Andrew B Lake

US Patent:

6608236, Aug 19, 2003

Filed:

May 5, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/072172

Inventors:

Andrew Scott Burnes - Lawrenceville GA
Rebecca Lyn Dilnik - Neenah WI
Connie Lynn Hetzler - Sparta NJ
Thomas Patrick Jorgenson - Neenah WI
Tamara Lee Mace - Doraville GA
David Michael Matela - Alpharetta GA
Jayne Bramstedt Nelson - Neenah WI
Lawrence Howell Sawyer - Roswell GA
Heather Anne Sorebo - Appleton WI
James Allyn Spiers - Acworth GA
Laura Jane Walker - Appleton WI
Rodney Lawrence Abba - Oshkosh WI
Charles John Chappell - Menasha WI
Valerie Victoria Finch - Neenah WI
Ann Marie Giencke - Menasha WI
Michael Brent Kottek - Neenah WI
Allan James Krueger - Winneconne WI
Andrew Michael Lake - Combined Locks WI
MeeWha Lee - Appleton WI
Janice Gail Nielsen - Appleton WI
Ann Margaret Vanevenhoven - Appleton WI

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A61F 1315

US Classification:

604378, 60438501

Abstract:

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 distribution with a high percentage (usually more than 50 percent) of pore diameters between about 80 and 400 microns and a density below about 0. 15 g/cc. There is also provided a personal care product system having a distribution/retention layer and a pad shaping layer wherein each layer has a stain length ratio of 0. 5 or less and the distribution/retention layer has a saturation profile of 4 or less.