a layered structure of at least one relatively high permeability layer on a top side toward a wearer and at least one relatively low permeability layer where the structure has a capillary tension range between about |
| 6608236 |
Stabilized absorbent material and systems for personal care products having controlled placement |
August 19, 2003 |
| There is provided a distribution material for personal care products which is a fabric which wicks artificial menses according to a horizontal wicking test a distance of about 1 inch in less than about 1.5 minutes. Materials meeting this performance criteria generally have a pore size |
| 6465712 |
Absorbent articles with controllable fill patterns |
October 15, 2002 |
| There is provided an absorbent system for personal care products which may be transversely divided into about an equally sized center zone, two intermediate zones and two end zones where the ratio of the amount of liquid stored in the center zone to the amount of liquid stored in at |
| 6172276 |
Stabilized absorbent material for improved distribution performance with visco-elastic fluids |
January 9, 2001 |
| There is provided a distribution material for personal care products which is a fabric which wicks artificial menses according to a horizontal wicking test a distance of about 1 inch in less than about 1.5 minutes. Materials meeting this performance criteria generally have a pore size |
| 6152904 |
Absorbent articles with controllable fill patterns |
November 28, 2000 |
| There is provided an absorbent system for personal care products which may be transversely divided into about an equally sized center zone, two intermediate zones and two end zones where the ratio of the amount of liquid stored in the center zone to the amount of liquid stored in at |
| 6060636 |
Treatment of materials to improve handling of viscoelastic fluids |
May 9, 2000 |
| Disclosed is an improved structure that includes a nonwoven web including a viscoelastant treatment. The treated web, when contacted by a viscoelastic fluid such as menses alters the viscoelastic properties of the fluid and enhances its wicking and distribution throughout the absorbent s |
| 5994615 |
Highly efficient surge material for absorbent article |
November 30, 1999 |
| There is provided a surge material for personal care products which is a wettable web of fibers of 30 microns in diameter or less where the web has a permeability between about 250 and 1500 Darcys, a capillary tension between about 1.5 and 5 cm, and which maintains that permeability and |
| 5879343 |
Highly efficient surge material for absorbent articles |
March 9, 1999 |
| There is provided a surge material for personal care products which is a wettable web of fibers of 30 microns in diameter or less where the web has a permeability between about 250 and 1500 Darcys, a capillary tension between about 1.5 and 5 cm, and which maintains that permeability and |
| 5843852 |
Absorbent structure for liquid distribution |
December 1, 1998 |
| Disclosed is an absorbent structure comprising fibers, wherein the absorbent structure exhibits desired liquid transport properties. In one embodiment of the present invention, an absorbent structure comprises wettable cellulosic fibers, wherein the absorbent structure exhibits a Ver |
| 5843063 |
Multifunctional absorbent material and products made therefrom |
December 1, 1998 |
| A multifunctional material is provided for use in personal care products. The multifunctional material has a permeability between 100 and 10000 Darcys and a capillary tension between about 2 and 15 cm. Structures containing this multifunctional material can have a runoff rate of less |
| 5820973 |
Heterogeneous surge material for absorbent articles |
October 13, 1998 |
| There is provided a surge material for personal care products comprising a layered structure of at least one relatively high permeability layer on a top side toward a wearer and at least one relatively low permeability layer where the structure has a capillary tension range between about |
